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Gov. John Bel Edwards made Louisiana the only state in the Deep South to embrace Medicaid expansion. The line of attack from his two main opponents, though, isn't about the expansion itself but about the implementation, which suggests that if one of them wins they won't take steps to rollback the coverage. Medicaid news comes out of North Carolina, as well.
The drug--which contains low doses of three blood pressure drugs and a cholesterol drug--has been tested in the United States for the first time. But many U.S. doctors have seen little need for the polypill, preferring to tailor medications individually.
Public libraries are offering things like yoga and diabetes prevention courses that help improve the health of those they serve who may struggle to access such resources elsewhere. But the libraries struggle with funding as well. In other public health news: tainted drugs, social determinants, children's drinks, gliomas, and more.
Most of the 24 states rejecting the Purdue deal are led by Democrats, who will argue that the Sackler family should be held more accountable than the current settlement does. The lawyers believe that the family has taken measures to protect their own personal wealth from any fallout.
The agency has expressed worry that unsupported claims about gene-drug links could be dangerous if they spur patients to start, stop, or switch medications in inappropriate ways. But the American Clinical Laboratory Association says the warnings could stifle a burgeoning industry.
“Millions of women rely on cost-free birth control under the ACA, and this administration’s unacceptable inaction continues to misinform them about the access to which they’re entitled,” said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. News on women's health comes from Ohio and Missouri also.
The site-neutral payment policy is one of CMS Administrator Seema Verma's central efforts to try to curb hospital consolidation and lower costs. In other health industry news: mergers, electronic health records and the financial health costs of environmental disasters.
Among other things, the bill would extend funding until November for the community mental health services demonstration program, would extend the matching rate for Medicaid funding for U.S. territories and would delay the reduction in the allotments for Medicaid disproportionate share hospitals.
During a visit to California President Donald Trump told reporters that San Francisco was in “total violation” of environmental rules because of used needles that were ending up in the ocean. In recent days, the Trump administration has focused its attention on the homeless crisis in California, baffling the state's leaders.
The Washington Post fact checks the claims from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) that his Medicare For All plan would be cheaper than keeping the health system as it operates today. Other news from the campaign trail focuses on abortion and health care coverage.
The alarming results from the survey come amid an outbreak of a vaping-related lung disease that's prompted states across the country and the federal government to try to crackdown on e-cigarette use in young people. Meanwhile, some TV networks vow to end advertisements from e-cigarette companies.
Attorney General William Barr is pitching the idea of expanding background checks to all advertised commercial sales. However, it was made clear that President Donald Trump hasn't signed off on the plan yet.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tried to build support for her long-awaited drug pricing plan, which is expected to be released on Thursday. But some in her caucus want to see more details before getting behind it. “Some will hail it, others will call it hell,” said Rep. Anna Eshoo, chair of the Energy and Commerce Health subcommittee, after a closed-door meeting on the bill.
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“I still await guidance from the White House as to what [Trump] thinks he’s comfortable signing,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
There are several options that lawmakers are considering when it comes to surprise medical bills, including a bipartisan measure that would put a federally mandated rate cap on the amount that insurers have to pay doctors for out-of-network emergency care.
Experts say that because rates have also dropped in states that haven't enacted strict regulations, the decrease is more likely due to increase contraception use and fewer pregnancies over all. “If restrictions were the main driver across the board, we’d expect birthrates to increase,” said Elizabeth Nash, senior state policy manager at the Guttmacher Institute.
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