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As Congress returns from recess, health care issues are on the summer agenda. "Obviously we will continue to have significant disagreements on ... Obamacare," said Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). "What we've done is shift our focus to the larger topic — or the different topic — of reducing health care costs."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in the high-profile lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health law. The issue is on a likely path toward the Supreme Court, which would put it center stage in the 2020 elections. Although Republicans have adamantly pushed to overturn the law, that position did not prove successful for them in the most recent election cycle.
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Five other patients also developed an Aspergillus infection. Aspergillus is a common mold tolerated by most people but poses a greater risk to those with weakened immune systems. Gaps in air filtration is believed to have been key in the presence of mold. News on hospitals is from Missouri and Illinois, as well.
Even though the media coverage of the disease almost completely dropped off, it doesn't mean Zika vanished entirely. “The next outbreak is not a matter of if, but when,” said Dr. Ernesto T.A. Marques, a public health researcher at The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro. In other public health news: the idea of "real-world" evidence, acupuncture, stories from veterans, weight loss, Ebola, and more.
Current treatment of HIV using antiretroviral therapy requires lifelong use to suppress the disease. The scientists from Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center were able to eliminate the virus in nine of 23 mice, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. "The possibility exists that HIV can be cured," said Howard Gendelman, author of the study.
When asked about the decision to sue to block the Nebraska law, AMA President Patrice A. Harris told The Washington Post that “we will oppose any law or regulation that restricts our ability to talk to our patients honestly about their health, health care, or treatment alternatives." News on abortion and Planned Parenthood comes from New Hampshire, Missouri and Maine, as well.
Facebook and YouTube are being flooded with scientifically dubious and potentially harmful information about alternative cancer treatments and other "miracle cures." The companies are facing increasing pressure to do something to address the problem.
While giving an interview with Fox News, President Donald Trump commented on the "major problem with filth" in U.S. cities, saying it's a phenomenon that emerged in recent years, despite there being ample evidence to the contrary. California's top political leaders, who have been trying to address the ever-worsening problem in their state, welcomed the federal help Trump seemed to threaten them with.
The implementation of the rule could come as a huge hit to unions. “If unions lose the ability to collect dues via payroll deductions, caregivers will have much more control over whether they choose to financially support a union or not,” said Maxford Nelson, director of labor policy for the Freedom Foundation, a conservative group in Olympia, Wash.
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic candidate for 2020, proposed national service organizations as part of a broader plan to address some of the problems in the country. Buttigieg, who has faced pressure in recent weeks over a police shooting in his town, also focused on what he would do for African-Americans, including addressing systemic racism in the health care industry.
Former congressman John Delaney said at the Democratic presidential candidate debate that because of Medicare rates, if "Medicare for All" was enacted, all hospitals would close. The Washington Post Fact Checker explains why that's not really true.
2020 hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said former FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb's decision to join Pfizer's board— less than three months after he left the agency —will make "the American people rightly cynical and distrustful about whether high-level Trump administration officials are working for them, or for their future corporate employers.”
The Democratic states and the House urged the court to deny the request, arguing that moving ahead with the case would reduce uncertainty in the health care industry. Arguments over the constitutionality of the health law remain set for next Tuesday afternoon at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
Health experts say in the long run it's better for people in the country regardless of immigration status to receive care, but the idea could be a hard political sell. Only 6 in 10 Democratic voters support the idea, and, more broadly, 60 percent of Americans oppose it. But, with all the news on immigration recently, it's likely to play a leading role in the 2020 elections.
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