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More than 15 million Americans received some kind of medical care remotely last year, but even with expanded telemedicine use, issues -- such as quality control -- remain. In other news, digitally communicating information about doctors' peers can help keep bad prescribing habits in check, a study faults hospitals' cybersecurity practices and The Wall Street Journal talks health care technology with an expert.
Some question whether Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will fully support the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act because of some of its extremely unpopular proposals. Meanwhile, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget releases a report on how both Trump and Hillary Clinton's plans will need to address Medicare to control the federal debt.
The industry has long-focused on the amyloid protein but after 190 drugs failed in human trials, researchers are starting to look at tau, another protein which spreads through the brain as Alzheimer’s progresses.
The minors are being placed in the care of religion-based agencies, whose policies, the ACLU says, conflicts with a First Amendment prohibition on establishment of religion. In other news, a Florida health agency is ordered to pay Planned Parenthood's legal fees for a case about an abortion method and NARAL speaks out against Colorado's single-payer initiative.
Advocates argue that the changes Gov. Matt Bevin has proposed would drive tens of thousands of low-income residents out of the program. Also in the South, Louisiana is going the other direction and has signed up more than 225,000 people as part of its expansion of Medicaid.
More and more Americans are getting slapped with sky-high surprise medical bills.
The state's largest insurer says that it is on track to lose $500 million over three years on policies purchased by individuals.
The firms have applied cost-cutting, Wall Street-like methods to health care with little oversight or regulation, and vulnerable patients are paying the price.
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In other hospital news, Sun Valley Hospital in California agreed to pay $1 million to settle a case alleging that hospital employees put a woman with mental illness into a taxi and then lost track of her for three days.
The companies face civil charges of professional negligence and public nuisance. In other news, Milwaukee gets a $1 million loan to replace the lead water pipes and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., wants federal regulators to determine if PFOA should be banned.
As Texas officials prepare to cut $350 million in state and federal funding from Medicaid, which covers pediatric therapy services, Democrats in the state look to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to intervene. In other news, a look at those who fall into the "coverage gap" in Missouri.
Some offices are so stretched for space from the influx of deaths stemming from the crisis that they are having to consider renting refrigerated trucks to store bodies.
Stat takes a look at what can go wrong when humans start editing their genes. Also in the news, the secret to successful weight loss, the link between muscles and brain power, things you should know before getting a screening for colon cancer and a pilot program tries to tackle preterm birth rates.
A new project aims to validate the technology as a learning aid for kids who can struggle to understand social interactions, make eye contact or recognize facial expressions. In other health IT news, there's a growing movement to focus "digital health" efforts on the more vulnerable populations instead of just those who can afford it.
The Sacramento Bee analyzes an advertisement regarding a California ballot initiative called the Drug Price Relief Act. Meanwhile, KHN takes a look at how middlemen such as pharmacy benefit managers play a role in setting the price of drugs.
Meanwhile, ProPublica reports that a Florida doctor -- who at one point was the state's second-highest prescriber of antipsychotic drugs in the Medicaid program -- has pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
The recommendation comes a week after California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones also weighed in on the Anthem-Cigna deal. While he does not have the authority to block either merger, his opinion could influence the Department of Justice's decision.
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