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The announcement by Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, that the Trump administration will look favorably at state requests to institute work requirements has raised fears of lower enrollments, prompted concerns about law suits and brought cheers from some states. Also other Medicaid news from Iowa, Ohio and Illinois.
The tax bill, a priority for the Republican majority in Congress, would likely raise the deficit and that would set off an automatic cuts in spending that would affect Medicare. In other news, a key legislative committee agrees on funding for several Medicare related services and a new study finds that Medicare coverage lags what other countries do for seniors.
Insurers have pulled out of the individual marketplace across the country, leaving some people who need care for chronic diseases without any options.
The Affordable Care Act requires large companies to offer their employees affordable insurance or pay stiff tax penalties, but the IRS has held off on enforcing the provision.
One of the main goals of the measure is to reverse President Donald Trump's decision to cut off cost-sharing payments to insurers. However, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says Democrats won't support the bipartisan plan if the individual mandate repeal remains in the tax package.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he can't vote for either the House or Senate bill as written. Other lawmakers all voiced concerns about the measures.
Media outlets offer a look at what would happen to the Affordable Care Act exchanges if lawmakers include repeal of the individual mandate in their tax package. Meanwhile, Democrats seize on the turmoil as a way to get their base interested in the Republicans' tax overhaul.
But with a small enrollment window, it's too early to tell what the final numbers will look like.
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An investigation by the Minneapolis Star Tribune finds complaints about involuntary discharges and transfers from senior care facilities have surged 50 percent since 2012. Meanwhile in Florida, nursing homes are asking the state to help pay for emergency generators.
Ana Claudia Arias is developing such products as a bandage-like sensor that could monitor a wound's healing process or one that could slip into a diabetic's shoe and warn about foot ulcers the person wouldn't be able to feel.
“Once upon a time a good hit would make me stand and cheer,” says Amy Stover. “Now, when I watch a game and a hit happens and someone goes down, I freeze, I feel sick. Will they get up? Are they okay? The consequences of the hit are so very vivid and real now.” In other public health news, gene editing, PTSD, maternal deaths, depression, soda, and more.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the supplement kratom is responsible for at least 36 recent deaths.
But the monthly treatment is more difficult because participants have to wean themselves off opioids for a period of three days before they could start taking Vivitrol. Because of that hurdle, patients failed to start on Vivitrol at four times the rate that they did on the daily medication Suboxone.
President Donald Trump touted Alex Azar as a "star" who could help combat high drug prices. But Azar's history as a top pharma executive has critics worried.
The Congressional Budget Office warned that the tax bill could set off a budget rule that would necessitate cuts to Medicare of as much as $25 billion next year.
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