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GAO Says FEMA Needs To ID Lessons Learned From Covid Pandemic

July 11, 2024 Morning Briefing

CIDRAP looks at a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which assessed how FEMA estimated spending from January 2020 to March 2024. Also in the news: Michigan’s bird flu response; H5N1 in five more dairy herds and three more cats; and more.

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Medicaid Coverage For Unhealthy ‘Medically Tailored’ Meals Questioned

July 11, 2024 Morning Briefing

A report in Stat says that some “dietitian-approved” meals that are being delivered to homes of seriously ill people are actually salty and packed with fat, throwing their “medically tailored” label into sharp contrast. Meanwhile, Medicaid taxes on hospitals are helping cover state budgets.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, July 11, 2024

July 11, 2024 Morning Briefing

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Feds Plan To Sue CVS, UnitedHealth, Cigna Over Drug Rebates: Source

July 11, 2024 Morning Briefing

A person familiar with the investigation who asked not to be named said the complaint is still being drafted but could be filed this month, the Los Angeles Times reported. In other pharmaceutical news: the price of Ozempic, updates on the Abbott trial, tanning pills, and more.

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‘A Bottomless Pit’: How Out-of-Pocket TMJ Costs Drive Patients Into Debt

By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Millions of Americans suffer from temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, disorders. The high cost and poor insurance coverage of TMJ care can bury patients in debt even as the treatments do more harm than good.

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First Edition: July 11, 2024

July 11, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Finland Is Offering Farmworkers Bird Flu Shots. Some Experts Say the US Should, Too.

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Even with a stockpile of bird flu vaccinations, the federal government is not offering them to those at high risk. Along with testing and measures to prevent spread, vaccinations may protect people and stop the outbreak from becoming a pandemic.

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Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

By Rae Ellen Bichell July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Colorado defended its high disenrollment rates following the covid crisis by saying that what goes up must come down. Advocates and researchers disagree.

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Colorado expulsó a beneficiarios de Medicaid como si fuera un estado republicano

By Rae Ellen Bichell July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Es el único estado demócrata entre un grupo de estados republicanos con altas tasas de desafiliación, que incluye a Idaho, Montana, Texas y Utah, en un proceso de Medicaid que comenzó en la primavera de 2023.

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Finlandia ofrece vacunas contra la gripe aviar a sus trabajadores agrícolas. Estados Unidos debería hacer lo mismo, dicen expertos

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hay controversia sobre el momento para comenzar a vacunar contra la gripe aviar. Algunos piensan que debe hacerse ya, otros que hay que esperar para analizar la evolución del virus.

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Shortage Of Chemo Drug Cisplatin Ends; Troubled Norovirus Vax Is Discontinued

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Perspectives: Is The Orphan Drug Act Successful?; It’s Absurd For Mothers To Be Punished For Prescriptions

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: AI Has Potential To Be A Life-Saver In Health Care; We Need To Reframe Approach To Overdose Crisis

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle AI’s role in aiding diagnoses, the overdose crisis and the anti-abortion movement.

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Historic Second Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Has Now Died

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

At the end of May, the 54-year-old New Jersey woman had to have the organ removed after just 47 days because it was damaged by inadequate blood flow from a heart pump she’d received before the genetically modified pig kidney. Also in the news: a larynx transplant, acupuncture, and more.

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Newest Pitch To Resistant Dairy Farmers: Anonymous Bird Flu Testing

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Public health officials, hoping to get a bigger picture of the spread of the spread of the H5N1 virus, think anonymous testing might encourage fearful farmers, Axios reports. Covid, plague, measles, and Jamestown Canyon virus are also in the news.

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Rural Hospital Networks Are Sprouting, This Time In North Dakota

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Rough Rider High-Value Network is made up of 23 critical access hospitals in the state and aims to improve treatment and coordinate care, Modern Healthcare reported. A similar collaboration recently launched in rural Minnesota.

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Hidden Costs Of Extreme Heat Landed California With $7.7B Bill

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new report says a decade’s worth of indirect costs from heat waves, such as lost productivity and health care for heat-related injuries, totaled more than $7.7 billion in California. Separately, the Sacramento Bee reports on how California police are spending $50 million on wellness care.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, July 10, 2024

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

In Closer Look At PBMs, FTC Faults Them For Driving Up Drug Costs

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The agency’s sharp criticism of these drug middlemen has not led to lawsuits or other actions, but it might provide Congress and states with incentive to amp up regulations.

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Senate Version Of ‘Must-Pass’ Defense Bill Restricts Troops’ Trans Care

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Provisions tacked onto the policy bill include limitations on the military paying for surgery for trans troops and also on how military members’ trans children can access gender care. Separately, the VA is in the news for dropping mandatory overtime for claims processors and a hack attack.

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