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Increasing Violence Against Health Care Workers Hurts Patient Care, Finances And Retention
Modern Healthcare reports on the problem of violence at work and the debate on how to protect nurses, doctors and other medical staff.
Bill Could Require Employees To Submit To Genetic Testing Or Face Financial Penalties
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved legislation that would allow employers to ding workers up to 30 percent of the cost of their health insurance if they refuse to participate in genetic testing as part of a company’s wellness program.
After 3 Discussions With Trump, Rep. Cummings Says Drug Prices Are A Top Priority For President
However, the director of the Office of Management and Budget plays down the possibility of allowing Medicare to negotiate the cost of drugs. Also, the Columbus Dispatch examines the difficulties that seniors face in enrolling and navigating Medicare. And hospitals must now give Medicare patients official notice if they haven’t been admitted to the hospital and are instead in observation care.
Trump Picks Bush Alum With Deep Ties To Pharma, Wall Street As FDA Nominee
Scott Gottlieb, a physician who left the Food and Drug Administration in 2007, is a consultant to GlaxoSmithKline’s product investment board; a managing director at T.R. Winston & Company merchant bank, which specializes in health care; and a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine.
The Human Ramifications Of Repealing The Health Law
From a millennial with Parkinson’s to a farmer with medical bills to seniors and Hispanics, America is watching and bracing for any changes that will come with the Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
The Americans With The Most To Lose Under GOP’s Plan? Trump Voters
The proposal will hit older, low-income rural people the hardest.
Women’s Health Services Would Be Cut Under Proposed Republican Plan
Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee, says the legislation is a “slap in the face” to women.
Hospitals Worried About Being Walloped Financially By Repeal
“We are likely looking at situations where hospitals would close down service lines, shorten clinic hours and lay off staff,” said Beth Feldpush, a senior vice president at America’s Essential Hospitals.
GOP ‘Rescue Mission’ Could Cause Collateral Damage To Parts Of Law That Are Working
The Associated Press looks at the aspects of the Affordable Care Act that may be affected by the repeal and replace plan.
As States Assess Fate Of Medicaid Expansion, Worries Grow ‘Somebody Is Going To Lose’
Around the country, officials and advocates for low-income residents in states that have pursued the Medicaid expansion are concerned about the impact of the Republican effort to repeal and replace the federal health law.
Concerns About Medicaid Bog Down Prospects For GOP Replacement Bill
Republican governors, members of Congress and the administration are having difficulties coming to agreement on how to handle Obamacare’s expansion of the health insurance program for low-income people.
‘Nobody Will Be Worse Off Financially’: Price, Pence Dispatched To Sell GOP Health Plan
Both Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Vice President Mike Pence spoke out in defense of the American Health Care Act over the weekend.
Trump Playing Pitchman Behind The Scenes But Staying Out Of Limelight So Far On Repeal
President Donald Trump holds off from wading into the public debate quite yet.
After Years Of Absorbing Political Punches Over Health Care, Dems Angling To Turn The Tables
Some experts are even predicting control of the House is within reach if the backlash to the Republicans’ health care plan is strong enough.
Intra-Party Discord Continues To Threaten Republicans’ Success
The right wing of the party is demanding changes be made to what they are calling “Obamacare Lite.”
Ryan Hedges On Question About Americans Losing Coverage: ‘It’s Up To People’
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said that because Republicans are doing away with the individual mandate, the plan could mean fewer people have insurance.
Republicans Expecting Bad News From CBO’s Coverage And Costs Analysis
The Congressional Budget Office is expected to release its projections on the Republicans’ new health care plan as early as Monday.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Longer Looks: The GOP Health Proposal, A ‘Soap Opera Virus,’ And The Psychological Impact Of Bigotry
Each week, KHN’s Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Medicare Could Go Broke Due To Mounting Costs Of Alzheimer’s Care, Report Says
Caregiving for patients with the degenerative brain disease has already cost the federal program $259 billion. And in other public health news, research links the Zika virus to heart problems. And health officials confirm that a highly contagious form of bird flu was found at a Tennessee chicken farm.
