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Pharma and hospitals are going head-to-head over cuts to the 340B drug program, which requires pharmaceutical companies to give steep discounts to hospitals and clinics that serve high volumes of low-income patients.
The price of the treatment could be more than $1 million. But the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the treatment signals a new era in gene therapy because it is the first to target a disease caused by mutations in a specific gene.
On Tuesday, health insurer Humana became the latest company to tout a new acquisition that will move the industry away from hospitals and toward clinics, doctors’ offices and surgery centers.
The government had been gearing up for another fight of a pregnant immigrant who wanted to seek an abortion. But because she's 19 and not 17, she is no longer in the custody of the Health and Human Services Department office that oversees housing of immigrant children.
But critics say researchers risk creating a monster germ that could escape the lab and seed a pandemic.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promised Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) he'd pass legislation that stabilizes the health law's marketplaces. House lawmakers, however, are furious over the guarantee. Meanwhile, a new fight over abortion becomes latest wrench in year-end spending deal.
Congress has been dawdling on renewing money for CHIP, causing states to scramble as their funding wells start to run dry.
The House needs to vote on the Senate's version once more because of legislative rules that bumped three provisions out of the legislation. But it's expected to sail through the lower chamber once more. Media outlets take a look at how the package, which includes the repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, will affect the health industry.
oday's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from news outlets around the country.
Media outlets report on news from Iowa, California, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Massachusetts.
Clean needle exchanges, for example, often bring opinions on either side. "We don't have a free-case-of-beer-a-month program for alcoholics," says Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. But others point to research that shows the programs are helpful.
At bomb-making plants and ordnance testing ranges across the United States, RDX has spread into the soil and contaminated water supplies. ProPublica investigates the chemical formula and its negative health consequences. In other public health news: college students and mental health; loneliness; dementia; and the brain's destructive impulses.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who leaves office shortly and put the request in his two-year budget proposal to lawmakers, has repeatedly tried to get the Republican-controlled legislature to expand the program for low-income residents. In other states, problems with the Medicaid managed care program in Iowa continue to fester, and lawmakers in Nebraska raise concerns about administrative issues there.
The renewal deadline to refund CHIP passed in September, and states have been cobbling together money ever since. But for many, those back-up funds will run out in March at the latest.
Patients are increasingly relying on walk-in clinics, urgent care centers or an app on their cellphone over the more costly hospital emergency room or doctor’s office. This leaves hospitals competing for fewer patients in a fairly unstable health care marketplace.
Officials have announced that the Food and Drug Administration is going to be cracking down on these treatments that many scientists view as modern-day snake oil. The agency plans to focus on the ones that carry the biggest safety risks, including those marketed for children or for serious diseases.
The government acquiesced to the judge's orders to allow one of the girls to get the procedure, but is still fighting the other one's attempts. Officials only cited "differing circumstances" as to why they gave in on one.
The agency has come under fire for providing employees with words that should be avoided as they prepare for the Fiscal Year 2019 budget process. Many took it as a banning the words that included "vulnerable" and "diversity." But the Department of Health and Human Services says that is not the case.
Apart from repealing the individual mandate, the Republicans' tax package may force tens of millions of dollars in cuts to the Medicare program and open a $1.5-trillion hole in the federal deficit that could put pressure on government health care programs such as Medicaid. Meanwhile, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) reiterates her confidence that GOP leadership will keep the promise to shore up the Affordable Care Act exchanges in return for her "yes" vote on the tax legislation.
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