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CMS: Medicare Advantage Premiums To Slightly Rise Next Year

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that Medicare Advantage plan premiums will increase from $0.64 per month on average in 2024. Separately, GAO says that CMS does not have useful data on private equity investments in the nursing home industry.

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Senate Stopgap Funding Measure Protects Hospitals, Health Programs

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The stopgap funding measure the Senate is advancing includes provisions that would temporarily reauthorize hospital payments, the federally qualified health centers program, the National Health Service Corps, and some other health policy initiatives until Nov. 17.

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ARPA-H Announces First Regional Hubs, New Cancer Research Programs

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The brand new biomedical research agency announced its first two hubs will be in the Dallas and Boston areas — all part of its decentralized plan. The agency also revealed $115 million in funding for three new cancer research programs, plus a nationwide network for health innovation deployment.

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Survey: 46% Of Adults Likely To Get New Covid Vaccine, With Partisan Attitudes In Play

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The KFF poll finds that 23% of adults in the U.S. will “definitely” get the new covid vaccine, while another 23% say they will “probably” do so. A stark political divide emerges in the data: 69% of Democrats, in contrast to 25% of Republicans, fall into those categories. A separate Gallup survey also surfaces partisan differences in attitudes toward the trajectory of covid cases.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, September 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

Covid vaccine attitudes, shutdown watch, ARPA-H hubs, Medicare Advantage premiums, abortion law, drug pricing, and more are in the news.

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What Happens to Health Programs if the Federal Government Shuts Down?

By Julie Rovner September 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Medicare and Medicaid shouldn’t be affected, but confusion can be expected.

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First Edition: Sept. 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

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

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A digital illustration in colorful gouache shows a child sitting on the ground beside a backpack and a teddy bear in a dark void. She is looking up, with a puzzled expression, at two large, floating pill bottles, which are dropping pills on and around her like snow.

Florida Foster Kids Are Given Powerful Medications, but Feds Find State Oversight Lacking

By Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times Illustration by Oona Zenda September 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services raises troubling questions about the use of powerful medications within Florida’s child welfare system and the risk of overdoses or dangerous side effects if children are given the wrong combination of drugs.

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Labor Conditions, Burnout Drive Health Care Workers To Picket Line

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

A multi-state strike is now planned by over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers for Oct. 4-7, unless a deal is struck. Nurses in St. Louis and dialysis workers in California are also participating in a short work stoppage. It’s part of an increasing trend as health care workers say the they are still experiencing work pressures caused by the covid pandemic.

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Dec. 1 Set As Date For North Carolina’s Medicaid Expansion

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced the expansion date Monday, when an estimated 600,000 of the state’s poorest residents will become eligible for Medicaid coverage. Among other news: medical malpractice matters in Florida; youth mental health service in Michigan; more.

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Viewpoints: Here Is Why Your Medical Bills Are Skyrocketing; Heartbreaking Consequence Of Overturning Roe

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle increasing medical bills, consequences of Tennessee’s anti-abortion laws and more.

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Scientists Find Concrete Evidence Of Blood Changes In Long Covid Patients

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

The finding that patients suffering long covid symptoms have detectable immune and hormonal imbalances in blood tests could be a breakthrough in understanding and diagnosing the condition. Other researchers found delta covid put people at higher risk of heart and brain complications.

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Inspectors Find Contamination At Novo Nordisk Factory Making Diabetes Drug

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

Bacterial contamination was detected in batches of the main ingredients for Rybelsys in a Novo Nordisk plant in North Carolina. Separately, the drugmaker is partnering with Valo health to search for new drugs using AI.

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Overdose Crisis Tops Death Records In San Francisco, New York City

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

The impact of fentanyl on San Francisco is highlighted with descriptions of people dying in the streets. In New York City, data show overdose deaths in 2022 were the highest since official records began in 2000 — and fentanyl was detected in over 80% of them.

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A Shutdown Would Increase Hunger Risks With SNAP, WIC Benefits Disrupted

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

An estimated 7 million women and children would feel the hunger pinch if food assistance programs funds dry up during a federal government shutdown, the Biden administration warns. It’s also expected that other federal health care programs would be impacted and a large number of HHS employees furloughed.

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AstraZeneca Will Negotiate With Medicare On Price For Diabetes Drug

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

Drugmaker AstraZeneca tells Politico that it plans to participate in negotiations with CMS over the price Medicare pays for Farxiga, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, as well as heart failure and chronic kidney disease. In other news, a new study quantifies the big impact of the “pink tax” on womens’ health care costs.

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Study Raises Concerns Merck’s Covid Drug Affects Virus’ Future Mutations

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

New research links patients taking Merck’s molnupiravir drug with mutations in the covid virus that can occasionally spread to other people. The results are raising questions over whether the drug could impact covid’s evolution. Also in the news: covid rebound and how the new vaccine rollout is stuttering.

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Missouri Abortion Petition Is Rewritten By Judge To Remove Biased Wording

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

A Cole County judge said some original summaries written by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican, were unfairly biased. Ashcroft’s language included phrases like “dangerous, unregulated, and unrestricted abortions, from conception to live birth.” His office plans to appeal.

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CDC Tries A Rebrand To Promote This Season’s Flu Vaccine Program

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

The surprising “Wild to Mild” campaign contrasts pictures of wild animals with cute pets as a metaphor for how a flu shot can tame the potentially dangerous illness. The campaign is all about setting reasonable expectations for the vaccine. Also in the news: Republican voter vaccine skepticism.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, September 26, 2023

September 26, 2023 Morning Briefing

Teen birth rates, health worker strikes, long covid, flu vaccine, hunger, fentanyl, Medicare drug prices, and more are in the news.

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