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Report Highlights Health, Safety Risks Faced By Gen Z, Millennial Women

November 30, 2023 Morning Briefing

A new analysis from the Population Reference Bureau compared how women in their 20s and 30s fared across generations, and ABC News notes that results show younger generations face heightened risks for physical well-being and safety for a variety of reasons.

Morning Briefing for Thursday, November 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 Morning Briefing

Medicare Advantage, a possible Cigna-Humana merger, covid wastewater tracking, Medicaid expansion, women’s health, and more are in the news.

Cigna, Humana In Talks For Mega Merger That Could Shake Up Market

November 30, 2023 Morning Briefing

Insurance giants Cigna and Human are in discussions to merge, sources told The Wall Street Journal. If a deal proceeds, it would likely be reviewed by the federal government, which has previously blocked proposed insurance mergers. If approved, though, the move would create a new insurance giant in the marketplace.

CDC Launches New Covid Wastewater Tracking Dashboard

November 30, 2023 Morning Briefing

CIDRAP reminds us that tracking covid infections via wastewater analysis is one of the early indicators of rising covid activity in an area. Meanwhile, a new round of covid infections and deaths at a New Jersey nursing facility has halted admissions and illustrates covid’s ongoing threat.

Next FDA Deputy Commissioner: Namandjé Bumpus To Replace Janet Woodcock

November 30, 2023 Morning Briefing

The FDA’s chief scientist, Namandjé Bumpus, will succeed Janet Woodcock as the agency’s principal deputy commissioner. Bumpus, who will be the first Black woman in the job, will prioritize reorganizing the agency’s Human Foods Program and improving inspections of facilities that make drugs and medical devices, and process food products.

First Edition: Nov. 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

An Arm and a Leg: To Get Health Insurance, This Couple Made a Movie

By Dan Weissmann November 30, 2023 Podcast

On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” hear how a couple wrote and directed a short film, starring one of them — just to maintain health insurance through the actors union.

FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity

By Harris Meyer November 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, says a recent lawsuit is meant to chill the consolidation of medical groups that results in higher prices for consumers. But it may be too late to curb price hikes.

Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics

By Susan Jaffe November 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration wants to crack down on deceptive or misleading Medicare Advantage and drug plan sales tactics. It’s counting on beneficiaries to help catch offenders.

Medicare Advantage Increasingly Popular With Seniors — But Not Hospitals and Doctors

By Julie Appleby November 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Some hospitals and physician groups are rejecting Medicare Advantage plans over payment rates and coverage restrictions, causing turmoil for patients.

El daño colateral de la crisis de Medicaid: miles están perdiendo beneficios de alimentos

By Katheryn Houghton and Rachana Pradhan and Samantha Liss November 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Las familias de bajos ingresos que necesitan servicios como ayuda alimentaria y dinero en efectivo, se ven afectadas por la carrera burocrática para determinar si decenas de millones de personas aún califican para Medicaid.

Hospitals and Doctors Are Fed up With Medicare Advantage

By Julie Appleby November 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Medicare Advantage plans are pretty popular with both lawmakers and ordinary Americans — they now enroll about 31 million people, representing just over half of everyone in Medicare, by KFF’s count. But among doctors and hospitals, it’s a different story. Across the country, provider grumbling about claim denials and onerous preapproval requirements by Advantage plans […]

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