Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
February 10, 2023
Morning Briefing
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week’s selections include stories on students with disabilities, digital scribes, metagenomic next-generation sequencing, sex, and more.
Morning Briefing for Friday, February 10, 2023
February 10, 2023
Morning Briefing
The end of free covid testing and vaccines, Medicare changes, abortion laws, Medicaid and more are in the news. Plus, your weekend reads.
CDC Adds Covid Jab To Routine Lineup; Scientific Find Offers Clues To Virus
February 10, 2023
Morning Briefing
The CDC on Thursday formally added covid vaccines to its immunization schedule for kids and adults, joining other shots like polio, measles, and chickenpox. In other news on the virus, researchers in Australia have discovered a protein in the lungs that sticks to coronavirus like Velcro and forms a natural protective barrier in a person’s body.
HHS Preps States For End Of Covid Public Health Emergency
February 10, 2023
Morning Briefing
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter and fact sheet to every governor Thursday that described how the agency is planning for the transition that will usher in big financial and logistical changes for the health industry and for patients.
Medicare Previews Plan To Penalize Drugmakers That Hike Prices Beyond Inflation
February 10, 2023
Morning Briefing
The Biden administration released new details Thursday on how Medicare will use new powers from the Inflation Reduction Act to claw back refunds from companies that increase prescription drug prices at a rate that outpaces inflation starting in 2025.
Biden Pledges ‘Nightmare’ For Anyone Who Tries To Slash Medicare
February 10, 2023
Morning Briefing
Using messaging from his recent State of the Union that is a likely preview of 2024 campaign stump speeches to come, President Joe Biden repeated promises to protect Medicare and Social Security during a visit to Florida. He targeted in particular the health policies of two of the states most prominent Republicans, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott.
First Edition: Feb. 10, 2023
February 10, 2023
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Era of ‘Free’ Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay the Tab Now?
By Julie Appleby
February 10, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Insurers, employers, and taxpayers will all be affected as drug manufacturers move these products to the commercial market.
Public Health Agencies Turn to Locals to Extend Reach Into Immigrant Communities
By Markian Hawryluk
February 10, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Local health departments combat disparities by funding immigrant and minority community groups and letting them decide how best to spend the money.
Montana Considers Allowing Physician Assistants to Practice Independently
By Keely Larson
February 10, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The bill, modeled on laws in North Dakota and Wyoming, is opposed by doctors who say it would let physician assistants practice outside the scope of their training.
Patients for Profit: How Private Equity Hijacked Health Care
February 9, 2023
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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': A Health-Heavy State of the Union
February 9, 2023
Podcast
President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address leaned heavily on health care issues. Biden took a victory lap for recent accomplishments like capping prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare. He also urged Congress to make permanent the boosted premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and he sparred with Republicans on threats to cut Social Security and Medicare. Also this week, both sides in the abortion debate are bracing for a court decision out of Texas that could, at least temporarily, make the abortion pill mifepristone illegal nationwide. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Kate Baicker of the University of Chicago about a possible middle ground in the effort to get universal health insurance coverage.
Different Takes: Reform Needed Within Organ Transplant System; Incarcerated People Shouldn’t Be Living Donors
February 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
Editorial writers discuss organ donation as well as reproductive health issues.
Victim Survival Time Now Critical In Turkey-Syria Earthquake Aftermath
February 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
AP explains the factors that are critical for victim survival in the rubble of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this week: these matters are important as time passes since the event, and foreign aid in the form of medical equipment and staff arrives on scene.
Air At Ohio Train Derailment Deemed Safe After Toxic Fumes Dissipate
February 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
Around-the-clock testing, AP explains, has happened inside and outside the evacuation zone in the village of East Palestine, Ohio. The fires that deliberately destroyed toxic chemicals are now done, and the air is at safe levels. Medicaid expansion, homelessness, and more are also in the news.
Henry Ford Health Reveals $2.2 Billion Expansion Plan For Detroit
February 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
News outlets cover the details of a massive expansion plan for Henry Ford Health’s Detroit campus, including a new joint medical research center with Michigan State University. Among other industry news, Orlando Health has launched its Hospital Care at Home program for some acute care patients.
Research Roundup: Covid; Prostate Cancer; Racial Inequity
February 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Morning Briefing for Thursday, February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
Today’s roundup covers Medicare, fentanyl, abortion access, covid treatments and variants, autism, medical shortages, and more.
Worries Political Fallout From Spy Balloon Will Hit Medical Supply Chain
February 9, 2023
Morning Briefing
CIDRAP outlines how the Chinese spy balloon incident may influence critical supply chains that deliver important drugs into the U.S. system, including FDA inspections of overseas manufacturing plants. Also: Centene, infections from eyedrops, kidney disease tech startups, and more.