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Delicate Labor-Industry Deal in Flux as Newsom Revisits $25 Minimum Health Wage

By Don Thompson January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In spite of labor concern about any rollback, Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s planned $25 minimum wage for health workers less than three months after approving the measure despite an uncertain price tag. The projected $4 billion first-year cost forms part of the state’s estimated $38 billion deficit.

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Hoping to Clear the Air in Casinos, Workers Seek to Ban Tobacco Smoke

By Sandy West January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Casinos in several states are fighting efforts to ban smoking, and trying to roll back existing anti-smoking laws. One planned facility even moved outside a city’s limits because of voter-approved smoking restrictions.

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Delays in State Contracts Leave Montana Health Providers Strapped

By Katheryn Houghton Updated January 16, 2024 Originally Published January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is months behind in paying organizations contracted to connect people to care. The interruption is likely to have lasting effects, even after the state catches up.

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Viewpoints: Thanks To Remote Work, Many Are Now Working While Sick; ER Staff Need To Be Safe

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle working while sick, ER violence, Medicaid expansion and tobacco issues.

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Bayer’s Non-Hormonal Drug Appears To Help Menopausal Hot Flashes; Bivalent Covid Vax Is A Winner In Kids

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Perspectives: Will Lowering Drug Prices Thwart New Development?; Insurance Restrictions On Wegovy Are Antiquated

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Austin’s Hospitalization Due To Prostate Cancer Surgery Complications

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Pentagon revealed Tuesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization—which made headlines as it was undisclosed to most in the Biden administration—was the result of an infection from prostate cancer surgery last month. News outlets report on the procedure and diagnosis, while the White House reviews its health disclosure procedures.

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Medicare Physician Payments Up In Air Amid Spending Deal Talks

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Doctors are lobbying Congress to use the next spending package to reverse physicians’ Medicare payments cuts that took effect Jan. 1—as lawmakers have done previous years. Meanwhile, talk grows of another short-term fix to fund the federal government.

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Doctors At Salem Hospital Push For Unionization In Face Of Budget Cuts

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Complaints of overflowing beds, budget cuts, and being cut out of key decisions are cited as reasons behind the physicians’ push to organize a union at Salem Hospital in Salem, Massachusetts. Meanwhile, in Michigan, three hospitals in the Thumb region are merging to become one single health system.

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Defense Dept. Will Track Overdoses Among Troops, Issue Naloxone

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new law requires that the Pentagon track drug overdoses within the military, which were not previously tracked. It must also make overdose-reversing drugs available to battle the crisis. Also in the news: alcohol abuse; the salmonella cantaloupe outbreak; pets and decreased dementia risks; and more.

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No Such Thing As A Free Lunch: GOP Governors Resist School Meal Effort

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Reports say Republican governors in 15 states are rejecting a new federally funded summer program that would help feed around 21 million less well-off children beginning in June. Separately, House Republicans in Ohio are deciding whether to override a gender care ban veto from Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, January 10, 2024

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Covid test lags, online safety for teens, Medicare, abortion law, drug overdoses, mammography AI, menopause, and more are in the news.

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HHS Narrows Rule Allowing Doctors’ ‘Conscience’ Care Denials Of Abortions

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

A Trump-era policy that broadened options for providers to object to delivering medical services such as abortions on religious grounds has now been mostly rescinded. Also, the Biden administration blocked a company selling data on patients’ medical visits, with abortion care particularly in mind.

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Instagram, Facebook To Begin Filtering Content For Teens’ Safety

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meta says it removes or limits recommendations of certain types of posts for all users — such as nudity and the sale of drugs. It will now restrict teenagers from even coming across much of this content, including when it’s posted by a friend, NPR reports.

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Covid Tests Now Take Longer To Show You’re Positive

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Rapid tests used to be able to show you were positive for covid only one or two days after symptoms showed up, but reports say mutations in the virus now mean it can take up to a week for tests to show two lines. Meanwhile, data show the U.S. is experiencing a big covid wave.

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First Edition: Jan. 10, 2024

January 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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A digital illustration painted with colorful gouache and pencil shows two versions of an aspiring OB-GYN drawn over a map of California and neighboring states. The version of her that is on the side of California is shown in bright, warm colors, and she is reading a textbook. The version of her leaning out of state is shown in black and white, and she holds a concerned expression.

California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can’t Find Abortion Training

By Laurie Udesky January 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Abortion restrictions in 18 states have curtailed access to training in skills that doctors say are critical for OB-GYN specialists and others. A new California law makes it easier for out-of-state doctors to get experience in reproductive medicine.

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Mammography AI Can Cost Patients Extra. Is It Worth It?

By Michelle Andrews January 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Artificial intelligence software to aid radiologists in detecting problems or diagnosing cancer has been moving rapidly into clinical use, where it shows great promise. But it’s a turnoff for some patients asked to pay out-of-pocket for technology that’s not quite ready for prime time.

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Will CMS Crack Down on Prior Authorization?

By Lauren Sausser January 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

There’s the Idaho doctor whose infant daughter developed a brain tumor. A woman in Southern California who waited months for an MRI before dying in the hospital. And a North Carolina patient who has trigeminal neuralgia — a condition so painful it’s commonly called the “suicide disease.” They all have something in common, aside from […]

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Viewpoints: Measles Outbreak Due To Anti-Vax Parents; Reauthorize The SUPPORT Act To Curb Overdoses

January 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these health care issues and more.

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