AHIP Announces ‘Major Restructuring’ During Precarious Time For Insurance Industry
It is health insurance lobby's first significant overhaul since 2003. Media outlets also report on insurer news from Minnesota and Ohio.
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Ellmers Ousted In Primary Following Rift With Social Conservatives Over Abortion
“Actions have consequences,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List.
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Federal Reserve Study Finds Link Between Health Law And Lower Consumer Debt Load
The researchers found that in states that expanded Medicaid, counties that had a particularly high uninsured rate before the federal health law had their per capita collection balance fall, while states that did not expand the program for low income residents had the collection balance continue to grow. Also in health law news, Republicans controlling the Senate are not again trying to defund the health law, and a look at benchmark plans in the online marketplaces finds they lack mandated mental health coverage.
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Senate Panel Approves $261M In Funding For Opioid Crisis
The 93 percent increase is still shy of the $600 million Democrats proposed earlier this year.
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Bill Overhauling Regulation Of Toxic Chemicals Sent To Obama’s Desk
The measure will affect everyday products ranging from laundry detergent to car seats and furniture.
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Senators Demand Drugmakers Account For Skyrocketing Price Of Life-Saving Overdose Antidote
News outlets report on the pharmaceutical drug industry.
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Perspectives On Drug Costs: Public Appeals On FDA Approvals Make Good Theater, But Should Have Little Impact
Editorial and opinion writers offer their take on drug-cost issues.
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First Edition: June 8, 2016
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: An Untimely End For NIH’s Clinical Research Centers; Rural Hospitals’ Rates Draw Insurer Scrutiny
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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State Highlights: N.Y. Attorney General Seeks To Stop Sale Of Two Nursing Centers; Tenn. Lawmaker, Certificate-Of-Need Agency At Odds
Outlets report on health news from New York, Tennessee, Minnesota, Kansas, North Carolina, California and Texas.
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Planned Parenthood Faces Off With Kansas, Louisiana In Court Over Funding
Attorneys for the women's reproductive health organization go to court to try to stop Kansas from cutting off Medicaid money. And in Louisiana, the attorney general wants a federal appeals court to overturn an earlier ruling that barred the state from blocking funds.
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When It Comes To Dying, Doctors Are No Different Than The Rest Of Us
New research disrupts the myth that doctors are dying better than the rest of the general public. In other public health news, a study finds that febrile seizures after children get vaccines are rare, doctors are treating strokes in a new way and young people are developing persistent tinnitus.
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Infection And Allergy Risks Prompt Many Hospitals To Ban Get-Well Gifts
The flowers, stuffed animals or balloons that people traditionally buy to cheer up a hospitalized patient are no longer welcome at many facilities due to health concerns.
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Opioid Crackdown Disproportionately Affecting Elderly Patients With Chronic Issues
Older patients are more apt to have chronic pain, and are less likely to abuse painkillers, but they still are faced with restrictions that are limiting their access to the drugs. In other news, states are scrambling to ban a new synthetic opioid that has been connected to at least 50 deaths, the FDA concludes that Pfizer's long-acting painkiller can be abused, a new study shows states' drug-monitoring programs work and Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., discusses the epidemic with state and federal officials.
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How The Superbug Discovery Unfolded
It was clear the germ was dangerous, but it took testing to realize the extent. “We had to drop everything else to get this done,” microbiologist Patrick McGann says. “When [the test] came back positive, all hell broke loose.”
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Finding Donations To Fight Zika Is Proving Difficult
Public health officials in both the U.S. and the World Health Organization have been pleading for additional spending to stop the spread of Zika, but they may be facing donor fatigue. News outlets also examine Zika issues in Texas, Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio.
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With New Cancer Database, Biden Wants To Destroy Researcher ‘Cult Of The Individual’
Genomic Data Commons has launched with clinical data for 12,000 patients, with more to come. The project aims to bolster team science in a field that Vice President Joe Biden says tends toward researchers siloing themselves. In other news, a study finds that cancer patients are still being treated aggressively at the end of their lives.
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Dashing Its Hopes To Return To Normalcy, Bedeviled Valeant Posts First-Quarter Loss
The pharmaceutical company, which has been dogged by government investigations into its business and accounting practices, saw its shares fall 14 percent before opening bell.
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Medicare Sets New Rules For Evaluating ACO Cost Savings
The change will set cost benchmarks for accountable care organizations at regional levels, rather than using national data, Modern Healthcare reports.
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Consumer Groups Seek Transparency In Missouri Review Of Aetna-Humana Merger
In other marketplace news, filings indicate that some of Connecticut's major insurers will seek premium rate hikes above medical inflation, while in Ohio, a new insurance product could reduce premium costs by 15 percent.
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