First Edition: July 19, 2024
July 19, 2024
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Un grupo médico atiende a personas que viven en la calle… y gana dinero
By Angela Hart
July 19, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Estos médicos, enfermeros y trabajadores sociales se están desplegando en las calles de Los Ángeles para ofrecer atención médica y servicios sociales a las personas sin hogar: soldados de un nuevo modelo de negocio que está arraigándose en comunidades de toda California.
A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
By Angela Hart
July 19, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Healthcare in Action, a California medical group that exclusively serves homeless people, has tapped into growing demand and funding for street medicine services. Three years in, the innovative nonprofit is raking in revenue and serving thousands of people who otherwise might flock to the hospital for high-cost care.
Misleading Ads Play Key Role in Schemes to Gin Up Unauthorized ACA Sign-Ups, Lawsuit Alleges
By Julie Appleby
Updated July 22, 2024
Originally Published July 19, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Misleading money-for-groceries ads helped lure people to call centers where some were enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage — or switched from their existing plans — without their express permission, a new lawsuit alleges.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': At GOP Convention, Health Policy Is Mostly MIA
July 18, 2024
Podcast
After an assassination attempt last weekend sent former President Donald Trump to the hospital with minor injuries, the Republican National Convention went off with little mention of health care issues. And Trump’s newly nominated vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, has barely staked out a record on health during his 18 months in office — aside from being strongly opposed to abortion. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Renuka Rayasam, who wrote June’s installment of KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month,” about a patient who walked into what he thought was an urgent care center and walked out with an emergency room bill.
Research Roundup: H5N1 Vaccines; Memory Loss; Psilocybin; Mental Health
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Viewpoints: Home Caregivers Deserve A Living Wage; Chicago’s Emergency Medical Services Severely Lacking
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
Editorial writers tackle home health care, emergency medical services, AI in health care, and clinical trials.
President Biden Has Covid: Isolating With ‘Mild Symptoms,’ Taking Paxlovid
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
President Joe Biden’s positive test comes amid another summer surge of the virus. Also, studies look at vaccines and the risk for long covid.
With N.C. Budget Adjustment Delayed, DHHS Braces For Medicaid Shortfall
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
The department is staring down a $100 million shortfall by the end of this fiscal year, officials say. Separately, Maryland and Colorado also are making decisions about health care costs.
Doctor’s Assessment Weighs Heavily On Whether Biden Will Stay In Race
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
No doctor has told the president that he is physically unfit to hold office, and Biden believes he has the wisdom and experience to do the job. Meanwhile, GOP nominee Donald Trump is mum about his physical and mental health after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.
Millions Of Bacteria Discovered In Sealed Bottles Of Tattoo Ink
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
According to the FDA, the bacteria were also found in sealed bottles of permanent makeup ink. Other news on public health covers two deaths in Canada from contaminated milk substitutes, a ranking of states with regard to women’s health, tips for staying hydrated in extreme heat, and more.
Scientist’s MRIs Highlight Psilocybin Boosting Brain Plasticity
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
NPR reports on fascinating research that shows how taking the psychedelic drug psilocybin changes brain process, producing mind-altering effects and temporary boosts to the brain’s ability to adapt and change. In other research news, CBD may protect skin from the sun.
Mark Cuban Aims At A Temporary Fix For Penicillin Shortages, Via Imports
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company is working with the FDA to import and distribute penicillin temporarily to offset the shortage of Pfizer supplies. Humana, Ardent Health, Novartis, and more are also in health industry news.
Illinois Reports Its First West Nile Case This Year
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
In other news from across the country, Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators compromised on a gun bill that cracks down on “ghost guns;” two people die from heat-related causes in Baltimore City; extreme heat hits Phoenix, Sacramento, and Portland, Oregon; and more.
Democrats Would Suspend Filibuster To Codify Abortion Rights If They Win Congress
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
“We have the votes” to suspend the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Wednesday, announcing the Democrats’ plan if they win the House and Senate in the November elections. Meanwhile, it’s reported that Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has pushed the Justice Department to crack down on abortion pills via the 151 year-old Comstock Act.
Morning Briefing for Thursday, July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
Insulin costs, long covid, abortion access, Medicaid, marijuana, hospital infections, psilocybin, drug shortages, and more are in the news.
First Edition: July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Montana’s Plan To Curb Opioid Overdoses Includes Vending Machines
By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press
July 18, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Details about where the machines would go — and how they would help those most at risk — are sparse. The state has proposed using them to distribute naloxone and fentanyl testing strips.
Trump Is Wrong in Claiming Full Credit for Lowering Insulin Prices
By Jacob Gardenswartz
July 18, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Though the Trump administration established a voluntary, temporary program lowering insulin costs for some older Americans on Medicare, the mandatory price caps implemented through Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act go significantly further.
El plan de Montana para frenar las sobredosis de opioides incluye máquinas expendedoras
By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press
July 18, 2024
KFF Health News Original
En todo Estados Unidos, las máquinas expendedoras que distribuyen naloxona y otros suministros de salud de forma gratuita se están convirtiendo en elementos de primera línea en la lucha contra las sobredosis de opioides. Diferentes versiones del modelo se están probando en al menos 33 estados.