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Morning Briefing for Thursday, October 17, 2024

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Gun violence survivors, drug overdose deaths, mifepristone access, election news, insurer denials, cancer, alcohol safety, and more.

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Not Satisfied With ‘Concepts,’ Doctors Want Full Health Plan From Trump

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Over 1,500 physicians from the Committee to Protect Health Care PAC, which has endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for president, are calling on Republican Donald Trump to release a concrete health care policy plan before the election. Separately, some Republican operatives aren’t happy with doctors who are urging their patients to vote.

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CDC: Drug Overdose Deaths Drop By Record Amount Over Past Year

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Provisional data from the CDC indicates a 15% drop from the prior 12-month period. Separately, accidental overdoses of fentanyl in San Francisco dropped to a four-year low in September.

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Kansas, Idaho, And Missouri Taking Steps To Limit Mifepristone Access

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

In the legal filing, made in Texas, the states lay out their case for bringing back restrictions on the medication used in abortions, arguing that easing those restrictions “undermine state abortion laws and frustrate state law enforcement.”

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‘Big 3’ Medicare Advantage Insurer Algorithms Deny 1 in 4 Post-Acute Care Requests: Probe

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

A Senate investigation found the three largest Medicare Advantage insurers have been increasingly denying seniors claims since adopting AI and algorithms to help streamline the approval process, reaching a nearly 1 in 4 denial rate since 2022.

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First Edition: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Super Bowl Rally Shooting Victims Pick Up Pieces, but Gun Violence Haunts Their Lives

By Peggy Lowe, KCUR and Bram Sable-Smith Updated November 14, 2024 Originally Published October 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Eight months after the Feb. 14 shooting, people wounded at the Kansas City Chiefs parade are wary of more gun violence. In this installment of “The Injured,” survivors of the shooting say they feel gun violence is inescapable and are desperately seeking a sense of safety.

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Víctimas del tiroteo del desfile del Super Bowl reconstruyen sus vidas, pero la violencia con armas de fuego sigue atormentándolas

By Peggy Lowe, KCUR and Bram Sable-Smith October 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Esa incesante oleada de violencia con armas de fuego —desde incidentes puntuales hasta tiroteos masivos— ha terminado aniquilando la sensación de seguridad de quienes sobreviven.

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Patients Are Relying on Lyft, Uber To Travel Far Distances to Medical Care

By Michael Scaturro October 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Uber and Lyft have become a critical part of the nation’s infrastructure for transporting ailing people from their homes — even in rural areas — to medical care sites in major cities such as Atlanta.

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Public Health Departments Face a Post-Covid Funding Crash

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez October 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

During the coronavirus pandemic, states received a rush of funding from the federal government to bolster their fight against the disease. In many cases, that cash flowed into state and local health departments, fueling a staffing surge to handle, among other things, contact tracing and vaccination efforts. But public health leaders quickly identified a familiar […]

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Viewpoints: Rocky Road For SD Abortion Ballot Measure; Elevate Hard-Working Middle Health Care Managers

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these public health topics.

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Teen Mental Health Lawsuits Against Meta Allowed To Proceed, Judge Rules

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the social media company Meta must face lawsuits brought against it by U.S. states, claiming the company’s addictive algorithms contribute to mental health problems in teens. Meanwhile, California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, mandates menstrual health education for middle and high school students.

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GLP-1 Drugs Linked With Lower Risk Of Suicidal Thoughts Among Juveniles

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Researchers found that 1.4% of adolescents on weight loss medications had a suicide attempt or ideation, compared with 2.3% of children who weren’t taking the medicines. Separately, anxiety is found to be more likely in firstborn and only children.

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Court Appears Open To Fired Trucker Who Sued Over THC-Tainted Product

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The driver claims Medical Marijuana Inc. injured his “business or property” under federal racketeering laws when it shipped the product to him, after he was assured it had none of the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. Justices will hear arguments about VA disability claims today.

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Report: UnitedHealth’s Tactics To Make Medicare Advantage Patients ‘Look As Sick As Possible On Paper’

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The latest story in Stat’s investigation of UnitedHealth’s influence looks at the company’s strategy to enlist its doctors to pile moneymaking diagnoses onto patients covered by Medicare Advantage, using incentive tools like $10,000 bonuses and a doctor leaderboard. Other Medicare news is on low-cost drugs, value-based care, and more.

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Epic’s AI Early-Warning Health Tool Found Lacking: Yale Study

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

In a study published Tuesday, researchers found that AI algorithms used to predict the decline of patients are largely untested and don’t always perform as well as expected. Included in this study was Epic Systems’ algorithm, used widely during the covid pandemic, which did not fare well.

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Walgreens Has A Prescription For Its Struggling Drug Store Chain

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The retailer joins CVS and Rite-Aid in closing stores and making other changes as it shores up its business model after a shift in customer habits.

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Experts May Have Found A ‘Smoking Gun’ Underlying Long Covid

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Boston Globe reports on findings from researchers at Mass General Brigham who examined “reservoirs” of the covid virus that hide inside people after their acute infections have ended. Also in the news: the KP.3.1.1 variant, more dengue cases in Los Angeles County, an enoki mushroom recall, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, October 16, 2024

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

Medical debt, birth control, IV fluid shortage, abortion law, long covid, Medicare Advantage plans, pharmacies closing, and more

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Biden Invokes Wartime Powers To Speed Rebuilding Of IV Fluid Factory

October 16, 2024 Morning Briefing

The North Carolina factory, run by medical supplier Baxter, was badly damaged during Helene. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. IV supplies had relied on the plant’s production. Separately, the Pentagon is changing the discharge records for 820 veterans who had been dismissed from the military for their sexual orientation.

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