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A report notes a third of Medicare Part D costs in 2016 were for buying drugs that lacked quality analysis of their cost-effectiveness. Stat, meanwhile, reports on the ineffectiveness of a generics-boosting California law banning coupons for brand-name drugs.
NPR reports on how policymakers frustrate some efforts to tackle overdose deaths and disease in drug users. The Marshall Project notes President Joe Biden has not taken the war on drugs "down a notch." CNBC reports that the "war" has cost over a trillion dollars.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough will back regulatory changes to allow Veterans Affairs health care to cover the procedure.
The doses of Moderna's covid-19 vaccine departed from Memphis on Saturday.
Money, scholarships, prizes, threats to jobs: What will it take to convince the remaining unvaccinated to get a shot?
The ruling said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's covid rules limiting cruise ship sailings were likely unconstitutional. Meanwhile, a test cruise from Royal Caribbean set sail from Miami. Separately, travel restrictions to Canada are extended to July 21.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed toward the high transmissibility of the delta variant in suggesting it may likely become the dominant strain in the country in the coming months. And although the U.S. has reached 300 million vaccine doses administered, states with low vaccination rates remain at risk.
As the covid lab-leak hypothesis is reported in several news outlets, the AP reports on efforts to begin a full investigation into covid's origins. Separately, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said no "threats or ultimatums" will be made to China to investigate the source of the virus outbreak.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
On the heels of last week's Supreme Court providing more security for the Affordable Care Act, congressional Democrats are moving on measures that could expand Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health programs.
Opinion writers examine these Covid and vaccine issues.
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Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on the coronavirus, covid vaccines, IVF, Bill Gates, the human brain and more.
Separately, Canada says people who've had AstraZeneca covid shots should switch to Pfizer or Moderna for their second shot for better immune coverage. South Korea will also mix doses, due to supply delays. Meanwhile, China is set to administer its billionth covid shot.
Afghanistan's health care system is reported to be at "its limits" as covid surges. Meanwhile, the G7 summit may have left a lingering covid footprint in Cornwall, U.K., and thanks to the delta variant the U.K.'s overall daily case rate is over 10,000 -- the highest in four months.
Electrical grids are under strain from air conditioning, prompting utilities in Texas and California to say they may shut off power. Forever chemicals in groundwater, hacking of California's water supply, child tax credits and poverty's impact on children's teeth are also in the news.
The law is aimed at allowing people with terminal illnesses to end their own lives. Meanwhile, Texas requires wellness checks on medically fragile people during power-outage situations. Adult day care centers, covid tests, medical bills and cannabis sales are also in the news.
People say they are concerned about the FDA's regulatory process but are excited about the drug itself. In other pharmaceutical news, the FDA has granted its "Breakthrough Therapy" designation for Novartis' experimental therapy targeting advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Separately, Sutter Health cuts 400 jobs in California, a San Diego doctor is charged with negligence over "scam" diabetes treatments, gender bias in patents may impact biomedical innovation, hospitals merge and more.
Administration officials say even if President Joe Biden's goal of vaccinating 70% of adults is missed, the U.S. is still on course for overall recovery. Separately, the risks of variant covid, vaccine hesitancy in southern states and immigrant vaccines are also in the news.
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