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First Edition: Jan. 5, 2024

January 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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States Begin Tapping Medicaid Dollars to Combat Gun Violence

By Samantha Young January 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration is allowing states to use money from the insurance program for low-income and disabled residents to pay for gun violence prevention. California and six other states have approved such spending, with more expected to follow.

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Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: How the Loss of a Rural Hospital Compounds the Collapse of Care

January 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Six years ago, the hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas, shuttered, leaving residents in the small community without a cornerstone health care institution. In the years since, despite new programs meant to save small hospitals, dozens of other communities have watched theirs close.

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Older Americans Say They Feel Trapped in Medicare Advantage Plans

By Sarah Jane Tribble January 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As enrollment in private Medicare Advantage plans grows, so do concerns about how well the insurance works, including from those who say they have become trapped in the private plans as their health declines.

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Los médicos son tan vulnerables a la adicción como cualquier persona

By Bernard J. Wolfson January 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

El alcohol es una droga muy común entre los médicos, pero su fácil acceso a los analgésicos es también un riesgo particular.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Year, Same Abortion Debate

January 4, 2024 Podcast

Some Supreme Court justices were wrong if they assumed overturning “Roe v. Wade” would settle the abortion issue before the high court. At least two cases are awaiting consideration, and more are in the legal pipeline. Meanwhile, Congress once again has only days until the next temporary spending bill runs out, with no budget deal in sight. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, about how public health can regain public trust.

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Most People Dropped in Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Never Tried to Renew Coverage, Utah Finds

By Phil Galewitz January 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Medicaid officials in Utah conducted a survey to answer a burning question in health policy: What happened to people dropped from the program in the post-pandemic “unwinding”?

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‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate America’s Freshwater Fish

By Hannah Norman January 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Gone fishing? Depending on the lake, your catch may not be safe to eat.  A group of chemicals collectively known as PFAS are found in hundreds of consumer goods, including dental floss, rain jackets and nonstick cookware. Over decades, these chemicals have spewed from manufacturing plants and landfills into local ecosystems, polluting surface water and […]

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Research Roundup: Brain Tumors; UTIs In Children; Human Sexuality

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.

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Viewpoints: New Antibiotic Is Reason To Cheer, But Costs Could Sink It; Stop Pretending Covid Isn’t A Problem

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers weigh in on these topics and others.

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Citing Debunked Risks, Florida’s Top Health Official Says MRNA Covid Shots Should Stop

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

Scientists have debunked a claim that using mRNA-based vaccines could harm a patient’s DNA, but that hasn’t stopped Florida’s Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo from issuing a new state bulletin calling for a halt of the shots. News outlets, meanwhile, chronicle the ongoing covid surge.

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After Fast Closure Of Missouri Nursing Home, One Resident Is Still Missing

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Northview Village Nursing Home in St. Louis made headlines when it abruptly shut last month, leaving residents and families scrambling: and one former resident still hasn’t been located, prompting a the issuance of a silver advisory. Other news is from California, Texas, and elsewhere.

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Study Links Acetaminophen Use In Pregnancy With Language Delays

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

News coverage of the study, which came from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, notes that children of moms who took acetaminophen during pregnancy had smaller vocabularies and shorter sentence lengths. That was especially pronounced when it was taken during the third trimester. Also in the news: hearing aids as a lifesaver, the Mediterranean diet wins again, and the reason urine is yellow.

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Worries Rise Pentagon Abortion Access Policy Could Be Forced To Change

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

A former Pentagon undersecretary argued in an op-ed that the Defense Department’s abortion policy could be changed at the whim of an incoming administration. An Arkansas Air Guard Commander recently resigned in protest over the policy.

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Being Hospitalized For Covid Cost You More As The Pandemic Went On: Study

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

New research shows that even though vaccines and new treatments arrived throughout the course of the pandemic, and variants changed the virus’ risks, the cost of hospital treatment for covid in the U.S. rose by 26% from 2020 to 2022. Also in the news: BrightSpring Health, health care hacking, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, January 4, 2024

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new antibiotic, affordable treatments, insulin costs, covid vaccines and cases, Medicare, abortion access, and more are in the news.

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Novel Roche Antibiotic Works Against Dangerous Drug-Resistant Bacteria

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

The new zosurabalpin drug proved able to fight carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in mice. The drug-resistant bug, also known as CRAB, kills in as many as 60% of cases. It’s top of the WHO’s hit-list for pathogens that need new drugs.

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CVS Will Soon Recommend Biosimilars Instead Of AbbVie’s Humira

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

CVS Health will drop the rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira from some of its lists of preferred drugs for reimbursement as of April 1 in favor of rival biosimilars. Separately, news outlets report on how more Americans will pay just $35 a month for insulin treatments now that the price cap is in effect.

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Cigna Is In Advanced Talks To Sell Its Medicare Business

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal explains the deal is an about-face for the giant health insurer, which has been expanding its footprint in the sector. The deal for Medicare Advantage is said to be with Health Care Service Corp. and worth up to $4 billion. Also in the news: problems for some asthma patients from new Medicaid rebate rules.

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First Edition: Jan. 4, 2024

January 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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