Different Takes: Lessons On How To Deal With Domestic Terrorism From White Nationalists
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Families Worried About Alzheimer’s Turn To Expensive PET Scans For Early Diagnosis, But Test Has Downsides, Experts Warn
The test, which reveals if amyloid is forming in the brain, can cost $5,000 to $7,000 and isn't covered by insurance. But don't rush to judgement, experts warn: amyloid occurs commonly in older people’s brains, yet not everyone with amyloid will develop dementia. Nor does a negative PET scan mean someone won’t develop dementia. Public health news also looks at: racism, binge drinking, trust in science, stylish clothes for disabled teens, heatstroke, sun screen safety, alternative pain management, art therapy, unproven stem cell injections, hospice care, nut allergies and dying well.
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‘Devastating For Families’: New Missouri Abortion Law Eliminates Ability To End Pregnancies, Even In Case Of Fatal Abnormalities
A Missouri mother discusses the trauma that a law set to go into effect Aug. 28 would bring to families forced to deliver babies with rare and fatal disorders. News on abortion laws is from Florida, as well.
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Growing Reliance On Charity, Crowd Funding To Pay For Medical Bills Means Stressed Patients, Inequities In Care
The new trend of relying on those strategies for those who are underinsured ends up giving an advantage to those with more resources, larger social networks and stories better suited to dramatic online appeals. “We shouldn’t be the solution,” said GoFundMe Chairman Rob Solomon. “We know we’ve become a kind of de facto safety net.… But we’re only scratching the surface of all the need out there.”
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Gun Control Likely To Dominate 2020 Race As Democratic Candidates Blast Republicans For Inaction, Inflammatory Rhetoric
“Every time this happens, we say never again. We say we’re going to do something. We say it’s going to change and it hasn’t,” Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., said. “At the end of the day, without political change, I don’t know that we’ll get the solutions we need. But if this doesn’t do it, I don’t know what will.” Beto O’Rourke, the former congressman from El Paso, and Rep. Tim Ryan from Ohio both went after President Donald Trump, claiming he is a white nationalist. Ryan pointed to a Trump rally held in May during which someone from the audience yelled “shoot them!” when the president asked how to stop the flood of illegal immigrants. Trump didn’t issue a rebuke, and instead joked that “that’s only in the Panhandle [where] you can get away with that statement.”
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Series Of Shootings In Chicago So Overwhelmed Hospital It Had To Stop Accepting Patients
Mount Sinai Hospital had to temporarily bypass new patients on the same weekend that two mass shootings rocked the nation. "You have to stop yourself and ask what will it take before we get a handle on what's going on," said Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson. "Not only in Chicago, but across the country."
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Medicare Boosts Payment Rates For Pricey New Treatments, But Health Providers Disappointed It’s Not More
“Under this plan, I have concern that access to CAR T won’t be universal,” said Jayson Slotnik, a partner at Health Policy Strategies. Some argue Medicare should pay for 80 to 100 percent of the pricey cancer treatment. In other Medicare news, CMS finalizes a long-requested wage index boost.
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Profit-Mining An Epidemic: Legal Loophole Allows Charlatans Operating Unregulated, Dangerous Sober Homes To Thrive
Unlike other treatment facilities, it doesn't require training or any kind of license to open a sober home. In that unregulated environment, bad actors have been taking advantage of a population of vulnerable recovering addicts. In other news on the crisis: the legal cases against drugmakers, a look at the areas where opioids flooded in the most, and more.
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Advocates Fear That DHS Civil Rights Watchdog Has Little Authority To Act On Mistreatment Complaints
In response to one complaint to the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, an attorney received the response: "Please be advised that our complaint process does not provide individuals with legal rights or remedies." The letter bolstered fears among advocates that the office can do little to protect young detained immigrants.
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American Kidney Fund Steered Financial Aid To Patients Of Its Two Biggest Corporate Donors, Lawsuit Claims
The American Kidney Fund is supposed to help patients pay for health insurance premiums and other costs for treatment based solely on a patient’s financial need, and not favor companies that donate to it. But a new whistleblower lawsuit claims the charity created a so-called blocked list of dialysis clinics whose patients would not get financial assistance while it made sure patients at clinics operated by DaVita and Fresenius would.
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Democrats’ Existential Crisis Over A National Health System Stretches Way Back To The Truman Presidency
In 1949, then-President Harry Truman promised that under his plan for a national health system "patients will remain free to choose their own doctors," and it “will not require doctors to become employees of the government." The decades-old vows echo campaign arguments from today's presidential candidates, in a sign of just how hard it is to rework such a complex and important part of American life. Meanwhile, the candidates tout their health plans at a labor forum in Nevada.
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DOJ Categorizes El Paso Shooting As Domestic Terror Attack; Incident Calls Into Question Trump’s Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
Saturday’s attack in majority-Hispanic El Paso, Texas, which left at least 20 people dead, was allegedly committed by a 21-year-old white man who is believed to have posted online a manifesto of sorts espousing espousing anti-immigrant and white-nationalist ideology not long before the shooting. Critics of President Donald Trump point to his anti-immigration rhetoric as a contributing factor to the culture that breeds such violence. Meanwhile, the FBI is running a threat assessment to try to stave off any more shootings, following three incidents in the span of one week.
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Back-To-Back Mass Shootings Stun Americans Even In Era Rife With Such Deadly Incidents
Two separate gunmen left 29 dead and more injured in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, within 24 hours of each other. In El Paso, the shooter opened fire in a Walmart, in what authorities believe was an attack on Hispanic people. Meanwhile, in Ohio, the motive is still unclear -- the gunman was killed by police about 30 seconds after he fired his first shot.
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First Edition: August 5, 2019
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Cheaper Drug Imports From Canada Would Be Wonderful But Are Just Another Fantasy; U.S. Needs To Wake Up To Concerns About The Ebola Outbreak
Opinion writers weigh in on these health care topics and others.
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Longer Looks: Preparing For Pandemics; Escaping Paradise; Lessons From Covering The Opioid Epidemic; And More
Each week, KHN finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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State Highlights: After Complaints About Heart Surgeries, N.C. Hospital Reported To Be In Compliance; Florida Appeals Court Backs 24-Hour Abortion Waiting Period
Media outlets report on news from North Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, California, Louisiana and Massachusetts.
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Different Takes: Let’s Take The Debate About Health Care Back To Affordability; Repealing The ACA Would Hurt Millions On Medicaid In Rural Areas
Editorial writers weigh in on the debate about the future of health care.
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‘Very Alarming’: Increase In Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancers Among Younger Patients Continues To Rise
Younger patients were also more likely than older people to have advanced cases. Awareness and testing, which has attributed to decreasing rates among older adults, needs to improve among people under age 50. Persistent constipation, cramps, bloating, blood in stool, unexplained weight loss and fatigue can all be symptoms. Other public health news focuses on disparities in post-cancer care for LGBTQ survivors, Ebola, mosquito-borne viruses, options for cows milk, vegetarian burgers, fighting obesity, and challenges for athletic moms.
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Inspections Turn Up Lead From Deteriorating Paint In Nearly 1,000 New York City Classrooms For Young Children
In the school department's first-of-a-kind report, it listed online which of the 5,408 pre-school and kindergarten classrooms it inspected had lead problems. Administrators stressed the 938 classrooms are safe, but parents who want to get free blood tests for their children were informed how to go about it. Lead exposure is a serious health risk for young children. News on environmental health hazards comes from Ohio, California and Georgia, as well.
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