First Edition: January 12, 2017
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Trump Taps Shulkin, An Obama Pick, For VA Secretary
David Shulkin is currently the under secretary for health.
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Viewpoints: Trump, Science And Vaccines; Firsthand Experience With The Opioid Epidemic
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Perspectives On Repealing And Replacing; Timing Issues; And Detailing Some Obamacare Facts
Opinion writers around the country offer their thoughts on the ongoing debate about the GOP Congress' efforts to dismantle the 2010 health law and how -- because of the measure's sweeping nature -- their efforts are no easy task.
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Perspectives: A New Tactic For Lawmakers To Try: Put Patients’ Needs Ahead Of Industry’s Greed
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Big Pharma To Spend Millions To Rebrand Image As ‘More Lab Coat, Less Hoodie’
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical drug pricing.
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State Highlights: Texas Low-Cost Health Plan Expands; Calif. Gov. Presents Budget As ‘Imperiled’ Federal Health Care Funding Looms Large
Outlets report on health news from Texas, California, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Colorado, Minnesota, Georgia, Florida and Wisconsin.
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Kansas Advocacy Group Urges Members To Press Congress To Oppose Health Law Repeal
The Alliance for a Healthy Kansas is hoping to get Kansas to expand its Medicaid program under the federal health law. In other news, Oklahoma budget officials say the Medicaid program needs more money next year.
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Global Cost Of Smoking Totals $1 Trillion And 6 Million Lives Each Year, WHO Report Finds
And other public health stories cover affordable DNA sequencing, women's continued need for folic acid supplements during childbearing years, heartburn drug use during pregnancy and speeding up cancer clinical trials.
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Following Vaccination Controversy, Ohio Clinic Vows To Focus On Evidence-Based Medicine
Dr. Daniel Neides was slammed with criticism after penning an anti-vaccination rant last week.
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Not Just Flint: Replacing Nation’s Lead Pipes Is Goal Of New Collaborative
Environmental, health and other public interest groups team up to help communities replace pipeline segments that are tainting the water supply. In related news, Illinois moves toward a requirement that all elementary schools and day care centers test drinking water for lead.
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Consequence-Free Gun Violence Running Rampant In PG-13 Movies
The movies, which are consumed by a younger audience than R-rated ones, whitewash the damaging effects of gun violence, a new study finds.
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Abuse-Deterrent OxyContin Pills Simply Redirect People To Seek Out Heroin
A new study finds that the reformulated pills have not reduced overdose deaths. In other news, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie promises to fight the epidemic in his state during his final year in office and Walgreens announces that it will install medication disposal kiosks.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown Offers Bill To Allow Medicare To Negotiate Drug Prices
The strategy, he says, would help lower prescription costs for the government and seniors. Also, Florida lawmakers are weighing a bill that would bar insurance companies from increasing a customer's prescription costs or changing the list of covered drugs during the contract year.
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GAO Still Views Veterans’ Health Care As ‘High Risk’ Issue
An auditors' report by the Government Accountability Office to be released next month will classify health care for veterans as an issue that threatens the federal budget and quality of care. These findings underscore the difficulties that will be faced by whomever President-elect Donald Trump chooses to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. Meanwhile, a U.S. Special Counsel says the Phoenix VA hospital is continuing to struggle with delays in care.
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Rep. Price Faces Growing Scrutiny Over Health Care Stocks
Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate.
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Anti-Vaccine Crusader Says Trump Tapped Him To Lead Vaccination Safety Commission
The meeting between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump is alarming scientists. “It gives it a quasi-legitimacy that I frankly find frightening,” said William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University. However, Trump's transition team has released a statement saying he is only exploring the option of forming a committee on autism.
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For One Pa. Couple, Voting For Trump Meant Relief From ‘Insane’ Insurance Costs
The Schultzes made too much money for subsidies to help them, but not enough to be able to afford the high cost of health insurance when premiums spiked this year. In other health law news, lobbyists scramble to take advantage of the new landscape as repeal looms, rural hospitals prepare to be hit hard if there's no replacement in sight, and Tim Kaine wants to rebrand Obamacare.
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With Solid ACA Enrollment Numbers, Administration Proclaims ‘Death Spiral’ Claims False
Despite all the turmoil surrounding the law, 11.5 million Americans enrolled in the exchanges nationwide, which is about 290,000 more than the same time last year. "This market is not merely stable; it is on track for growth," said Aviva Aron-Dine, a senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Ryan Promises GOP Will Work On Repeal, Replace ‘Concurrently’ As Anxiety Continues To Mount
Some within the Republicans' own party have been wary about moving so quickly on repeal without a plan to replace the health law.
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