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Loss Of Telehealth During Shutdown Puts Medicare Patients In A Tough Spot

November 6, 2025 Morning Briefing

While health care providers wait for reimbursements to resume, they are either having patients pay up front or telling them to schedule an office visit. Both options have drawbacks for people who have difficulty accessing care. Plus, health care systems contend with the reverberations of the shutdown.

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‘Beyond Dire’: Understaffing, Facility Closures, Long Wait Times Plague VA

November 6, 2025 Morning Briefing

Between December 2024 and August 2025, the VA reported a net loss of thousands of health care positions, at a time when the population of aging veterans is increasing. Other health care news related to the armed forces is on disability benefits, male breast cancer, and Air Force grooming standards.

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Appeals Court Appears Skeptical Of NIH Policy On Research Payments

November 6, 2025 Morning Briefing

At issue, STAT explains, is the multibillion-dollar question of whether the National Institutes of Health violated federal law when it announced a plan to slash support for research overhead.

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First Edition: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

November 6, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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White House Calls This 9/11-Era Fund ‘Wasteful.’ Red and Blue States Rely on It.

By Don Thompson Updated November 25, 2025 Originally Published November 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

States from California to Texas say they rely on tens of millions in federal funding to help them prepare for the next pandemic, cyberattack, or mass-casualty catastrophe. The Trump administration wants to cut it.

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Farmers, Barbers, and GOP Lawmakers Grapple With the Fate of ACA Tax Credits

By Amanda Seitz November 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Small-business owners and their employees, who make up nearly half of the Obamacare marketplace, are worried about their health care and their livelihoods as insurance prices surge. Republicans, who have long opposed Obamacare, are at odds over how to respond to upset from one of their party’s most loyal constituencies.

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White House Bargaining With Lilly, Novo To Offer $149 Weight Loss Drugs

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

The deal would allow TrumpRx to sell the low-dose medications and ensure that Medicaid and Medicare cover them. Eli Lilly also is negotiating for a government voucher that would expedite the FDA review of a weight loss pill it hopes to bring to market. Plus, an America-first battle for biotech.

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Many More People Ages 45-49 Are Getting Screened For Colon Cancer

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

Researchers found that facility-based colorectal cancer screening rates among younger adults increased about tenfold after U.S. guidelines changed the recommended screening age to 45. Other public health news is on young-onset dementia, salmonella, the impact of pollution reduction on infants, and more.

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Viewpoints: H.R. 1 Passage Threatens Contraceptive Access; Peer-To-Peer Prior Authorization Review Is A Farce

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into these public health issues.

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FDA Advisers To Discuss Regulations For Therapy Chatbots, Gen AI

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

The FDA’s Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) will meet Thursday to discuss how to regulate and mitigate the risks involved with new devices and forms of therapy that use AI. And in Ohio, lawmakers have proposed fines for companies whose chatbots promote self-harm.

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Maine Voters Give Families Leverage To Have Guns Taken From Relatives

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

The Pine Tree State’s red flag law that gives families the ability to seek court intervention will take effect in January. It comes in the wake of a mass shooting in Lewiston. More election news is regarding dementia research in Texas and a health care system’s expansion in Arizona.

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Ohio Hospital Searches For Possible On-Site Spread Of Legionnaires’ Cases

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

The search was initiated after two patients in six weeks tested positive for the disease. Also: The Children’s Hospital Association announced plans to broaden its focus on pediatric health; nearly one in eight Minnesotans live in areas lacking hospital-based obstetrics; and more.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

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Shutdown Is Longest In US History; Jobless Benefits Could Be At Risk Next

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

The federal closure is also slowing the economy, experts warn. Shutdown news also looks at SNAP payments, furloughed workers, and more.

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First Edition: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025

November 5, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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An Arm and a Leg: This Health Economist Wants Your Medical Bills

By Dan Weissmann November 5, 2025 Podcast

A longtime health economist sets her sights on lowering Americans’ insurance premiums.

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While Politicos Dispense Blame, These Doctors Aim To Take Shame Out of Medicine

By Charlotte Huff November 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Clinicians and researchers are starting to embrace an effort to develop what’s known as “shame competence” in physicians to combat burnout and prevent that uncomfortable emotion from being passed along to patients.

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Is Covid During Pregnancy Linked to Autism? What a New Study Shows, and What It Doesn’t

By Céline Gounder November 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Massachusetts researchers examine how growth and learning are subtly shaped among children whose mothers had covid while pregnant.

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Louisiana tardó meses en alertar a la población tras la muerte de dos bebés durante un brote de tos ferina

By Rosemary Westwood, WWNO November 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Cuando hay un brote de una enfermedad prevenible con vacunas, funcionarios habitualmente alertan a los residentes, difunden actualizaciones sobre la amenaza creciente, y promueven las dosis.

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Qué pueden hacer los consumidores frente al caos del Obamacare

By Michelle Andrews November 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Aunque la temporada de inscripciones ya está en marcha, el futuro de los subsidios ampliados —que hacen más accesible el seguro para el 92% de las personas inscritas— sigue siendo incierto.

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