Viewpoints: GOP’s ‘Tunnel Vision’ On Planned Parenthood; Concerns About Cures Act
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Thoughts On Repeal: Obama Warns GOP That Rushing Ahead Without Replacement Could Do Harm
Across the country, opinions writers, including the president, offer perspectives on the debate in Washington over the future of the federal health law.
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State Highlights: Ky. Bill Would Require Ultrasound Before Abortion; Long ER Waits For Mental Illness Problem In Mass.
Outlets report on health news from Kentucky, Massachusetts, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Kansas.
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Hospital Roundup: Layoffs At MD Anderson Cancer Center To Hit 5% Of Staff
In other hospital news, a Massachusetts network buys its first hospital in New Hampshire, plans for a replacement hospital in New Jersey take a step forward and a transgender man says a Catholic hospital refused to perform a hysterectomy.
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Stories Of Addiction Show Communities Searching For ‘Way Out’ Of Opioid Epidemic
The New York Times reports from multiple states on patients and families, each dealing with a wrenching crisis. In related news, hospital "cuddlers" help soothe dependent newborns, Indiana's new governor pledges to roll back Mike Pence's needle exchange restrictions and police in Wyoming are trained to use Narcan.
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From The Legislatures: Ga. Debates Hospital ‘Bed Tax’; Minn. Eyes Financial Assistance For Premium Hikes
State lawmakers in Georgia, Minnesota, Florida, Texas and Massachusetts consider health care measures.
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With Advanced Treatments, Cancer Death Toll Drops 25% Over Last Quarter-Century
The numbers show a continuing gender gap though, with death rates 40 percent higher for men than women. In other cancer news, spending on oncology eclipses other diseases for first time.
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Achoo! Flu Cases Spiking In More States
Meanwhile, concerns grow about the long-term efficacy of insecticides in the Zika fight, and new research finds that the Ebola virus can linger in the lungs.
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Medicare Advantage Enrollees Have A Short Window To Switch Out Of The Plan
People who signed up for the private Medicare Advantage option can switch back to original Medicare until Feb. 14. Also, government documents show that the federal government didn't recover millions of dollars in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans.
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Mylan Hopes To Sell EpiPens Directly To Consumers And Bypass Pharmacies
Bloomberg reports on the company's plans to expand its market and set up its own distribution network. In other health industry news, Walgreens' CEO talks to analysts about plans for the merger with Rite Aid and a judge rules against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi on a patent dispute.
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Trump’s Pick For HHS Draws Democrats’ Scrutiny Over Health Care Stock Trading
Senate Democrats are calling for a delay in the confirmation hearings for Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Democrats want to investigate trades he made while handling legislation in Congress that could impact the value of those shares. A Trump transition team spokesman responded that similar questions could be aimed at Democratic senators who also own health-related stocks. Meanwhile, Trump reportedly is considering former Henry Ford CEO Nancy Schlichting to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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How The Repeal-And-Replace Debate Is Playing Out In The States
As the new GOP congressional majority holds a laser-like focus on plans to undo the 2010 health law, some state officials are reaching out to express ways in which the statute has been working for them.
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Most Americans Don’t Support Repealing Health Law Without A Replacement, Survey Finds
The poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation also found that nearly half the country does not favor repeal at all.
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Weighing Obamacare’s Future: Which Provisions Are In Play? Which Stakeholders Are At Risk?
News outlets review key aspects of the 2010 health law, forecast how the debate this time around is shaping up and highlight some aspects of the health care system that are bracing for the outcome.
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Obama Derides GOP Plan To Delay Health Law Replacement As ‘Reckless’
In a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, the president acknowledges that the Affordable Care Act has problems but says if Republicans' don't have a firm plan for replacing it when they seek to repeal the law, they could do immense damage to consumers.
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Defunding Planned Parenthood Will Be Part Of Obamacare Repeal Bill, Ryan Says
Republicans plan to strip the women's health organization of federal money as part of its effort to repeal the health law, according to the House Speaker.
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On Capitol Hill, Talk Of Collaboration And Compromise? Not So Fast…
Thirteen moderate Senate Democrats penned a letter Thursday to GOP leaders that included a "long-shot bid" to work together to find bipartisan fixes to Obamacare, rather than dismantle it. At the same time, though, President-elect Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., traded verbal salvos.
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Senate Republicans Reject Democrats’ Effort To Block Obamacare Repeal Resolution
Democrats fail in their attempt to offer an amendment to the budget resolution that would have prevented the chamber from taking up legislation to raise health insurance premiums or out-of-pocket costs. But what has become clear is that some of Congress's most stalwart conservatives are signalling their readiness to support a budget that would add more than $1 trillion to the deficit by the end of the decade. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is not among them and is pressing members of the House Freedom Caucus to join him in the opposition.
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For Some Republican Leaders, Repealing Without Replacing Is Cause For Caution
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, have doubts about the current strategy of repealing the health law quickly without a clear plan to move forward with a replacement. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican whose state pursued the measure's Medicaid expansion, also warned against this tactic.
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Health Law Replacement Plan Will Be Completed In 2017, Ryan Says
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., echoed the sentiments expressed by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., regarding the need for swift action to repeal and replace Obamacare. But the effective date of those changes will likely be further down the road and some members of the GOP rank and file are concerned that the Affordable Care Act skirmishes ahead could hamstring other aspects of their legislative agenda.