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Feds Will Redo This Year’s Medicare Advantage Quality Ratings

June 14, 2024 Morning Briefing

The decision, announced late Thursday, comes in the wake of two court rulings that faulted the agency’s ratings, The Wall Street Journal reported. Also: Legionella bacteria are detected at CMS headquarters near Baltimore.

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First Edition: June 14, 2024

June 14, 2024 Morning Briefing

Here are today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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California Lawmakers Preserve Aid to Older, Disabled Immigrants

By Vanessa G. Sánchez June 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers passed a budget that rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to save nearly $95 million by eliminating in-home support services for qualifying older, blind, and disabled immigrants lacking legal residency. Advocates say Newsom’s plan would have cost more in the long run. Newsom has not indicated whether he’ll veto.

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Indiana Weighs Hospital Monopoly as Officials Elsewhere Scrutinize Similar Deals

By Samantha Liss June 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

If Indiana officials approve a proposed hospital merger in western Indiana in the coming months, the state will have its first hospital monopoly created by a “Certificate of Public Advantage.” Other such deals have resulted in government reports documenting diminished care in Tennessee and North Carolina.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: SCOTUS Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge — For Now 

June 13, 2024 Podcast

The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, ruling unanimously that the anti-abortion doctor group that filed the suit lacked standing. But abortion opponents are expected to pursue other strategies to ban or restrict the medication. Meanwhile, the Biden administration moves to stop the inclusion of medical debt on individual credit reports, and former President Donald Trump tries to claim credit for $35 insulin. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Rachana Pradhan of KFF Health News, and Emmarie Huetteman of KFF Health News join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF president and CEO Drew Altman about KFF’s new “Health Policy 101” primer.

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Supreme Court Upholds Access To Abortion Pill

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday that a group of anti-abortion doctors and activists lacked standing to challenge the FDA’s more than 20-year-old approval of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions.

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Viewpoints: More Dairy Workers Must Use PPE Against H5N1 Threat; Congress Can Open IVF Accessibility

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss H5N1, ‘Right To IVF’, Dr. Fauci, and more.

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Another 34 Salmonella Cases Related To Cucumbers Reported

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

The CDC says 196 people have now been sickened, with cases reported in three new states. Several varieties of cookie cough are also being recalled due to Salmonella contamination — nearly 30,000 cases of Rise Baking Company products are affected.

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Research Roundup: Lung Cancer; Sepsis; MIS-C; Chronic Wasting Disease

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.

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Michigan Insurer Will Curtail Coverage Of Weight Loss Drugs

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will drop coverage of GLP-1 obesity drugs like Wegovy from many of its plans, affecting some 10,000 people. The reason: cost. In other news, a research project at the University of California, Berkeley, into the visual effects of psilocybin will include human subjects.

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In Wake Of Change Healthcare Hack, Ransomware Incidents Escalated

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, Ascension said it thinks a recent cyberattack might have compromised patient health information. That attack was enabled by an employee downloading a “malicious file,” the company said. UPMC, Washington Health, Sutter Health, and more are also in the news.

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Opioid-Related Deaths Fell 10% In Massachusetts Last Year

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

It’s the largest decline in more than a decade, the Boston Globe says, and comes after two years of record death rates. Meanwhile, a new study shows that communities closer to marijuana dispensaries in Oregon have lower opioid prescription rates.

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9/11 Responders Who Didn’t Wear PPE Have Higher Dementia Risk Before 65

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new study compared data from 5,010 people who were severely exposed to building debris in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Plus: A CDC report shows the number of US adults with dementia is holding steady.

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Southern Baptists Vote No To IVF

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

The convention’s vote comes as Texas lawmakers block a Republican amendment to protect the procedure and as Democrats prepare to put forth legislation that would make it a right to have access to in vitro fertilization and other treatments.

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Lawmakers Take FDA, DOJ To Task Over Continued Sale Of Illegal Vapes

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

“E-cigarette companies addicted a new generation of children to nicotine, erasing the hard work so many of us undertook to convince kids not to smoke tobacco cigarettes,” Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Other news looks at gun violence and medical debt.

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Soldiers’ Suicide Risk 9 Times Greater Than Death From Enemy Fire

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new Pentagon study examined data for a five-year period ending in 2019 and found suicide was the leading cause of death in active-duty soldiers. Axios, meanwhile, reports that response times for the 988 suicide hotline vary depending on where you live.

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Antiviral-Resistant ‘Dual Mutant’ Flu Virus Is Now On US Radar, CDC Says

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Vaccination can still offer protection from these strains of H1N1 influenza, which have sickened two people in the U.S. Meanwhile, a new nasal swab, produced by Roche Diagnostics, will be available to help sick people determine if they have covid, the flu, or RSV.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, June 13, 2024

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

As More Americans Obtain Insurance, Health Care Spending Surges to $4.8T

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Data show that 93% of Americans — an all-time high — now are covered either by Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance.

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First Edition: June 13, 2024

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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