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Ohio Justices Consider Legal Strategy Behind State’s Abortion Law Push

September 28, 2023 Morning Briefing

The state’s Solicitor General faced vigorous questioning by Ohio Supreme Court Justices over the legal strategy Ohio is pursuing in an attempt to revive a strict abortion ban. Elsewhere: abortion protests hit a women’s health clinic; a Texas county considers a road access ban for abortion-seekers; and more.

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First Edition: Sept. 28, 2023

September 28, 2023 Morning Briefing

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

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Who Polices Hospitals Merging Across Markets? States Give Different Answers

By Samantha Liss September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Increasingly, hospitals are merging across separate markets within states. It’s a move that health economists and the Federal Trade Commission have been closely watching, as evidence shows such mergers raise prices for patients with no improvement in care.

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New Medicare Advantage Plans Tailor Offerings to Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+

By Stephanie Stephens September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As more seniors opt for Medicare Advantage, a few small insurers have begun offering plans that provide culturally targeted benefits for cohorts including Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+ people. The approach, policy researchers say, has potential and perils.

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Nuevos planes de Medicare Advantage adaptan ofertas para asiáticos, latinos y LGTBQ+

By Stephanie Stephens September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A medida que Medicare Advantage gana popularidad entre los adultos mayores, tres compañías del sur de California están lanzando nuevos planes que se enfocan en comunidades culturales y étnicas, con ofertas especiales y profesionales que hablan su idioma nativo.

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Readers Rail at Social Security Overpayments and Insurers’ Prior Authorizations

September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: More Medicaid Messiness

September 27, 2023 Podcast

At least 30 states are reinstating coverage for children wrongly removed from the rolls under Medicaid redetermination, the federal government reported. It’s just the latest hiccup in the massive effort to review the eligibility of Medicaid beneficiaries now that the program’s pandemic-era expansion has expired. And federal oversight of the so-called unwinding would be further complicated by an impending government shutdown. Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Samantha Liss, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature, about a hospital bill that followed a deceased patient’s family for more than a year.

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As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines

By Jordan Rau and Tony Leys September 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

“People want covid-19 to be in the rearview mirror,” one nursing home official says. Faced with a slow rollout of the updated covid vaccines, and without state mandates for workers to get vaccinated, most skilled nursing facilities are relying on persuasion to boost vaccination rates among staff and residents.

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Perspectives: Psychedelics Potential As Therapy Undermined By Unregulated Use

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: Congress Can Help Fix The Doctor Shortage; People Are Confused By The Word ‘Tripledemic’

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle the physician shortage, the “tripledemic,” Medicaid and suicide prevention.

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California Governor Signs New Gun Control Measures Into Law

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The laws will toughen the rules around concealed-carry, as well as imposing new taxes on sales of firearms and ammunition. Also in California: a last-minute labor deal has ended worries over a health worker strike at a lon-profit provider. Other health news is from Missouri, Massachusetts, Oregon, Louisiana, and elsewhere.

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Molnupiravir May Be Triggering Covid Mutations; New FDA Guidance On Antibiotics In Food Animals

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

Read recent pharmaceutical developments in KFF Health News’ Prescription Drug Watch roundup.

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Firearm Access Is Driving Up Teenage Boy Suicide Rates Dramatically

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

Data show teenage boys’ suicide rates were more than three times higher than for girls between 2018 and 2020, and the majority were by firearm. Another report covers suicides among nursing staff. Other research shows: high suicide rates for nurses; and that teens’ days are punctuated by phone notifications, even at night.

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Study Finds Exposure To Tear Gas Impacts Reproductive Health Outcomes

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

Anecdotal evidence after protests following the murder of George Floyd suggested a link between tear gas exposure and protestors’ menstrual cycles and reproductive health, and now scientists have confirmed the links. Also: research into spider venom as an erectile dysfunction drug; and more.

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Centene To Lay Off 3% Of Workforce To Lower Costs

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The move impacts about 2,000 employees and is part of an effort to lower costs. In other news, reports say health tech startups have fallen since high numbers in 2021; consulting company McKinsey will pay $230 million in opioid settlements; Eli Lilly’s $176.5 million patent loss is overturned; and more.

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Ohio Supreme Court To Hear Abortion Case Over State’s 6-Week Ban

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, will ask the state’s Supreme Court to lift a lower court’s injunction against the six-week ban and to provide him with standing to challenge the case. The justices’ decision could have a big impact on a November abortion ballot initiative.

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CMS: Medicare Advantage Premiums To Slightly Rise Next Year

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare Advantage plan premiums will increase from $0.64 per month on average in 2024. Separately, GAO says that CMS does not have useful data on private equity investments in the nursing home industry.

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Senate Stopgap Funding Measure Protects Hospitals, Health Programs

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The stopgap funding measure the Senate is advancing includes provisions that would temporarily reauthorize hospital payments, the federally qualified health centers program, the National Health Service Corps, and some other health policy initiatives until Nov. 17.

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ARPA-H Announces First Regional Hubs, New Cancer Research Programs

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The brand new biomedical research agency announced its first two hubs will be in the Dallas and Boston areas — all part of its decentralized plan. The agency also revealed $115 million in funding for three new cancer research programs, plus a nationwide network for health innovation deployment.

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Survey: 46% Of Adults Likely To Get New Covid Vaccine, With Partisan Attitudes In Play

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The KFF poll finds that 23% of adults in the U.S. will “definitely” get the new covid vaccine, while another 23% say they will “probably” do so. A stark political divide emerges in the data: 69% of Democrats, in contrast to 25% of Republicans, fall into those categories. A separate Gallup survey also surfaces partisan differences in attitudes toward the trajectory of covid cases.

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