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Trial Data Show Antiviral Pill May Help With Covid’s Loss Of Smell, Taste

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

The pill, ensitrelvir, may help shorten the symptoms that many patients experience. The drug is not reserved for those at high risk of severe illness, and is the first that may alleviate the effects. Separately, a study shows mRNA covid vaccines strongly protect young kids.

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Rite Aid Secures Deal So Prescriptions Will Be Filled During Bankruptcy

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

The pharmacy chain has settled a dispute with drug supplier McKesson Group triggered by its filing. The bankruptcy plan itself is stirring worries over the formation of new pharmacy “deserts” where people may have difficulties finding their medications.

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A Third Of A Billion Dollars Of Medical Debt Forgiven In Columbus, Ohio

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

Announced yesterday, four hospitals are relieving $335 million in medical debt accrued by many thousands of Columbus residents. Other Ohio cities are reportedly tackling relief of medical debt for their residents. Also in the news, accusations of roaches, rusty tools in a Kansas City hospital OR.

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Doctors Battle To Help Survivors Of Gaza Hospital Blast

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

World leaders condemned the attack, which a World Health Organization representative called “unprecedented” in scale, with a death toll of at least 200.

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Rising Care Costs Have Driven Health Insurance Premiums To $24,000

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

Post-pandemic care costs have led to a 7% jump over last year’s annual insurance premiums, according to the latest employer health benefits survey by KFF. That level reaches a price equivalent to a small car and driving up concerns over coverage for employers. In other news, research into a promising Medicare pilot program on heart health and strokes.

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NIH Nominee Monica Bertagnolli To Appear Before Senate Health Panel

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

A confirmation hearing is scheduled for Wednesday for the National Institutes of Health director nominee, with drug development and pricing set to to take center stage. Meanwhile, reports suggest that some health care legislation could pass Congress despite the current leadership turmoil.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, October 18, 2023

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

Social Security, insurance premiums, the Gaza hospital blast, NIH, forgiven medical debt, doctors’ mental health, and more are in the news.

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First Edition: Oct. 18, 2023

October 18, 2023 Morning Briefing

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

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Abortion Coverage Is Limited or Unavailable at a Quarter of Large Workplaces

By Rachana Pradhan October 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A KFF survey of employer health benefits shows that 28% of large U.S. companies have limited or no access to abortion under company health insurance.

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Covid Relief Payments Triggered Feds to Demand Money Back From Social Security Recipients

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group October 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Some Social Security beneficiaries say the government is clawing back benefits after they received covid stimulus payments that were supposed to be exempt from asset limits.

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Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine

By Angela Hart October 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As homelessness explodes across California, so does the number of expectant mothers on the streets. Street medicine doctors are getting paid more by Medicaid and offering some of those mothers-to-be a chance to overcome addiction and reverse chronic diseases so they can have healthy babies — and perhaps keep them.

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Viewpoints: Keep Your Sanity Amid Israel War Coverage; We Need A New Model To Manage Pricey Meds

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss mental health, expensive prescriptions, and more.

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Life Expectancy Is Lower For Less-Educated People, Researchers Find

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

The widening U.S. life expectancy gap, dependent on college education, is argued as setting the country back against other nations. Meanwhile, researchers in Sweden looking into aging have found genetic reasons why some people live to 100.

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As Gaza’s Hospitals Overflow, Doctors Warn Of Risks From Supply Shortages

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

The “impossible” situation faced by physicians in Gaza is explained by news sources, including the difficulty of evacuating hospitals, and issues from fuel and basic supplies shortages. Meanwhile, a lack of clean water in Gaza is spurring health worries for the population.

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Social Factors Studied For Impact On Kids’ Physical, Mental Health

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

New research looks at how dozens of socioeconomic or environmental determinants interact with one another and affect a child’s health and mental wellbeing. Other children’s health news looks at soaring myopia, ear infections, food safety, and more.

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Most Hospital Websites Omit Or Bury Information About Abortion Services

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

A study of 222 hospital websites sampled found that nearly 80% don’t mention abortion. Other abortion access news reports on the long-term costs of denied procedures, election initiatives, and traveling doctors.

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Independent Pharmacies Form LLC To Recover Fees From PBMs

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

This new effort against pharmacy benefit managers comes from the National Community Pharmacists Association, which represents nearly 20,000 pharmacies. The aim is to recover direct and indirect remuneration fees. Also: The FDA plans to ban hair straighteners with formaldehyde.

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Teva Alleges Colorado’s Epinephrine Pen Cost-Limiting Is Unconstitutional

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

Teva Pharmaceuticals’ argument in a new lawsuit is that a new program aimed at making epinephrine auto-injectors affordable violates its rights. Also in the news: expanded involuntary medication of jail inmates in Marin County; Philadelphia’s mayor signs order protecting gender care; more.

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Data Show Thousands Upon Thousands Of Pros Leaving Health Industry

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

Over 145,000 left the industry from 2021 through 2022 a report says, threatening health services access and quality. A debate over the status of the nursing staff shortage is also in the news. Also in the media: skepticism over prior authorization cuts from Cigna and UnitedHealth.

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Industry Experts Hint Rite Aid Bankruptcy Could Signal Services Pivot

October 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

The company’s bankruptcy filings over financial issues and opioid-related lawsuits have some experts considering that its restructuring could be an opportunity for a strategy shift into health care services like telehealth. The impacts of Rite Aid’s woes on local retail pharmacies are also in the news.

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