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Opinion writers express views on the defeat of Republican opposition to expanding Medicaid in Virginia and what last week's victory might mean for other states.
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The Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston suspended service for 14 days, citing a need to examine how to move ahead following the latest deaths and the loss of key surgeons.
In other news on hurricane preparations, most Florida nursing homes are not complying with new requirements for backup power, and a new app tells Floridians where to find health care.
Workers struggle with the logistical hurdles of getting an experimental vaccine to people in rural areas who may have come in contact with the virus. In other public health news: medical abnormalities, group doctor appointments, strokes, organ donations, e-cigarettes, and more.
"We want to make sure that when the next hurricane arrives, we don't have a repeat of this situation," said Mario Marazzi-Santiago, the director of Puerto Rico's Institute of Statistics which filed the suit.
More insurers are becoming engaged with buying up physician practices as a way to control cost and stop the spread of hospital consolidation.
Police officers are often the ones on the front lines of the drug epidemic. Fed up with seeing members of their community dying in droves, they've taken matters into their own hands with new tools and initiatives. Meanwhile, experts say lawmakers' efforts against the crisis fall short of what are needed, and focus too much on where the epidemic began instead of where it's headed.
Virginia's decision to expand Medicaid after years of resistance is giving some hope that opposition against the issue has lessened in recent years. Meanwhile, in Texas, poor state oversight has led to companies skimping on essential care for sick children and disabled adults.
“We can spare thousands and thousands of women from getting toxic treatment that really wouldn’t benefit them,” said Dr. Ingrid A. Mayer, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, an author of the study. “This is very powerful. It really changes the standard of care.”
Some states are moving to ban short-term "junk" health insurance plans, while others are requiring people to buy coverage. Worries about high costs and spiking premiums are driving some of the efforts.
Experts are concerned about the president's proposal to switch some expensive drugs from one part of Medicare to another part. Advocates for older Americans say the problems are not inevitable, but will be difficult to solve.
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Opinion writers focus on the government's response to the devastating health situation in Puerto Rico.
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