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Although Potential Opioid Settlements Are Compared To Big Tobacco Reckoning, They’ll Likely Be On Much Smaller Scale

The opioid epidemic has taken place over a shorter time span than what fell under the Big Tobacco settlements in the 1990s, and hasn’t resulted in as many deaths. Meanwhile, Oklahoma's chief medical examiner testified in the case that could set a benchmark for the thousands set to follow. In other opioid news: bankruptcy committees, WHO guidelines, wrong-full death lawsuits, and more.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
State Highlights: Homeless Activists Call For L.A. Mayor To Step Down: ‘He Can’t Handle The Crisis’; Connecticut Raises Legal Age To Purchase Tobacco, Vaping Pens to 21

Media outlets report on news from California, Connecticut, Iowa, Tennessee, Ohio, New York, Illinois, Arizona, Minnesota, Georgia, Washington and Missouri.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
UnitedHealth’s $4.3B Purchase Of Physician Group Approved By FTC With Conditions

The FTC alleged the UnitedHealth-DaVita deal would create a monopoly in the Las Vegas area and that the combination would have resulted in higher health-care costs and weaker competition for on quality, services and other amenities.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
A Tale Of Two Abortion Clinics: How Facilities That Are 20 Minutes Apart Highlight The Great Divide In The Country

As Missouri's last-remaining abortion clinic fights to stay open, one in Illinois is hiring more staff and considering adding extra hours. The fates of the two show how states are drifting further apart on the issue of abortion even as their neighbors go the opposite way. Abortion news comes out of Rhode Island and Michigan as well.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
U.S. Air Quality Improves, But Other Countries Are Safer. Over 110M Americans Live In Counties With Unhealthy Levels Of Pollution.

While President Donald Trump said recently that air quality in the U.S. is the best in the world, his claim is far from true. Ten other countries outrank the United States., including several in Europe. Microscopic pollution from power plants, car exhaust and wildfires causes the premature deaths of 100,000 American every year. Other public health news examines the debate over an injection to improve women's sexual desire, a vaccine's potential to lower risk of Type 1 diabetes, 9/11 responders and prostrate cancer, research on the next pandemic, the air industry's response to food allergies, smartphones' ability to reshape bodies, the toll suffered by surgeons' moods, and more.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Black Public Health Leaders Condemn Medical College Decision To Accept Juul’s $7.5M Funding

The grant from the e-cigarette company set off a debate about the challenges of taking corporate money and not becoming biased in the funder's favor. Leaders of Meharry Medical College in Tennessee said the grant allows them to open a public health center to study issues impacting African Americans. Opponents argue that African Americans are targeted with menthol cigarettes and have a higher death rate from smoking. In other news on vaping, a pen exploded and fractured a teen's jaw.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
A Look At The Court Cases That Carved Out Protections For LGBTQ Community Over The Years

The New York Times reviews the history of LGBTQ rights in the courts. Meanwhile, a study on homophobia reveals a disconnect between perception and reality.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Amazon Wants To Cut PBMs Out Of Drug Sales Pipeline By Contracting Directly With Health Plans, Employers

By contracting directly with health plans and employers, Amazon-PillPack would essentially become its own pharmacy benefit manager, which, given Amazon’s distribution capabilities, could quickly shake up the nation’s prescription drug market. Court documents in a case about personnel revealed the strategy that many in the industry fear. In other pharmaceutical news: a drug-price watchdog group with ties to pharma; Merck's expansion into cancer treatments; and more.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Anti-Vaccination Movement May Seem Rooted In Social Media, But Following The Money Paints A Different Picture

Philanthropists Bernard and Lisa Selz pumped millions into the anti-vaccination movement in recent years. The Washington Post looks at how the couple plays an outsized role in the debate. Meanwhile, a new report finds that mistrust of vaccinations around the world grows at the same time that government confidence declines.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Medicaid Work Mandate In Arkansas Didn’t Boost Employment And Left Thousands Dropped From Insurance

A new study may undercut one of the Trump administration's key arguments that work requirements would cut unemployment rates. “It should certainly be a warning sign that there’s potential for large coverage losses, potential for significant confusion,” said Benjamin Sommers, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the study’s lead author. Arkansas's results are closely watched as other conservative states consider more restrictions to their Medicaid programs.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Trump Official Testifies On Administration’s ‘Grave Concerns’ About Misuse Of Family Planning Funds, But Fails To Give Proof

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs Diane Foley defended the Trump administration's recent changes to the Title X family planning funding in front of Congress. But when asked about their "grave concerns" that money was going toward abortions, Foley was unable to cite instances when it occurred. The rule change set off a firestorm, and has been blocked for now by the courts.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Grassley Takes Stand Against Trump’s Proposal To Tie Medicare Drug Prices To What Other Countries Pay

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) previously held his tongue on the issue, saying he was going to wait for a formal proposal from the White House. But now he says he's "studied it long enough" to think that the plan will hurt innovation.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Senators’ Decision To Go With ‘Benchmark Payment’ Strategy To Address Surprise Bills Deals Blow To Hospital Groups

Under the revised bill from Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), when a patient is seen by a doctor who isn’t in their network, insurance would pay them the “median in-network rate,” meaning the rate would be similar to what the plan charges other doctors in the area for the same procedure. The health committee had presented three options on the surprise billing front in its discussion draft, including an arbitration arrangement that's favored by other lawmakers.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
$1T Spending Bill Passes House In What Amounts To An Opening Bid As Lawmakers Eye Looming Shutdown Threat

The measure far exceeds President Donald Trump’s budget request for domestic programs, attracting a White House veto threat, and denies him his full Pentagon budget increase. It also contains policy “riders” related to abortion and other hot-button issues that drove away potential GOP supporters. Lawmakers face a series of deadlines this fall, the first of which is to avert a repeat of this year’s partial government shutdown.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
It’s Easy To Promise To Cure Cancer On The Campaign Trail, But Actually Doing It Is Not

Both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have said in recent days that if they're president, they will cure cancer. Although the pledges may seem like any other campaign trail boast, experts say it can give the public false hope that hurts the path toward cures in the long run. Meanwhile, ethical questions are being raised about Biden's cancer-fighting organization.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
First Edition: June 20, 2019

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

By brilabuskes

June 20, 2019
Viewpoints: Let Us See Trump’s Plan For Better, Cheaper Health Care; Lessons On The Many Perceptions About Medicare-For-All

Opinion writers weigh in on these health topics and others.

By janicelkff

June 19, 2019
Could Alexa Be Trained To Recognize Gasping Sounds Associated With A Cardiac Event?

During cardiac events, minutes can make a difference between life and death. Can there be an upside found to the fact that Alexa and other digital assistants are always listening? Meanwhile, one expert wonders if artificial intelligence will become the asbestos of health care.

By brilabuskes

June 19, 2019
Long-Term Use Of Opioids To Address Chronic Pain More Common Among People Who Are Obese

People in higher BMI categories were also more likely to use stronger opioids that were similar to morphine, a new study finds. News on the opioid epidemic comes out of Oklahoma, New Hampshire and California, as well.

By brilabuskes

June 19, 2019
Missouri Provides Details On ‘Failed Abortions’ That Triggered Investigation Into State’s Last-Remaining Clinic

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the last-remaining abortion clinic in the state are in a court battle over the facility's license. The state provided details about its claims that three procedures done there required additional surgeries and another led to life-threatening complications. Jesse Lawder, a spokesman for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, said the state violated patient-privacy laws by releasing the records.

By brilabuskes

June 19, 2019

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