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Prescription drug cost hikes will contribute to a 30-percent rise in total global drug spending by 2020. In related news, the American Medical Association is urging a ban on the advertisement of prescription drugs and medical devices to consumers.
Meanwhile, while on the campaign trail in Texas, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton took jabs at Gov. Greg Abbott for turning away from the health law's Medicaid expansion.
This steps comes despite concerns from some GOP moderates. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration faced tough questioning during a Senate hearing.
Insurance premiums could jump 15 percent next year for millions of consumers if they keep their 2015 plans, reports the Kaiser Family Foundation. KHN is an editorially independent program of the foundation.
A Wall Street Journal forum examines various perspectives about the successes and challenges of the Affordable Care Act. Also in the news, a report about the effect of the "coverage gap" on communities in Tennessee, guidance for people looking to enroll on the marketplaces, Rhode Island's efforts to improve its tracking for health and human services benefits and South Dakota's governor is expected to announce next month his preference on Medicaid expansion.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
News outlets report on health issues in Florida, California, South Dakota, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, Texas, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, a Vermont health care provider is launching an ambitious payment overhaul that will emphasize wellness. In other hospital news, a Mississippi community hospital that is slated to close Dec. 1 owes $315,000 in back taxes and the Pennsylvania owner of four of the state's five most profitable mental-health hospitals is under investigation for Medicare and Medicaid practices.
Elsewhere, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services could, as of Dec. 1, revoke the license to perform abortions held by a local Planned Parenthood clinic. Also, in Indiana, Gov. Mike Pence awarded a $3.5 million contract to an anti-abortion nonprofit organization that pushes abstinence as the only method of birth control; most of the money will be spent providing services to pregnant women who choose not to have an abortion.
Meanwhile, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad accuses some of the state's health care providers of using scare tactics to undermine Iowa's Medicaid privatization effort.
The drug treats multiple myeloma and is made by Johnson & Johnson. Also, new tools to fight antibiotic resistant "superbugs" emerge and the FDA readies more regulation on laboratory testing that sometimes produces incorrect results.
According to Modern Healthcare's latest survey of executives, 90 percent of CEOs polled say that the fast rise of prescription drug prices was undermining their company's finances. In related news, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on cancer treatment costs that can reach $30,000 a month.
To try to bring down costs and improve quality, payments and rewards will be tied to the results of the surgical procedure. Elsewhere, South Carolina ambulance owners complain that a Medicare experiment requiring patients to obtain prior authorization for non-emergency ambulance transportation is not being administered properly.
The Vermont senator has thrown his support behind a bill that would help reimburse workers who take time off work for some family issues. Hillary Clinton, who supports paid family leave, has not yet put out a similar plan. Also in the news, a fact checker disputes statements by Republicans Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina about the number of veterans who have died while awaiting treatment.
Republicans are considering making big changes to their proposal to repeal the health law and defund Planned Parenthood -- even perhaps scrapping the idea to deny the clinics money. Elsewhere, a court rules Congress must cooperate to find the source of a possible leak of government health-care policy in an insider-trading probe.
The case was brought by New Hampshire Right to Life, which was seeking HHS documents about a $1 million federal contract awarded to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. The Right to Life group was concerned that the federal money might be used to subsidize abortions.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
News outlets report on health issues in Texas, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Virginia, New Hampshire, New York and Florida.
Almost 20 percent of colon cancer deaths in these communities could have been averted with early screening and the communities face $6.4 billion in lost wages, according to CDC estimates. Elsewhere, news outlets write about other public health stories including failures at psychiatric hospitals, the benefits of involving surgical residents in procedures and the growing obesity gap between women and men. "Cyber sickness" and the dangers of sugar are also in the headlines.
Kaiser Health News offers a multimedia package profiling a San Francisco couple who had to decide how far to go to treat their very sick and premature son. In other children's health news, media outlets report on the difficulty of diagnosing TB in kids and the dramatic jump in autism cases.
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