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A study in the American Journal of Managed Care says hospitals still wield considerable market power when it comes to self-insured employers and negotiations over billing. Hospital pricing, covid medical bills, New York hospital mergers and more are also in the news.
The recent surge in cases is slowing work on Capitol Hill and shattering a sense of calm. Adding to the jitters was news yesterday that a White House employee and a member of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff tested positive even though they were fully vaccinated.
The Senate is scheduled to vote today on a bipartisan bill to improve the nation's roads, bridges and other infrastructure. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is holding the bill on a tight time frame because he is trying to get another big initiative, the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation with a number of major health programs, through the Senate this summer.
Judge Kristine Baker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ruled to prevent the law from being enforced, saying it was an "imminent threat" to constitutional rights of women seeking abortion. Other news covers the National Association of Christian Lawmakers, and Mexico.
The recent surge of covid cases is prompting some Republican leaders to speak out as they try to overcome vaccine hesitancy among many conservatives.
During a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul tried to accuse Dr. Anthony Fauci of being partly to blame for starting the covid pandemic by helping fund research at a Wuhan lab. A frequently interrupted Fauci angrily pointed out the correct science and called Paul a liar.
The new policy is scheduled to be announced by the mayor today and go into effect in August. Meanwhile in other states, concerns are rising about workers who have not gotten the shot, especially those working with frail seniors.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra issued the sixth renewal of the emergency state on Monday. Separately, President Joe Biden admitted there's "a way to go yet" to beat covid. News outlets cover the administration's covid response at six months in office.
The research, posted online Tuesday, has not yet been peer-reviewed nor published in a journal, and it conflicts with research from Johnson & Johnson earlier this month. Also in the news: booster shots.
Outlets report on the rise in coronavirus cases from Virginia, Maryland, Arkansas, California, Massachusetts, Texas and Alaska; plus, travel advisories and contact tracing.
Despite increasing pressure on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to "revisit" guidance on mask wearing in schools, including from pediatric groups, the CDC says it currently will not do so. Mask wearing issues on airplanes and in California, Las Vegas and Massachusetts are also reported.
The figure comes from a global model built by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, with "orphaned" meaning losing at least one parent. Separately, a study says 120,000 U.S. kids have lost a primary caregiver to the pandemic. Rising covid and long covid in children are also in the news.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the country was experiencing a "dramatic increase" in cases traced to the delta covid variant -- up to 83% of new cases, a rise from 50% just two weeks ago.
Estimates place nearly 75% of the blame for the 1.5-year life expectancy slip (to 77.3 years) on covid -- but those are the overall data: 90 percent of the drop in life expectancy among Hispanic Americans came from covid. Overdose deaths also played a role in the decline.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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The rest of the (vaccinated) world will be allowed across Canada's borders starting Sept. 7. Also in the news, the White House will send 3 million Moderna vaccine doses to Guatemala; a WHO scientist worries we're moving further away from the pandemic's end; and more.
About 70 people accredited for the Games have been identified with the virus — including a U.S. gymnast and a basketball player — but organizers say the competitions will go forward.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department, citing the surge in covid cases in the United Kingdom, raised their travel advisories to "level 4," the highest warning the federal government has made on trips to Britain.
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