Viewpoints: Costs Of Medicaid Expansion; Debating Life And Death Issues
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Views From The Campaign Trail: Analyzing The Innerworkings Of Sanders’ ‘Medicare-For-All’ Plan
Health policy opinions and editorials focus on Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders' single-payer health proposal.
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State Highlights: Calif. Releases End-Of-Life Prescription Guidelines; Pa. Regulator Takes Aim At Costly ‘Surprise’ Bills
News outlets report on health care developments in California, Pennsylvania, Florida, Nebraska, Arizona, Alabama, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois.
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Advocates For Medicaid Expansion In Nebraska Offer Financing Plan
The supporters say the plan would help keep costs from affecting the state's general fund.
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States Navigate Ethical, Legal Minefield To Create ‘Crisis Standards Of Care’
Health departments across the country are developing guidelines for medical care during a public health crisis. In other news, patients are receiving CT scans even when their injuries do not warrant them, fewer than 1 in 4 high school students are getting tested for HIV despite CDC recommendations and a violence prevention program aims to address problematic issues in its patients' lives.
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McCaskill Calls For Treatment Centers, Monitoring Program To Fight Opioid Abuse
Sen. Claire McCaskill, at a field hearing in Jefferson City on Tuesday, called on lawmakers to rectify the lack of a drug monitoring program in Missouri. Elsewhere, Ohio announces new guidelines for prescribing painkillers, and New York extends its rebate for naloxone, an antidote for heroin and other opioid overdoses.
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Relatives More Likely To Rank End-Of-Life Care Excellent When Patient Was In Hospice, At Home
A new study in JAMA surveys family members of terminally ill cancer patients, and found that they were more likely to rate the care as excellent when the patient was not in an intensive care unit. Another study in the same journal examines how treatment of terminal patients in the United States compares to other countries.
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Dreary Biotech Landscape Could Lead To Cheap Deals For Big Pharma
Buying smaller companies with promising drug candidates is a way for larger biopharma companies to generate growth. In other pharmaceutical news, columnist Emily Bazar explains clinical trials, and in Indiana, a state Senate committee clears a bill allowing pharmacists to diagnose customers seeking cold medicine, and deem the treatment unnecessary.
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Survey Finds That Most Americans Support Restrictions On Legalized Abortion
Eight in 10 Americans would restrict abortion to the first trimester, according to a new Marist poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus. In other reproductive health developments, a new abortion battlefront takes shape over the custody of frozen embryos.
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Election Exposes Health Care Divisions Among Democratic Candidates
As Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders debate their respective plans to fix weaknesses of the 2010 health law, Obamacare foes look to exploit that rift. In regional news, Clinton urges Georgia to expand Medicaid.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Take Case Challenging The Health Law
The case argued that the law violated the Constitution because revenue-raising bills must originate in the House of Representatives.
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After Insurer Outcry, Feds Offer Rules To Rein In Special Enrollment Sign-Ups
The government will be taking several steps to prevent consumers from gaming the insurance market by waiting until they are sick before getting coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
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First Edition: January 20, 2016
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Talking About Drug Prices; How Big Data Could Focus The Cancer ‘Moonshot’
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Campaign Trail Views: Sanders’ Health Plan Raises Questions For Progressives; Clinton’s Embrace Of Planned Parenthood
Health policy opinions and editorials express responses to campaign trail developments.
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State Highlights: A Tuberculosis Outbreak In Rural Alabama; In California, Alzheimer’s Caregivers Have Limited Options For Aid
News outlets report on health care developments in Alabama, California, Ohio and Florida.
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Neb. Lawmakers To Offer Bill To Expand Medicaid Modeled On Arkansas’ Private Option
The Nebraska legislature has refused in three previous attempts to expand Medicaid, but a new proposal would set up a plan that uses government funds to purchase private insurance for Medicaid enrollees. Also, Ohio is looking at some changes in its Medicaid expansion program.
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Survey: 40 Percent Of Physicians Report Bias Toward Certain Patients
Doctors reported that factors such as emotional problems, weight, intelligence, language barriers and attractiveness determined how they viewed a patient. Other media outlets examine if a yearly physical is necessary, a new procedure for cataract blindness, and organ transplant numbers.
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Drug Overdoses Causing Mortality Rates Not Seen Since AIDS Epidemic
In 2014, the overdose death rate for whites ages 25 to 34 was five times its level in 1999, and the rate for 35- to 44-year-old whites tripled during that period. Meanwhile, the research backs using medications to treat drug addiction, but clinics are not offering them to their patients; health insurers are taking steps to help battle the growing epidemic; and doctors look to treatments other than opioids to deal with chronic pain.
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Abortion Rights Activists Say New N.C. Ultrasound Law Is Creating State ‘Stockpile’ Of Sonograms
But proponents contend that the law offers stronger oversight of the state's prohibition of abortion after 20 weeks. Meanwhile, thousands turn out for a "March for Life" event in Chicago.
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