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Stat notes that the government wasn't convinced by insurer and lobbyist efforts arguing that Medicare Advantage payouts wouldn't cover the costs for people using health care. Also, experts warn Medicare coverage for Wegovy could hike monthly payments for many.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers discuss an arcane law being used against abortion, selling your kidneys, "Havana Syndrome" and more.
Editorial writers discuss teen mental health, reproductive health, anti-aging drugs, and more.
Carlton McPherson had been placed into specialized homeless shelters designed for people suffering severe mental illnesses: the problems with this system are now being examined. Also in the news: overbilling in Missouri, rape crisis centers in Illinois, and more.
Stat notes the move is a noteworthy departure for UnitedHealth, which has "gobbled up" many independent physician practices over recent years. Also in the news: concierge physician care, for-profit companies' psychiatric hospitals, more.
Meanwhile, the latest USDA tests show that highly pathogenic avian flu has been found in dairy herds in Michigan and Idaho, showing it's spreading to new states. RSV, the measles outbreak, and covid misinformation are also in the news.
The tiny pumps can puncture the heart wall, and despite the FDA's concerns, they will be allowed to remain in use. Separately, a biased organ test that kept thousands of Black people from kidney transplants is finally being changed.
A new Gallup Poll ranks health care as the 16th-most important problem facing Americans today. This is a big departure from polling in recent election cycles when the issue was much higher on voters' priority list.
A Texas prosecutor's office is facing a lawsuit after it brought murder charges against a woman in 2022 for using a drug to self-induce an abortion at 19 weeks pregnant. Meanwhile an "abortion pills" banner was flown over a Texas baseball game Saturday.
An analysis determines that 76% of cases of infants who died suddenly involved unsafe sleep practices like co-sleeping or sleeping in an adult bed. Most were under the age of 3 months.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers tackle the physician shortage, early Alzheimer's testing, abortion rights, and more.
A new Axios-Ipsos poll shows overwhelming support from the American public for medication abortions, and also underlines the FDA's drug-regulating authority. Other reproductive care news is from Kansas and Idaho.
Meanwhile, in Florida, a grand jury that's examining issues relating to covid vaccines has asked for a six-month extension. Other health news is from North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, and elsewhere.
The Walgreens-backed business has shut 140 clinics already this year, and now another 20 seem set to join them, totaling about 50% of the original number of VillageMD facilities. Walgreens has lost nearly $6 billion in its second quarter, AP says.
Scientists are focusing in on delirium as a key symptom for flagging dementia risks in older people. Also in the news: risks from secondhand vaping; human milk and the gut microbiome; covid's impact on heart tissue; and more.
Plus, adding in a helpful video or printed material to support the vaccinations helps even more, a new study shows. Meanwhile, U.S. tuberculosis rates were found to be at a decade-high level in 2023, and mpox cases are rising again.
Politico calls the plan for nationwide forever chemical limits a "landmark;" The White House just finished a review of the EPA's PFAS regulation proposal. Separately, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vice presidential pick voices controversial views on IVF.
Change Healthcare offered an update on its efforts to fully recover from the ransomware attack and urged its customers to reconnect to the system. News outlets review the ways that the company may notify people about data breaches, the financial impact on hospitals, and more.
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