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State Highlights: In Calif., Gubernatorial Candidates Try To Prove Health Care Street Cred; Death Toll Rises In Fla. Nursing Home Tradgedy

Media outlets report on news from California, Florida, Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Sept. 22, 2017

Football Player Who Was Convicted Of Murder Found To Have Severe Brain Damage

The severity of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez's CTE, a degenerative disease believed to be caused by concussions, is usually found in players in their 60s. He was 27 when he committed suicide in jail.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Hospital Cracks Down On Inconsistencies With Prescribing Opioids As It Tries To Battle Crisis

Anne Arundel Health System joins hospitals across the region and the state of Maryland in attempting to eradicate a problem medical institutions now realize they helped create. Meanwhile, the Senate HELP Committee will hold a hearing to address the epidemic next month.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Massive Data-Gathering Project Strives To Be Inclusive Where So Many Studies Have Failed In Past

The National Institutes of Health's wide-sweeping data-gathering project, called "All Of Us," has set a goal of ensuring that more than half of the participants come from communities that are historically underrepresented in biomedical research. In other public health news: brain science, diabetes-related amputations, kidney disease and more.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

VA Steps Up Efforts To Screen And Treat Veterans For Hepatitis C

With a higher rate of infection reported among vets than the general population, the Department of Veterans Affairs started taking proactive measures three years ago to cure patients. Meanwhile, Agent Orange exposure and a wrongful death case are also in veterans health news headlines today.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Drug’s $475K Cost Highlights Pricing Problems With Unique, Breakthrough Therapies

“We need a new payment model,” Steve Miller, chief medical officer at Express Scripts Holding Co., said while criticizing Novartis' new drug.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Suit Alleging Calif.’s Low Medicaid Payments Hinder Care For Hispanics Being Watched Closely

Suing Medicaid is difficult so other civil rights groups are monitoring this case, but experts say similar actions elsewhere could be difficult to win. In other Medicaid news, Virginia advocates raise concerns about the delay in reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, a successful program to help low-income mothers is profiled in North Carolina and two transgender women sue Iowa's program for failing to cover sex-reassignment surgery.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Medicare Seeks Suggestions From Doctors, Hospitals, Patients On New Payment Models

The request for proposals is seeking ideas to promote better competition among health providers and enhance patients' choices. It also hints at some conservative policies the Trump administration may be interested in implementing.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Since May, HHS Secretary Price’s Trips Via Private Jets Have Cost Taxpayers More Than $300,000

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s use of private jets represents a sharp departure from his two immediate predecessors, Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Kathleen Sebelius, who flew commercially in the continental United States.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Cash-Strapped Rural Hospitals Already On Financial Brink See GOP Bill As Potential Last Straw

Rural hospitals would be hit especially hard by the legislation, which would increase the uninsured, boost deductibles for patients or threaten already shrinking Medicare payments.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Neither Side In Kimmel, Cassidy Dust-Up Conveys Complexities Of Health Care, But TV Host Gets The Edge

Jimmy Kimmel himself admits that he "should not be the guy you go to for information on health care," but fact checkers say he's presenting a more realistic picture of the effects of the Graham-Cassidy bill.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

The Road To 50 Votes: Which Senators To Watch In Health Care Talks Over The Next Week

Republicans can only afford to lose two votes. In other news on the repeal-and-replace efforts: a national Democratic poll finds that the measure has 24 percent support; opponents in California go hard against it; Nevada's governor says the legislation's increased funding is a "false choice"; and more.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Although Publicly Enthusiastic About Efforts, Trump Has Little Sway Over Crucial Senators

GOP Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, John McCain of Arizona and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are not senators that are likely to be wooed or threatened by President Donald Trump.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Provision Tucked Into Bill Benefits Alaska, Just When GOP Is Desperate For Murkowski’s Vote

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is a crucial vote for Republicans to secure if they want to pass their health law. Critics blast a provision of the legislation that only benefits Alaska and Montana as the GOP try to sway votes. "Everyone involved in this moral and intellectual monstrosity should be ashamed of themselves," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) says.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

States Who Win Under Graham-Cassidy Win Big, While The Losers Get Walloped

Multiple analyses have found different results about which states come out on top and which are hit the hardest. But they all find massive financial discrepancies between the two. For example, federal funding for coverage would plunge by 41 percent in Louisiana, while it would grow by 126 percent in South Carolina, according to one estimate.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017

Inside The ‘Most Radical Of Any Of The Republican Health Care Bills’ Debated This Year

For all the last-minute rush surrounding the measure from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the bill is actually the most far-reaching the Republicans have tried to pass yet. Media outlets take a look at what exactly is in the bill and what it does.

By brilabuskes

Sept. 22, 2017