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Biden Is Right. The US Generally Pays Double That of Other Countries for Rx Drugs.

By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact March 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Research has consistently found that, overall, U.S. prescription drug prices are significantly higher, sometimes two to four times as high, compared with prices in other high-income industrialized countries. However, some market factors can obscure actual prices, making comparisons harder.

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Why Hospitals in Many States With Legal Abortion May Refuse To Perform Them

By Rachana Pradhan March 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Many states that tout themselves as protectors of reproductive health care, including California, Michigan and Pennsylvania, have little-noticed laws on the books protecting hospitals that refuse to provide it. The laws shield at least some hospitals from liability for not providing care they object to on religious grounds, leaving little recourse for patients. The providers — many of them […]

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Pennsylvania Care Home Shuts Down Abruptly In Staffing Crisis

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Delayed paychecks drove Jefferson Hills Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center staff members to walk off the job last week, and the care home has now shut. Separately, Kaiser hospitals will lay off “dozens” in the Bay Area.

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Calif. Lawmaker Proposes Longer Mental Hospital Stays For Violent Offenders

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

A California lawmaker released a bill that would allow the state to provide longer treatment to people with mental illness who commit violent crimes. Other state health news is reported from New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Illinois.

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Viewpoints: Declaring Fetuses ‘People’ Threatens IVF; Ancient Greek Ideas Shouldn’t Impact Reproductive Laws

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle hospital price disclosure, Florida’s measles outbreak, reproductive health care, and more.

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Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Find Four Disorders’ Sources

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

DBS helped scientists pinpoint dysfunctions in the brain contributing to Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and Tourette’s syndrome. Also in the news: Lynch syndrome, diet and atrial fibrillation, more.

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HHS Urged To Step In After Hack At Change Healthcare

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

The American Hospital Association and American Medical Association say federal help is needed as the cyberattack at Change Healthcare disrupts care. The AHA also blasted UnitedHealth’s financial help offer.

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CDC Director Says Updated Covid Shots Will Come This Fall

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Researchers will likely wait until May to pick which strains will be the target for this year’s covid shot. Meanwhile, some long covid patients plan a protest against the CDC’s new covid guidance.

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More Stick With Opioid Treatment When Covered By Insurance: Study

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Other news stories related to the opioid crisis report on overdose prevention methods, the agony of withdrawal, settlement funds, and more.

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White House To Announce Federal Health Care Costs Task Force

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Biden administration’s next “corporate greed” target is set to be the high cost of health care. Meanwhile, in the Medicare price negotiation process, all of the affected drugmakers are trying to bargain with counteroffers.

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Opill Maker Starts Shipping First OTC Birth Control Pill In US

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Perrigo says it’s started to send supplies of the pill to major retailers and pharmacies. One month’s supply costs about $20. Also in the news: using weight-loss drugs before pregnancy, IVF, and more.

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Nebraska’s Highest Court To Hear Suits Against Abortion, Trans Care Bans

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Hilgers case will go before Nebraska’s Supreme Court today, challenging the 12-week abortion and minors’ gender care ban. Abortion and Super Tuesday is also in the news.

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Feds Are Accused Of Downplaying Syphilis Crisis, Treatment Shortage

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Physicians and public health experts say delays in getting treatment to pregnant women are preventing them from stopping the spread of syphilis to infants. Meanwhile, there’s progress in curbing syphilis infection after unprotected sex.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, March 5, 2024

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Primary care, ACA’s preventive care provision, birth control, fall covid shots, opioid treatments, mental health, and more are in the news.

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Appeals Court Hears Appeal Over Obamacare’s Preventive Care Mandate

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Biden administration argued before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, urging the judges to reverse a lower court’s ruling that threatens the Affordable Care Act’s provision for no-cost cancer screenings and preventive care services. The Hill characterized the panel’s reception as “skeptical.”

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First Edition: March 5, 2024

March 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Stephen Loyd, center, stands in a crowd holding a foam-board check for $500,000.00 for the Helios Alliance.

Statistical Models vs. Front-Line Workers: Who Knows Best How to Spend Opioid Settlement Cash?

By Aneri Pattani March 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A mathematical model designed to direct spending of opioid settlement funds is at the center of a debate over whether to invest in technology to guide long-term decisions or focus on the immediate needs of people in addiction.

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Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest US Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud

By Fred Schulte March 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A recently unsealed lawsuit alleges Aledade Inc. developed billing software that boosted revenues by making patients appear sicker than they were.

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Biden’s Got a Taker for One of His Gun Safety Proposals: California

By Samantha Young March 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California could give President Biden a political win this year on gun violence. State senators passed sweeping legislation in January that would toughen gun storage requirements, embracing a White House priority that has languished in Congress. Many states, including California, have laws in place requiring gun owners to securely store their firearms when children are […]

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Viewpoints: Is There A Benefit To The New Alzheimer’s Test?; Florida Is Bungling The Measles Outbreak

March 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these topics and more.

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