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Voters Rejected an Anti-Abortion Measure. State GOP Lawmakers Passed a Similar Bill Anyway.

By Mike Dennison August 10, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The new Montana law contains a couple of significant differences from the measure voters rebuffed last fall.

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Lost Medicaid Health Coverage? Here’s What You Need to Know

By Samantha Liss August 10, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Patient advocates are tackling the “overwhelming task” of connecting people with health insurance as millions lose coverage due to the end of pandemic protections on Medicaid eligibility.

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Medi-Cal Covers Gender-Transition Treatment, but Getting It Isn’t Easy

By Bernard J. Wolfson August 10, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Pasha Wrangell has faced delays getting gender-affirming care because of red tape and limited providers. Over more than two years, Wrangell has received only about half the total electrolysis sessions recommended. Wrangell’s insurer through Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, acknowledges the shortage of practitioners.

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Air Pollution Tied To Rise In Antibiotic Resistance; Tylenol Lawsuits Continue

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

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

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Perspectives: Insurers Need To Cover Weight-Loss Drugs; Zuranolone Is A Step Forward In PPD Care

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Different Takes: After Defeating Issue 1, Ohio Prepares To Take On Abortion Rights

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss the latest on reproductive rights.

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Viewpoints: AI Needs Safeguards Against Promoting Disordered Eating; Long Covid Sufferers Feel Forgotten

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers discuss AI, long covid, autism and more.

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Effort Begins For An Abortion-Rights Constitutional Amendment In Arizona

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Abortion-rights activists want to ask Arizona’s voters to amend the state constitution to protect abortion rights, AP says. Meanwhile, in Utah, courts are considering a case influenced by what the state’s attorneys argue was the “original public meaning” of the 1895 state constitution, which didn’t guarantee abortion rights.

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Former Health Care Exec Enters Race For North Carolina Governor

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Jesse Thomas, AP reports, is framing himself as a “no-nonsense Republican.” He formerly led the Medicaid plan offered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield locally. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, the attorney general objected to rate increases requested by the state’s health insurers.

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Republicans Add Anti-LGBTQ+ Efforts To Funding Bills

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

The 19th reports activists are calling the number and severity of anti-LGBTQ+ provisions added to “must-pass” funding bills an “unprecedented attempt” by lawmakers to restrict the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Meanwhile, Florida bans AP Psychology because of its discussion of gender identity.

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Why Do Some People Get Long Covid? Research Finds Link To Single Gene

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Preliminary research by an international collaboration between dozens of scientists associated long covid with people who carry a version of a single gene, FOXP4. In other long covid news, NIH efforts to research possible therapies are in question.

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Study: Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy Reduces Risk Of Heart Troubles By 20%

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

A large study of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, started in 2018, finds that the anti-obesity treatment cut the chances of heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular deaths by 20%. The study raises questions about how employers and insurers will cover the pricey drug.

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Senators Seek IRS Investigation Of Nonprofit Hospitals’ Local Care Efforts

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for federal tax regulators to make sure nonprofit hospitals are living up to their mandates for supporting their local area with free or low-cost care to people with low incomes. Also in the news, controversy around a union effort to cap hospital CEOs’ pay.

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Want To Lower Your Risk Of Death? Just Walk 4,000 Steps A Day: Study

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Google “10,000 steps” and you’ll find many reports mentioning health and that number of paces per day, but NBC News covers a new study that shows health benefits from walking a mere 4,000 steps daily — though benefits did ramp up with more steps. Also in the news: women’s problem drinking.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, August 9, 2023

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

Abortion vote, long covid, Wegovy heart benefits, LGBTQ+ health, nonprofit hospitals, daily steps, air pollution, and more are in the news.

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Ohio Rejects GOP’s Attempt To Quash Abortion Vote; November Battle Looms

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

AP says voters “resoundingly” rejected a Republican-led effort to make it more difficult to change Ohio’s constitution — meaning an abortion rights amendment effort in the fall has a lower bar to reach. Meanwhile, Politico explains why the vote wasn’t a particularly close race, but USA Today reports why the November vote is still a challenge.

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First Edition: Aug. 9, 2023

August 9, 2023 Morning Briefing

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

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