First Edition: March 30, 2018
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Longer Looks: Opioids And Prisons; Lie Detectors; And Legal Marijuana
Each week, KHN finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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Viewpoints: Maintaining A Strong VA Is Essential; Apply Political Lessons From HIV Crisis To Opioid Epidemic
Opinion writers focus on these and other health topics.
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State Highlights: Planned Parenthood Receives $9M To Build 2 Clinics In Texas; States Work To Outlaw Gay Conversion Therapy
Media outlets report on news from Texas, Maryland, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, Massachusetts, Washington, Georgia and Kansas.
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Kansas Regulators Move To Take Over 15 Insolvent Nursing Homes, Protect Hundreds Of Residents
The operator of the nursing homes, New Jersey-based Skyline Health Care, told the state it cannot make upcoming payroll. Skyline’s financial troubles also persist in Nebraska, which moved last week to take over 21 nursing homes across the state.
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‘Red Flag’ Bill To Seize Guns From People Who Are An Imminent Threat Moves Forward In Delaware
Meanwhile, in Virginia, lawmakers urge county leaders to enforce ordinances about not driving with a loaded shotgun or rifle.
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More Than 4,000 Frozen Embryos And Eggs Were Lost During ‘Catastrophic’ Failure At Ohio Fertility Clinic
The number is at least twice what facility leaders had originally estimated.
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Link Between SIDS And Rare Genetic Mutation Leaves Some Families More Vulnerable Than Others
The paper stressed, though, that genetics is just one of the factors that can lead to sudden and unexpected infant deaths. In other public health news: tumors, the flu, weight-loss surgery, melanoma, and hearing loss.
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Possible Merger To Create Nation’s Largest Owner Of Hospitals Now Shelved
Ascension and Providence St. Joseph Health are putting talks on hold to focus on internal restructuring.
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Vermont’s Heralded Drug Prices Transparency Bill Disappoints Nearly Two Years In
“We took a first step toward transparency, but it wasn’t substantial enough to give us anything of true value," said Vermont state lawmaker William Lippert. In other news FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb wants to get biosimilars to the market faster, and Democrats prepare to use high drug prices as a campaign message.
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Pelosi Directs Democrats To Message That GOP Tax Bill Threatens Medicare When Talking To Constituents
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urged her colleagues to "amplify the truth" about Republicans' actions on Medicare.
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Medicaid Is Taking Disproportionately Huge Chunk Of States’ Budgets Leaving Little For Other Services
The combination of Medicaid and public-employee health and retirement costs consumes about one out of every five tax dollars collected by state and local governments, which is the highest share since Medicaid was created in 1965.
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Lawmakers Aim To Get Opioid Package To Floor In May Saying ‘Time Is Of The Essence’
Passing legislation on opioids -- a rare bipartisan issue -- could give lawmakers a victory they can tout come the 2018 midterm elections. In other news on the crisis: fentanyl-laced cocaine, treatment programs, death certificates, and take-back programs.
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Iowa Presses Forward With Plan To Sidestep Health Law Rules Despite CMS’ Rejection Of Idaho’s Request
CMS ruled in Idaho's case that skirting the regulations is still illegal, but agency officials were willing to work with the state to offer the plans as short-term coverage. Meanwhile, other states are exploring their options to stabilize their marketplaces.
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Will Opening Health Data Floodgates To Patients Help Save Money And Lives? CMS Hopes So.
CMS wants to make patients' data more accessible to them and to third-party tech innovators, with the eventual goal of making health data as easy to pull up as any other app on a cellphone.
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Trump’s Physician Tapped To Lead VA After President Dismisses Shulkin Following Weeks Of Controversy
While Dr. Ronny Jackson has been praised for his work as a physician, critics call into question his lack of management experience. Meanwhile, both veterans groups and lawmakers on the Hill praised David Shulkin for his work during his tenure at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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First Edition: March 29, 2018
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Rising Federal Deficit Puts Medical Research In Jeopardy; Repealing Second Amendment Would Be Opening Pandora’s Box
Editorial pages focus on these and other health issues.
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Perspectives: There Was A Time When Drugmakers Were Considered Heroes And Not Villains
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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It May Soon Be End-Of-An-Era For Standalone Drug Middlemen. But That Doesn’t Mean They’re Losing Power.
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical pricing.
By brilabuskes