First Edition: June 10, 2015
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Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
News outlets report on health issues from California, Wyoming, Washington, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri and Maine.
Gov. Paul LePage's effort to cut more than 6,000 low-income young adults from the state’s Medicaid rolls died Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his administration's appeal of a lower court ruling. The justices' refusal means LePage must continue providing health coverage to poor 19- and 20-year-olds until at least 2019 to maintain federal funding for the state's Medicaid program.
Independence Blue Cross, a Philadelphia-based insurance firm, is trying to identify discharged hospital patients likely to be readmitted to the hospital using an algorithm that examines records like billing claims, labs, medications, height, weight and family history. But the practice raises some privacy concerns. In other news, NPR reports on the level of confidentiality for online health searches. And a security researcher warns that drug pumps are at risk to be hacked.
Also in news from Capitol Hill, Democrats oppose Medicare cuts tucked into a provision of the fast-track trade legislation that aims to help companies hurt by trade deals.
The drugs are said to represent the biggest advance in cholesterol-lowering treatment in 20 years. But there are still questions about long-term effects. In addition, the pricetags could limit those who benefit.
The publicly traded Medicare Advantage coverage provider announced the move in an SEC filing. The company refused to comment on merger speculation, which increased when Humana also pulled out of a large health care conference.
All but one of the 50 hospitals noted in the study for charging uninsured customers at this rate were owned by for-profit companies.
A new report finds that the more a state embraces the Affordable Care Act through outreach and assistance programs, the better that state’s application rates and its residents’ experiences. Yet even in Kentucky, a state that embraced parts of the law, half of poor people say they have heard little about its benefits.
Gov. Rick Scott is seeking to have the dispute over a reduction in funding for hospitals serving large numbers of uninsured patients sent to mediation. The federal government says those hospitals would be better off if Florida expanded its Medicaid program. Also in Medicaid news, Arkansas quietly changes its program and Connecticut residents worry about cuts to come.
Although millions of Americans could lose insurance if the Supreme Court rules against the administration, neither federal nor most state lawmakers have plans to deal with the potential fallout.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision this month regarding King v. Burwell, a case in which plaintiffs challenge the use of federal subsidies to buy insurance from healthcare.gov.
According to a report by Avalere Health, a consulting firm, Medicare would bear the majority of the cost, spending $31.3 billion over the next 10 years on improved treatments for diseases like Hepatitis C and breast cancer. Medicaid is estimated to spend $15.8 billion on the drugs. Meanwhile, another report finds that health care costs may go up 6.5 percent next year.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
News outlets report on health issues from California, New Hampshire, Missouri, American Samoa, Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa and North Carolina.
An Associated Press survey says abortions nationwide are down about 12 percent since 2010. Some attribute the decline to greater access to effective contraception, while others point to shifting societal values.
Applications for one of N.Y.'s five medical marijuana licenses were due last week, and hospitals are busy readying partnerships with growers to provide pot to patients.
Rising health care costs are one factor cited in the budget woes of some states -- along with slow recoveries and growing pension obligations. The Washington Post parses some of the differences by looking at the budget fortunes -- and Medicaid spending -- of neighboring, GOP-led states, Arizona and Nevada. And Connecticut's hospitals take a hit in that state's budget.
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