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A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers analyze the proposals now in the mix regarding changes to these federal programs.
Opinion pages nationwide offer thoughts on the possible pitfalls as well as how some of the ideas taking shape offer promise.
Outlets report on news from Delaware, Arizona, New Jersey, California, Texas, Massachusetts, Colorado, New Hampshire, Missouri, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Virginia and Washington.
News outlets cover other stories related to cancer, including the mental and financial impact of the disease as well as women's efforts to preserve fertility.
The messaging will begin as early as kindergarten. In other news on the epidemic, Seattle approves sites for people to safely use illegal drugs, the crisis hits close to home for one state prosecutor and a company that makes a device to inject anti-overdose medication gets heat over its pricing.
The Chicago Tribune investigated whether pharmacists provided proper safety instructions to patients when combining medications and found many failed to help consumers. In other public health news: hospital policies for staff workers and flu shots; liver transplants for heavy drinkers; Alzheimer's; innovative drug-delivery devices; and more.
Doctors, hospitals and the federal government are all asking patients about their care as the health system is being transformed. But many experts question the science and technical infrastructure for capturing good data. Also in the news, a report from Connecticut looks at efforts to curb the number of people who are readmitted to a hospital after a nursing home stay.
In other health news from the insurance marketplace, Anthem's earnings report could rise by as much as 30 percent.
Prescription drugmakers are raising concerns that revamping the Medicaid program will leave some patients unable to get expensive treatments. Meanwhile, patient advocates point out that under the current system Medicaid can expand during economic downturns to help people without work. News outlets also report on a new study about Medicaid coverage of gunshot injuries and developments in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Kansas and Connecticut.
From 1977 to 1980, U.S. troops were sent to Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean to clean up the remnants of nuclear testing. Now, many of those veterans are sick, but the military says there's no connection between the illnesses and the cleanup. Meanwhile, the administration is moving to exempt VA positions from the hiring freeze.
Vice President Mike Pence and Kellyanne Conway both addressed the thousands that gathered for the annual march.
The president passed a flurry of executive orders -- including one on health care -- without consulting the agencies they affected or Congress.
The executive order that bars people from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States provoked swift reaction from those in academia and research. They say the ban threatens to seriously damage U.S. status as a world leader in scientific research.
And The New York Times offers a look at the controversy surrounding the Trump administration nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Service in advance of the panel's vote this week.
Despite uncertainty surrounding the future of the law, it's still important to get health care coverage for this year, experts say.
A new poll shows that, though Americans are still divided over what the future of the health law should be, the majority of them are concerned about how the Republicans' plans for repeal will affect coverage. Meanwhile other outlets offer a look at what repeal could mean across the country and in different industries.
Among other things, the revised directive allows ads that have already been paid for to run.
Although there is a string of hearings set up for this upcoming week, some conservatives are frustrated that Republicans lost momentum on repeal by not emerging from their retreat in Philadelphia with a unified plan.
Leaked audio from the congressional Republican's retreat in Philadelphia reveals worry among lawmakers on how to go about dismantling and replacing the health law.
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