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And if they do, who should pay for them?
Often times, the closures are being seen in rural areas where the communities are already isolated and impoverished. In other women's health news: fertility clinics, Planned Parenthood's tweets, abortion rules, misdiagnosing women, pregnant inmates, and a midwife delivering her own baby by c-section.
“I haven’t slept since 1979,” said Kevin Charest the chief information security officer for the Health Care Service Corp., which is responsible for protecting the records of the nearly 15 million participants in Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Texas and four other states. “If you knew what I knew, you wouldn’t sleep either."
The proposal, which is expected to be approved early next month, would limit Medicare coverage for longterm high-dose prescriptions. Critics say the move will leave patients who need help with pain management scrambling. In other news on the epidemic: how the crisis has affected the workforce; a mobile wound-tending unit; curbing opioid use through insurance companies; suicides; and more.
So far, CMS has given three states the green light to require able-bodied adult Medicaid enrollees to work or volunteer in order to get health coverage. The costs of standing up systems to monitor and enforce those rules, however, has drawn scrutiny. Medicaid news comes out of Utah, Maine, Mississippi and California, as well.
The FDA gained authority to regulate e-cigarettes in 2016 after years of pushback from the industry. Manufacturers were supposed to submit their products for review by August, but last year FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he would delay the deadline until 2022.
Typically insurers say they generally pass rebates to their clients, such as employers. Beginning in 2019, though, Aetna will automatically apply the rebates at the time of sale to insured plan members.
It's been reported that President Donald Trump wants to fire embattled VA Secretary David Shulkin, but he has yet to make the final move against the secretary who maintains support both on Capitol Hill and with veterans.
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Now, plans for the marijuana mecca are uncertain. American Green sold Nipton, once a booming mining town on the edge of the Mojave desert, to Delta International Oil & Gas, a company that's previously focused on buying properties for exploratory drilling.
The budget plan means that the one in four Mississippi residents who rely on the program will continue to be covered. Medicaid news comes out of Idaho and Missouri, as well.
Along with the long hours, constant confrontation and frequent heartbreak they experience, activists work for little or no pay and sometimes struggle for basic needs like food and shelter even as they push for societal change. In other news: HIV testing, strokes, hep C in baby boomers, ADHD, weight loss, and more.
The typical cost in Illinois for a baby suffering from withdrawal is nearly $34,000 compared to just over $4,000 for a baby without it. In other news, a look at why Houston doesn't want to become part of the suit that combines cases from all over the country against drugmakers; the American Dental Association releases new guidelines on opioids; and more.
About 35 states have now established maternal mortality review committees or are in the process of doing so. Meanwhile, scientists and doctors are still trying to figure out the best guidelines for preventing sudden and unexpected infant deaths.
In an era when mega-deals are changing the health care industry landscape, insurance companies are trying to move beyond traditional models of serving their patients and consumers.
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