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New York's program has a ban on dental implants and limits on replacement dentures that some beneficiaries say is affecting their overall health. Medicaid news comes out of Illinois as well.
Although critics of Brett Kavanaugh are focusing on abortion rights to oppose the Supreme Court nominee, there is not a lot in his record that reveals his stance on the issue.
There has been a lot of fine print in all the price cutting talk from the pharmaceutical industry in recent weeks. For example, most targeted old products that no longer produce much revenue.
The agency entrusted enforcement of the drugs to the companies that were making them, documents show. "People were getting hurt — and the FDA sat by and watched this happen," Dr. Andrew Kolodny, an opioid policy researcher at Brandeis University, tells The New York Times. Meanwhile, under pressure, another pharmaceutical wholesaler agrees to boost oversight of its opioid distribution.
But the announcement from HHS did not specify how much the organization would receive in Title X grants, so there's a possibility it could receive less money than previous years.
The American Civil Liberties Union is pushing back, saying that the White House's “unconstitutional separation practice” precipitated the crisis and that the federal government has far more resources than non-governmental organizations to find the parents.
Following the defeat of the measure, Mayor Muriel Bowser said, “Senator Ted Cruz — who otherwise loathes federal government intrusion — launched the most recent attempt to undermine the will of Washingtonians, and we are grateful that a bipartisan majority in the Senate tabled his amendment.” News on the health law comes out of Missouri and Illinois also.
Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus filed the suit, pointing to President Donald Trump's own words that he is trying to kill the Affordable Care Act. Legal experts say the cities are unlikely to succeed in their suit.
With the midterm elections coming up, the vote would force Republicans to vote against popular protections such as coverage for preexisting health conditions.
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Media outlets report on news from Michigan, California, Illinois, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Florida, Minnesota, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin and Texas.
Whereas other outbreaks have been in relatively safe areas, the new one is in an active conflict zone.
Hundreds of lawsuits claim that Abilify, which can be taken for depression and anxiety, causes gambling, binging, and other compulsive acts. But scientists say that if it does play a role, there are likely other factors also at play. In other public health news: tuberculosis, 3D-printed guns, cancer survivors, sleep, worker injuries, and more.
It took more than three months, several DNA studies and other tests before an undocumented mother was reunited with her 1-year-old daughter. She had many questions, but the caseworker who delivered her child disappeared before she could ask them.
Meanwhile, academic and rural hospitals will likely see a cut in funding.
The companies are doling out money to nonprofits, in a move that could potentially be building goodwill ahead of the massive legal battle the industry is about to face. Meanwhile, KHN takes a look at how competition in the early days of the opioid push helped shape the companies' strategies.
Activists are working to get expansion of the program on the ballots for a handful of red states where elected officials have blocked it for years. Medicaid news comes out of Florida, Virginia and Michigan, as well.
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