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A program meant to provide private health care to help expedite treatment for veterans who were suffering long delays inside the VA health system is suffering from the same delays, the VA's watchdog says. And a veterans hotline meant to help those returning from service struggles without Pentagon funding.
A provision like this in early drafts of the health law spurred concerns about "death panels" among the law's critics, but advocates say such conversations would help patients and reduce costs. Other Medicare news looks at telemedicine reimbursement.
The disease killed a Washington state woman who had other health conditions and was taking medications that suppressed her immune system. Officials think the woman was exposed in a health facility.
The report from the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights, said lawmakers have enacted more restrictions so far this year than all of last year. Elsewhere, a federal lawsuit over the safety of a laparoscopic power morcellator, used in hysterectomies, is settled for an undisclosed amount.
The move by a handful of states comes as increasing numbers of expensive specialty drugs arrive on the market, according to Stateline. In other news, The Washington Post examines navigators who help cancer patients and the changes in lifestyle that some people are making to fight Alzheimer's. Also, The New York Times looks at the growing field of concussion medicine and concerns that much of the science around it is "sketchy."
GOP leaders released an updated version of the medical cures bill just before the long weekend that slightly reduces a funding increase for the National Institutes of Health. Meanwhile, the implications of FDA approval of a costly cystic fibrosis treatment are explored. Other stories look at FDA approval of a new blood test developed by Theranos and the agency's plans to investigate codeine cold and cough drugs for children.
Bloomberg, in an analysis of federal data, says that is the highest payment to providers for any drug last year. The Baltimore Sun also reviewed that data to look at what payments Maryland providers received.
The deal will allow Centene to expand its Medicaid managed care business and also move into the Medicare Advantage market.
The companies suggest they will be able to serve customers better at lower rates, but the long-term effects on consumers' choices and costs are uncertain, analysts suggest. News reports also look at the health law's impact on the merger.
The merger increases Aetna's share of Medicare Advantage customers. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports that Cigna's tie-up with Anthem could be next.
When Indiana opted to expand its Medicaid program, it instituted a requirement for enrollees to pay small premiums for their care. That idea is attractive to other Republican-led states, including Ohio. Also, the issue of expansion continues to roil North Carolina lawmakers, and women's groups in Illinois are seeking state help to get free coverage for breast feeding services that they say were guaranteed under the health law.
The New York Times reports on how a provision in the law that requires insurers to pay for nutrition and obesity screening has been a boon for some of these clinics. Also in the news about the health law's implementation are reports about how hospitals are changing how they care for chronically ill patients, a deeper look at Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion to uphold the law's subsidies and other GOP efforts to chip away at the law.
In Fourth of July weekend campaigning, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton used the health law to rally supporters in New Hampshire. Elsewhere, Republican candidate Chris Christie says people he would appoint to the Supreme Court would not have upheld a key part of the health law and also doubles down on his pledge to revamp Medicare and Social Security.
The increases are in the 20 percent to 40 percent range and federal officials say they are determined to scale them back. But Oregon's insurance regulator OK'd some big rate increases in that state.
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News outlets report on health care developments in Virginia, North Carolina, California, Massachusetts and New York.
A ProPublica analysis of drug and device makers' payments found that 768 doctors received payments on more than half of the days in 2014. More than 14,600 doctors received payments on at least 100 days in 2014. The payments must be reported as part of the Affordable Care Act.
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