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Viewpoints: Too Many Americans Can’t Afford Health Insurance; Why Is Lyme Disease So Ignored?

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle health insurance, Lyme disease, Dengue fever, and more.

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Potentially More Than 1 Million People In Colorado Have Medical Debt

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Colorado Sun and KFF Health News take a closer look at the scale, impact, and causes of medical debt in Colorado. In other news from around the country, worker heat protections in California, polychlorinated biphenyls at North Carolina State University, and more.

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Researchers Find ‘Acid Wall’ Clue To Cancer’s Immune System Defenses

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

The discovery may open new avenues for drug development targeting cancer cells. Also in the news: local “decolonization” efforts and multidrug-resistant pathogens; heart failure and e-cigarettes; left-handedness; and more.

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Bavarian Nordic Launches Mpox Vaccine As Commercial Product

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

The vaccine can now be made available outside of designated clinics that were administering doses from the U.S. government’s supply. U.S. mpox cases are racing ahead of last year’s levels. Also in the news: Genmab, Providence, Aegis, and more.

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Experts: Opioid Use Disorder Sufferers Dehumanized By Health Workers

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

Politico quotes the deputy assistant administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration saying that oftentimes, medical professionals call sufferers “them” and say they don’t want to deliver treatment. Separately, NIDA’s director has positive hopes for beating the opioid crisis.

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CMS Responds To Pharma Offers In Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

Negotiations over the prices of 10 prescriptions drugs proceed to the next phase, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services say they have rejected initial price offers from manufacturers, Politico reports. Each company will have three chances to meet with CMS during the negotiations, with final prices to be announced on Aug. 1.

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White House Plan To Fix Drug Supplies Leverages Hospital Medicare Payments

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

The plan will base Medicare pay to hospitals on how well the facilities’ business practices aim at avoiding drug shortages. Meanwhile, supplies of Eli Lilly’s diabetes drug Mounjaro are in short supply through April, and ADHD meds shortages drag on.

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A Focus On Women’s Shrinking Abortion Options In Florida After Ruling

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

NPR notes that over 80,000 Floridians seek abortions in a typical year, about 1 in 12 across the country…but after a ruling that allowed a six week ban to go into effect, most similar abortion-seekers this year will have to find a different solution elsewhere.

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Survey Shines Light On Health Care Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ People

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

Members of the LGBTQ+ community are twice as likely to experience discrimination in health care, a survey found. Separately, the Department of Justice is suing Utah and its corrections department for discriminating against a trans woman.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, April 3, 2024

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

Medical debt, worker heat protections, Medicare drug price talks, bird flu, opioid use, cancer, vaccines, and more are in today’s news.

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Biden Administration Health Officials Brief Lawmakers On ‘Low’ Bird Flu Risk

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

Federal health agencies are preparing for possible new cases of human infections from the avian flu virus spreading in dairy and egg farms in the U.S. FDA, CDC, and other officials briefed congressional leaders and committees on the outlook during a call Tuesday.

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First Edition: April 3, 2024

April 3, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties

By Sejal Parekh April 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In California, assaulting paramedics or other emergency medical workers in the field carries stiffer fines and jail time than assaulting emergency room staffers. State lawmakers are considering a measure that would standardize the penalties.

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Heat Protections for California Workers Are in Limbo After Newsom Abandons Rules

By Angela Hart and Samantha Young April 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Proposed rules to protect millions of workers from potentially dangerous heat inside workplaces are dead after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration refused to sign off. Labor advocates and state regulators are calling for emergency regulations before temperatures soar this summer.

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Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline April 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Colorado is ahead of the curve on policies to prevent medical debt, but the gap between the debt load in places inhabited primarily by people of color versus non-Hispanic white residents is greater than the national average.

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La deuda médica afecta a gran parte de EE.UU., pero en especial a inmigrantes en Colorado  

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline April 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Las luchas del área reflejan una paradoja sobre Colorado. En general, la carga de deuda médica del estado es más baja que la de la mayoría. Pero las disparidades raciales y étnicas son más amplias.

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Oregon Just Recriminalized Possession Of Small Drug Amounts

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, signed a bill ending a drug decriminalization experiment that was limited by challenges. The new bill does establish a way for treatment to be offered as an alternative to criminal penalties.

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CDC Confirms First Human Case Of Bird Flu In Texas

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

A person in Texas is believed to have been infected with avian flu after “direct contact” with infected dairy cattle in Texas. The case is a rare animal-to-human transmission of the virus, which has been detected in cows in 3 states.

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Supreme Court Denies Worker’s Appeal Over Covid Vaccine Refusal

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Supreme Court rejected the case of a worker who was fired from her job at AstraZeneca after refusing to comply with the company’s covid vaccine requirement. She was denied unemployment benefits by Minnesota.

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Overworked And Underpaid: Experts Sound Alarm On Primary Doc Shortage

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Also in the news about health care workers: losing trust in the American medical system; residents and fellows at UChicago Medicine move to unionize; California’s Santa Clara County nurses prepare to strike; and more.

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