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The vast majority of those dollars — more than $167 million — would be covered by the federal government, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin said. Medicaid news comes out of Virginia, New Mexico, and Florida as well.
“This is not easy,'' Warren Buffett said about the new health initiative between his company, Amazon and JPMorgan. "If it was easy, it would have been done.”
Leading advocacy groups, including the American Legion, the VFW and the Disabled Veterans of America, are worried about conservatives' interest in shifting toward privatized care for veterans. They see Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin as an ally.
The justices will hear a case on a rule that requires non-union employees at union-affiliated workplaces to pay “fair share” fees. Public sector employees who are not union members are required to pay these fees because the union’s collective bargaining is meant to benefit all employees equally. Nearly 1.5 million workers in health care occupations are represented by unions.
A law currently bars Medicaid from paying for treatment in mental health facilities with more than 16 beds. The administration has already opened the way for states to seek waivers from the policy in cases involving treatment for substance abuse, so mental health treatments could be next. Meanwhile, outlets look at what Congress can realistically do on gun control, what states are taking action, and the limits on gun research.
The states also say in the suit that because the health law doesn't have a "severability clause" — a provision that says if one part of the law is struck by the courts, the rest would stand — if one part of it is struck down, the rest is invalid.
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Media outlets report on news from Maryland, California, New York, Wisconsin, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Georgia, Michigan, Virginia, Massachusetts and Missouri.
Despite many of the nation's hospitals pledging to increase diversity on their boards and in their management and physician workforces, health care remains predominantly white. Black professionals talk about the obstacles they face breaking into the industry.
Experts say there isn't much science supporting the idea that you can find a genetically compatible date. In other public health news: cough syrup, medical research, Googling symptoms, back pain, heart health and more.
Deaths before being discharged from the hospital are down to between 1 and 3 percent.
The latest analysis shows that the percentage of children ages 2 to 19 who are obese increased from 14 percent in 1999 to 18.5 percent in 2015 and 2016. "Clearly, obesity remains a problem," says Asheley Skinner, of Duke University. Other news on children focuses on screening for depression and warnings about irritability.
But that doesn't mean it's gone. "We’re likely to see influenza continue to circulate until mid-April," said Daniel Jernigan, director of the CDC's flu division.
The move is part of a broader push by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to treat the opioid epidemic as a health issue and not a moral failing. Meanwhile, Congress is looking to tackle the crisis, starting with a series of hearings this week.
“Hospitals will start to evolve into large intensive-care units, where you go to get highly specialized, highly technical or serious critical care," predicts Bruce Leff, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The agency is asking Congress for $350 million to build a new high-containment lab complex on the CDC campus.
The HHS Office of Population Affairs released a long-awaited funding announcement Friday for $260 million in funding for Title X grants. The new rules could make it harder for Planned Parenthood to qualify for the money.
President Donald Trump spoke to the Conservative Political Action Conference after his administration issued a rule to relax restrictions around short-term insurance plans. Meanwhile, an analysis by the Urban Institute shows that the changes Trump has made will drive premiums up in most states next year.
Governors who had previously opposed changes to gun laws seemed open to considering new measures during the National Governors Association meeting, in a sign of a possible shifting tide following the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. The governors also worked on other hot-button health care issues over the weekend.
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