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UnitedHealth Group Dodges Blame for System Failures In Wake Of CEO Killing

January 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

In the first public appearance since Brian Thompson’s slaying in early December, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addressed the public’s discontent, skirting responsibility and blaming drug companies and hospitals for the health care system’s failures.

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Arkansas Hopes To Reinstate Work Requirements For Medicaid

January 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

When Arkansas previously enacted work requirements in 2018, more than 18,000 people lost coverage. Also in the news: New Hampshire tackles the issue of exorbitant, unexpected ambulance bills; San Francisco’s public health director will step down; Montana seniors struggle with homelessness; and more.

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First Edition: Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

January 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

Note to readers: the First Edition will not be published Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Look for it again in your inbox Tuesday. Here are today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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For Homeless Seniors, Getting Into Stable Housing Takes a Village — And a Lot of Luck

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR January 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The number of unhoused seniors in the U.S. is expected to triple by 2030. About half of this population is becoming homeless for the first time. Homeless services struggle to help. Finding affordable housing that’s also accessible for older Americans with medical conditions is an extra challenge.

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Junk Food Turns Public Villain as Power Shifts in Washington

By Stephanie Armour and David Hilzenrath January 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Some Trump insiders are ready to take on the food industry. It remains to be seen whether their entrée will result in any meaningful change in government oversight of “Big Food” — or in American health.

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La comida chatarra es la nueva villana de Washington

By Stephanie Armour and David Hilzenrath January 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Los candidatos a las principales agencias de salud están apuntando a los alimentos ultraprocesados, que representan aproximadamente el 70% del suministro de alimentos de Estados Unidos.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Hello, Trump. Bye-Bye, Biden.

January 16, 2025 Podcast

With just days to go before the official launch of a new administration, the GOP-led Congress is putting together plans on how to enact incoming President Donald Trump’s agenda, with a particular emphasis on cutting spending on the Medicaid program. Meanwhile, the Biden administration makes major moves in its last days, including banning a controversial food dye and ordering cigarette companies to minimize their nicotine content. Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News “Bill of the Month” feature, about a colonoscopy that came with a much larger price tag than estimated.

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Viewpoints: Proposed $2.3T Tax Cuts Will Decimate Medicaid; Conn. Offers Model For Protecting Abortion Care

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into these public health issues.

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Research Roundup: The Latest Science, Discoveries, And Breakthroughs

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of the latest health research and news.

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CMS Retracts Medicare Advantage Enrollment Report For Corrections

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile: Medicare Advantage enrollees aren’t seeing expected savings on supplemental care; Inflation Reduction Act’s annual prescription cap will provide significant savings; Georgia wants to change Medicaid eligibility requirements; and more.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Weighs Clash Over Conversion Therapy For LGBTQ+

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

Justices are examining whether a GOP-led legislative panel overreached its authority when it blocked the ban that forbids professionals from counseling people to try to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. More news comes from Massachusetts, New York, Colorado, and elsewhere.

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First Covid, Now Wildfires: Calif. Teens Say Their Mental Health Is Suffering

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

The disaster has again disrupted the education and nutrition of thousands of children. In Pasadena alone, five school sites were destroyed or severely damaged, leaving 14,000 students with no clear plan. And it’s not just students: Almost half of Pasadena’s district employees lived in the evacuation zone, the Los Angeles Times noted.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, January 16, 2025

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

FDA Prohibits Red Dye No. 3, Which Is Linked To Cancer In Rats

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

Food safety advocates, who had urged the ban for decades, do not anticipate difficulties in the transition and hope this will lead to more bans on synthetic dyes. Also in public health news: baby formula, processed meats, and more.

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NIH Director To Step Down After Only One Year In The Role

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

National Institutes of Health Director Monica Bertagnolli will resign Friday. The Hill reports that while the agency has typically held bipartisan support, residual Republican dissatisfaction over the handling of the pandemic “has pushed NIH squarely into partisan crosshairs.” Also in the news: a conservative effort to oppose Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination; Trump’s plans for HHS; and more.

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New Rule From DEA, HHS Will Allow Some Opioid Treatment Via Telehealth

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

Roll Call reports that the newly finalized rule will allow for health care providers who have not seen a patient in person to prescribe six months’ worth of buprenorphine via telehealth. Also in pharma news: FDA’s proposed nicotine crackdown; FDA’s fast-track approval process for drugs; insulin prices; and more.

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Industry Leaders Back Policy Allowing Interstate Health Care Professionals

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

Texas is being encouraged to join existing interstate compacts, which would allow health care workers from nine professions to practice in other states and out-of-state workers to come to Texas. Other health industry news is on furloughs, contract deals, updates on the J.P. Morgan conference, and more.

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First Edition: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025

January 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping

By Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead January 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia — states with some of the worst health outcomes — also have some of the highest childhood vaccination rates. But doctors and health officials worry a rising tide of vaccine skepticism is causing those public health bright spots to dim.

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New California Laws Target Medical Debt, AI Care Decisions, Detention Centers

By Christine Mai-Duc January 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban medical debt from credit reports, allow public health inspections of private immigration detention centers, and ban toxic chemicals in makeup.

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