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Archives: Morning Breakouts
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State Highlights: Shortage Of Psychiatrists Persists While Need Rises In Illinois; Tribe In Wyoming Plans Switching To Self-Insure Program
Media outlets report on news from Ohio, Wyoming, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Kansas, Tennessee, Maryland, Georgia, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico.
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Americans Think Pharma Has More Clout In Washington Than NRA Or Wall Street
A poll finds that while Americans are concerned about drug prices, many don't have confidence that the current administration will be able to fix high prices.
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Bipartisan Group Of Senators ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over CMS’ Oversight Of Way Medicaid Pays For Drugs
The senators asked CMS Administrator Seema Verma if she needs Congress to craft legislation to grant the agency more authority with the end goal of creating more transparency in the pricing.
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Idaho To Require Clinics To Report How Many Times A Patient Has Terminated A Pregnancy
The legislation would also require providers collect other personal information about women seeking abortions. The move is part of a nationwide trend to add restrictions to the procedure. Meanwhile, Kansas wants the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that prevents the state from cutting off Medicaid funds to a Planned Parenthood affiliate.
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HHS Official Whose Office Is At Center Of Probe Over Price’s Travel Investigation Resigns
John Bardis, a longtime friend of former HHS secretary Tom Price, did not face any additional accusations over his office approving Price's charter jet flights.
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Country Is Under-Counting Opioid Overdose Deaths By At Least 20 Percent, Study Finds
On a death certificate, coroners and medical examiners often leave out exactly which drug contributed to a death. In other news on the crisis, drugmakers work with federal officials to help combat the epidemic and Republicans push for higher sentencing for trafficking fentanyl.
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A Fountain Of Youth In Pill Form? Scientists Say A Supplement Already On The Market Shows Results
“It’s probably not the magic pill everyone is looking for, but it’s one more brick in our efforts to understand aging and health span,” said Dr. Eric Verdin, of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. In other public health news: pap smears, genome sequencing, omega-6 fatty acids, suicides and art therapy.
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‘It’s Going To Look Scary To Politicians’: Students To March In Washington For Gun Control
The March for Our Lives event was created following the mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla. Along with Saturday march in Washington, D.C., more than 800 student-led demonstrations are planned across the United States and internationally. The students, who are in voting-age range, say they want to make gun control a major issue for the 2018 midterm elections.
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Insurers Scramble To Regroup After Health Law Stabilization Measures Are Left Out Of Spending Bill
Although some experts thought the measures would do more harm than good to the current marketplace, insurer groups say they're "discouraged and disheartened." However, on Thursday, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said there will be a vote on the Republicans' plan to lower premiums, though he didn't offer more details.
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Congress Staves Off Third Government Shutdown Of Year With Late Night Vote On $1.3T Spending Deal
A measure to stabilize the health law marketplace was not included in the final deal, but medical research, addiction treatment and mental health care won big gains.
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First Edition: March 23, 2018
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Different Takes: Lessons Learned From Teens Wanting Gun Control; Guns Laws Don’t Stop Killers
Opinion writers focus on the public health crisis brought about by gun violence.
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Viewpoints: Keep Increasing Private Plan Enrollments To Save Medicare; Get Funds Rolling For Research On Gun Violence
Editorial writers focus on these health topics and others.
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Longer Looks: Algorithms Cutting Health Care, Prisons As Asylums & Health Care Profits
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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State Highlights: In Rare Move, Utah Law Allows Pharmacies To Issue Birth Control; Sweeping Mental Health Reforms Headed For Passage In Iowa
Media outlets report on news from Utah, Iowa, Texas, Kansas, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Connecticut and Colorado.
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Connecticut’s Attempts To Institute Individual Mandate Fail To Make It Out Of Committee
However, lawmakers said the prospects for a state individual mandate aren't dead.
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Va. Governor Calls For No-Strings-Attached Medicaid Expansion In Budget That Was Quickly Dismissed By GOP
The budget from Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) was almost identical to the one former Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposed in December. The state Legislature has been stuck over what to do about Medicaid expansion.
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While Not Breast Cancer, Rise Is Reported In Uncommon Cancer Linked To Breast Implants
The lymphoma, usually curable by surgery alone, is more likely to occur in women with implants that have a textured coating, as opposed to a smooth cover, the FDA said. In other public health news: in-vitro fertilization testing, scanners for neurological disorders, HIV vaccine trials, a resurgence of mumps, liver transplants, fitness and dementia, early Alzheimer's detection and a bee acupuncture death.
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Page With Extensive Information About Lesbian, Bisexual Health Removed From HHS Website, Watchdog Finds
However, according to an HHS spokesperson, the information was simply sent elsewhere as part of an effort to make the website mobile-ready that began in 2016.
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