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Outlets report on news from Virginia, Colorado, Kansas, Tennessee, California, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
Stat investigates Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and his vow to vanquish cancer by 2020. In other public health news: lower back pain, psychiatric drugs and the elderly, prostate cancer surgery, disease "superspreaders," acupuncture and more.
Many patients have come to expect strong narcotics after having a tooth removed or undergoing a root canal, even though research shows over-the-counter pain relievers would suffice.
Doctors are now being trained to deliver culturally appropriate care to patients of many backgrounds, learning different languages, and adjusting care based on the needs of their diverse patients.
The measure letting patients file suit for physical or emotional injuries from an abortion could impact doctors' liability insurance. Meanwhile, other women's reproductive health news stories come from California, Iowa and Connecticut.
Experts suggest five tips on avoiding scary costs after getting treatment.
"There's no doubt it's been helpful," Gov. Chris Sununu says in an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio. Meanwhile, Georgia's governor signs a law that will tax hospitals and then draw down more federal funds to operate the state Medicaid program.
Hours after receiving a letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., calling the pricing strategy on the muscular dystrophy drug unconscionable, Marathon Pharmaceuticals announced it was reevaluating the product launch.
The research into accountable care organizations -- which link hospitals, doctors and other health providers together to provide more coordinated care and lower spending -- is published in JAMA Internal Medicine. One study shows that an ACO program set up by the health law saved Medicare money by reducing post-acute care but not hurting quality of care. The other study looks at Medicaid ACOs in Colorado and Oregon and found that despite different approaches, both programs saved money.
Risk corridors were set up under the 2010 health law to spread risk by collecting money from insurers with healthier populations and distributing it to those with older, sicker customers, but Republicans essentially froze funding to the initiative. A judge ruled that one insurer was owed money from the government, and others could be emboldened by the decision.
“If I could give you an answer today, I would, but I can’t,” Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner said in the latest example of Republicans having to dodge questions about the future of the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the myth of death panels makes a return, and one prominent lawmaker says these town hall protests won't alter the future of repeal.
Health law repeal efforts today look a lot like they did in 2014 during Republicans' most dedicated effort to devise an alternative, but the process took place under the threat of a presidential veto. Meanwhile, this week conservative Republicans will urge leadership to move on repeal, without waiting for a replacement plan. “Instead of continuing to spin our wheels, we need a starting place,” said Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker, R-N.C.
High-risk pools that operated in the states before the Affordable Care Act had limited enrollment, very high premiums, steep deductibles, pre-existing condition exclusions lasting six to 12 months, annual and lifetime benefit limits and waiting lists.
David Shulkin promised he would address the problems that have been plaguing the agency, but that it wouldn't be privatized on his watch.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers take stock of where things stand with the GOP's effort to undo the health law.
Outlets report on news from Georgia, New Jersey, District of Columbia, California, Minnesota, Kansas, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Texas and Connecticut.
Home health agencies say the governor's plan to rein in Medicaid spending with a trim in reimbursements would mean that they would stop sending nurses to homes to check on patients with chronic illnesses and that would shift more people into long-term care facilities. Also, news outlets report on Medicaid developments in Kansas and New Jersey.
Other industry news relates to a Chinese eye hospital chain planning to enter the U.S. market, Ohio facilities joining to create a new trauma care network and a Florida hospital partnering with a Brazilian company to help patients with disabilities.
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