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Only a small percentage of vapers have been effected by the current outbreak. It's more likely that the true extent of the negative health effects will be seen in the future. In other vaping news: increased scrutiny of the devices; marijuana and vaping's tangled past; an increase in cigarette use; a look at the black market; and more.
Experts weigh in on how Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) could pay for Medicare for All, something she took flak over dodging during the last debate. Those options include taxing the wealthy, raising payroll taxes, and slashing spending elsewhere.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma faced a hostile House Energy and Commerce Committee and defended the Trump administration's action on health care. However, she wouldn't give specifics on a plan for what happens if the Affordable Care Act is ruled unconstitutional. Meanwhile, some states are crafting contingency plans in case the health law falls.
Politico takes a look at how health leaders in North Carolina, with bipartisan buy-in, are improving how health care is delivered and addressing the underlying social and economic drivers of poor health and high costs.
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CMS Administrator Seema Verma spoke of her concerns about drugs that cost upwards of $2 million. That kind of innovation doesn't mean anything if people can't afford the treatment, Verma said. In other news from CMS, the agency announced it would crack down on nursing home inspectors.
CDC officials say they're not sure why younger people who are having less sex are acquiring more STDS, but a new bill moving through the House to increase spending on STD prevention could help. Public health news is on CBD, pros and cons of genetic tests, limiting sports time for teens, childhood obesity, insecticides, getting young kids hooked on sugar, smart aging, and dementia, as well.
An analysis by ProPublica reveals that more than 2,500 physicians received at least half a million dollars apiece from drugmakers and medical device companies in the past five years alone. More than 700 of those doctors received at least $1 million. In other news on the health industry, costs and insurance: workers' benefits, refunds from insurers, out-patient surgery policies, universal coverage, and more.
Numerous women who had the once-popular, hammock-like devices implanted claim they caused severe pain, bleeding, infections and other complications. About 25,000 U.S. women with complications have sued Johnson & Johnson, the company said. Those lawsuits aren't affected by the settlement.
Earlier this year, the agency that oversees Border Patrol said its agents averaged 69 trips to the hospital each day across the country. Although hospitals have typically been treated as "sensitive locations" that are generally free of immigration enforcement, the rule is discretionary and ambiguous when an enforcement action begins before a trip to a hospital or when an immigrant is already in custody.
Judge Dan Polster, who is overseeing the nationwide opioid case against drug companies and distributors for their alleged role in the epidemic, wants the sides to come to a resolution before it goes to court. The trial is set to kick off on Monday if talks fall through. While the negotiations center around the major players — AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson — plaintiffs’ lawyers say they hope such a deal would have a domino effect on the remaining defendants.
Data shows “that 64 percent of high school e-cigarette users now use mint or menthol flavors and this number is growing all the time," said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. However others said Juul's decision to halt sales of flavors like manjo, crème, fruit and cucumber would hurt adult smokers. Meanwhile, the cases of the vaping-related lung illness continue to climb.
Lawmakers bickered over the pros and cons -- "jaw dropping savings" that come with a warning that some pharma companies may not develop as many new drugs -- but in the end House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's drug plan passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee as well as the Education and Labor Committee. There had been a chance that Pelosi could get President Donald Trump on board as he's previously supported the proposals in the plan. But that became less certain in recent days with the impeachment proceedings.
The ruling on the law's constitutionality, expected in the next few weeks, could reignite the same concerns that helped propel Democrats into taking back the House in the 2018 midterm elections. It would also possibly let the Democrats re-frame their messaging, which has been centered on pro- or anti-"Medicare for All," a plan that's losing popularity in the polls.
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