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Swift Legal Action Follows In Wake Of Miss. Governor Signing 15-Week Abortion Ban
“We are saving more of the unborn than any state in America, and what better thing we could do,” Gov. Phil Bryant (R-Miss.) said. But some lawyers argue the law violates longstanding Supreme Court precedent that states may not ban abortions before they are deemed viable outside the womb, which is generally at about 24 to 26 weeks.
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Case
The case, coming out out of California, brings together two contentious issues: freedom of speech and abortion. However, whatever the court decides would affect the legality of the procedure.
Abortion Continues To Jam Up Spending Bill Negotiations As Shutdown Deadline Ticks Ever Closer
It’s also unlikely that measures to shore up the health law marketplace will make it into the final version of the legislation. Lawmakers are facing down a third shutdown in as many months.
“If we don’t get tougher on drug dealers, we are wasting our time,” President Donald Trump said in New Hampshire while offering an overview of his plan to fight the opioid crisis. While some advocates lauded elements of the blueprint, questions about additional money and a focus on punishment raised some concerns.
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Maryland’s Ambitious Program To Cut And Control Health Care Costs Is Actually Paying Off
The changes instituted by the program had hospitals taking steps to better coordinate patients’ chronic conditions with nursing and rehabilitation facilities, primary care doctors and others inside and outside of the hospitals.
Red Tape And Bureaucratic Costs Of Medicaid Work Mandate Would Negate Savings, Minnesota Doctors Say
“This isn’t fixing the barrier to people getting jobs,” said Dr. Nathan Chomilo of Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity. “This is putting red tape around a program that we know helps children and families.”
VA Report Included Clinic That Doesn’t Exist. Glaring Mistake Calls Into Question Quality Of Study
The report was designed to assess the health needs of veterans in New Hampshire and Vermont. Meanwhile, a new study is going to examine if genetic testing can be utilized in the treatment of depression in veterans.
NIH Wooed Alcohol Industry To Foot Bill For Study That Could Show Benefits Of Daily Drinking
The fundraising may have violated National Institutes of Health policy, which prohibits employees from soliciting or suggesting donations, funds or other resources intended to support activities. In other public health news: colorectal cancer, Stephen Hawking, the human genome, second-hand marijuana smoke, maternal health, and more.
Indictments Announced In Federal Probe Into ‘Nationwide Conspiracy’ Over Opioid Marketing Tactics
Along with the indictments, two Insys Therapeutics sales employees have agreed to cooperate with officials in the investigation, a signal that feds may be moving closer to building a case against executives at the drug company.
Apps That Need Doctor’s Prescription Could Be Wave Of Future Or Just ‘Meaningless’ Rebranding
Some doctors say the app-based treatments are just like any pill they’d prescribe but others aren’t so won over.
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani has kept a low profile as the No. 2 at the embattled Theranos. But now, facing fraud charges, he’s going to be dragged into the center of attention.
Sharp premium spikes helped those insurers still in the marketplace actually make money on individual plans.
The National Academy of Sciences on Friday released the first in-depth report in more than 40 years about the state of science around abortion safety and quality in the United States.
Abortion Provision Still A Thorn In Spending Bill Negotiations As Shutdown Deadline Looms
Most major funding disputes have been settled, but lawmakers are holding firm over an abortion measure designed to make sure that Planned Parenthood receives a lion’s share of federal family planning grants.
Louise Slaughter, Who Played Key Role In Health Law Passage, Dies At 88
Rep. Louise Slaughter, of New York, was chairwoman of the rules committee when Democrats were in the majority in the House from 2007 to 2010. The panel controls the debate and amendment process on the House floor, and she used its power to advance the Affordable Care Act, which passed the House by just five votes in 2009.
President Donald Trump’s plan to battle the opioid crisis includes a fresh public-awareness campaign about drug abuse, a research-and-development partnership between the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies into opioid prescription alternatives, tougher sentences for fentanyl traffickers, and screening of all prison inmates for opioid addiction.
