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McKinsey’s Advisory Role To Opioid Makers Under Criminal Investigation

April 25, 2024 Morning Briefing

Feds also are looking into whether the consulting firm obstructed justice. In other news, it appears patients are shunning a crucial medicine prescribed to treat opioid addition.

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FTC’s New Noncompete Ban Quickly Challenged By Lawsuit

April 25, 2024 Morning Briefing

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is among the groups that have already mounted a legal challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete agreements. Separately, Republican lawmakers are targeting the health sector’s vertical integration habits.

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Illinois Bill Aims To Prohibit Insurers’ Use Of ‘Step Therapy’ Treatments

April 25, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Chicago Tribune reports on a bill that would limit insurers’ ability to insist on patients trying alternate, often cheaper treatments before approving a physician-prescribed one. Separately, in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed a major investment in mental health services.

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Divided Supreme Court Justices Spar With Both Sides Over Emergency Abortion

April 25, 2024 Morning Briefing

Arguments were heard on conflicts between the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, and Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. The female Supreme Court justices strongly questioned the Idaho law, while the more conservative members of the bench floated three ways they could justify siding with Idaho over the Biden administration.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024 Morning Briefing

Abortion and EMTALA, Arizona’s ban, genetic studies, the opioid crisis, health care cost increases, bird flu, covid, and more are in the news.

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First Edition: April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Genetics Studies Have a Diversity Problem That Researchers Struggle To Fix

By Lauren Sausser April 25, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Researchers in Charleston, South Carolina, are trying to build a DNA database of 100,000 people to better understand how genetics affects health risks. But they’re struggling to recruit enough Black participants.

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Mandatory Reporting Laws Meant To Protect Children Get Another Look

By Kristin Jones April 25, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The state is looking at ways to weed out false reporting of child abuse and neglect as the number of reports reaches a record high.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Abortion — Again — At the Supreme Court

April 24, 2024 Podcast

For the second time in as many months, the Supreme Court heard arguments in an abortion case. This time, the justices are being asked to decide whether a federal law that requires emergency care in hospitals can trump Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. Meanwhile, the federal government, for the first time, will require minimum staffing standards for nursing homes. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

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Medicare Stumbles Managing a Costly Problem — Chronic Illness

By Phil Galewitz April 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to help the two-thirds of beneficiaries with chronic conditions by paying their doctors an additional monthly fee to coordinate their care. The strategy has largely failed to live up to its potential; only about 4 percent of potentially eligible beneficiaries in the traditional Medicare program are enrolled, […]

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Perspectives: Women Are Speaking Out About Side Effects Of The Pill; GLP-1 Prescribing Rules Need Reexamination

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: Medical Skepticism Is Becoming A Real Problem; What’s Behind The Mommy Wine Culture?

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these health issues and more.

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Nonprofit Health Care Sector Could Dodge FTC’s Broad Noncompete Ban

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

The agency determines it doesn’t have the authority to regulate hospital and insurance companies that operate as not-for-profits. The sweeping changes might be tied up in the courts for years.

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Doctors’ Skepticism Is Thwarting Wider Rollout Of Alzheimer’s Drug

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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White House Revises Suicide Prevention Plans, Mentions Social Media

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Amid rising suicide rates, the updated national strategy emphasizes health equity and the mental health impacts of social media. Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc helped promote the new plan; both lost loved ones to suicide.

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We’re All Breathing More Toxic Air Now Than 25 Years Ago: Report

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

The American Lung Association report shows recent air samples have the worst toxic particle pollution in the 25 years of study. Climate change and wildfires are likely to blame. Meanwhile, Massachusetts will deploy 200 air sensors in communities across the state to sample pollution.

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Study Highlights Trans Women’s Advantages, Disadvantages In Sports

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

The study, paid for by the International Olympic Committee, showed trans women have substantial grip strength but lower jumping ability and lung function compared to athletes whose gender was assigned at birth — debunking theories some politicians espouse when enacting trans sports bans.

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Inactive Bird Flu Virus Fragments Found In Pasteurized Milk: FDA

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

The FDA said Tuesday it had detected bird flu viral remnants in pasteurized milk but stressed that there was no actual risk from this source to consumers. Separately, reports show the H5N1 virus may have jumped to U.S. dairy herds earlier than thought.

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Justices Set To Hear High-Stakes Case On Emergency Care And Abortion

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

News outlets examine what’s at stake when the Supreme Court hears arguments today related to how federal law applies to emergency health care in places where abortion is banned. Separately, some states and cities want to collect more patient data related to reproductive health.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, April 24, 2024

April 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Health care price fixing, air and water safety, bird flu, emergency care and abortion, suicide, hospital mergers, and more are in the news.

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