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Hidden Costs Of Extreme Heat Landed California With $7.7B Bill

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new report says a decade’s worth of indirect costs from heat waves, such as lost productivity and health care for heat-related injuries, totaled more than $7.7 billion in California. Separately, the Sacramento Bee reports on how California police are spending $50 million on wellness care.

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Insurers Bilked $50B From Medicare For Dubious Diagnoses, Review Finds

July 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

In its analysis of the Medicare Advantage program, The Wall Street Journal looked at details of “doctor visits, hospital stays, prescriptions and other care.” Separately, a Stat review has found that more than two dozen Medicare Advantage insurers now qualify for big taxpayer-funded bonuses.

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EU Countries Scolded, Urged To Share Mpox Stockpiles With Africa Now

August 23, 2024 Morning Briefing

A WHO official said if countries are “not willing to share, then we are not going to be able to stop the next pandemic.” France has already pledged 100,000 vaccines. Also, an infection in Thailand was confirmed as clade 1b — the new deadly mpox strain.

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Ex-Outcome Health Executive Gets 7 Months In Prison For Role In $1B Fraud

September 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

Ashik Desai was the star witness against his bosses in a trial last year, the Chicago Tribune reports. Other news is on Optum layoffs, Allina Health, the Mayo Clinic, and more.

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Watch: She Almost Died. The $250K Debt Took Their House.

June 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

CBS Evening News spotlights Jim and Cindy Powers, who faced crippling medical debt.

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Viewpoints: H-1B Visa Fee Unfairly Targets Critical Indian-Born Doctors; Autistic People Don’t Need To Be Cured

September 25, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers tackle these public health issues.

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If You’re Taking Toddlers Abroad, Get MMR Jabs, CDC Advises

March 19, 2024 Morning Briefing

The vaccine advice comes amid rising U.S. and international cases of measles. But it’s also norovirus and flu season, and influenza B in particular is surging, USA Today reports.

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After $1B Donation, Johns Hopkins Medical School Is Now Free For Most

July 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg, who earned a degree in engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1964, offered the gift in an attempt to ease the nation’s “serious” shortage of doctors. Free tuition begins this fall for any med student whose family earns less than $300,000 a year.

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After a Brief Pandemic Reprieve, Rural Workers Return to Life Without Paid Leave

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez January 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Coastal and politically progressive states have passed stronger paid sick and family leave policies, but many workers in rural America are left out, facing tough decisions when choosing between caring for themselves or sick family members or keeping their jobs.

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Hospitals Divert Primary Care Patients to Health Center ‘Look-Alikes’ to Boost Finances

By Phil Galewitz Photos by Heidi de Marco September 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Medicare and Medicaid pay “look-alike” health centers significantly more than hospitals for treating patients, and converting or creating clinics can help hospitals reduce their expenses.

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Community Health Centers’ Big Profits Raise Questions About Federal Oversight

By Phil Galewitz and Bram Sable-Smith August 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Nonprofit federally funded health centers are a linchpin in the nation’s health care safety net because they treat the medically underserved. The average profit margin is 5%, but some have recorded margins of 20% or more in three of the past four years.

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Three Things About the Abortion Debate That Many People Get Wrong

By Julie Rovner July 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The commonly repeated myths include arguments that only women who are pregnant are affected by the decision overturning Roe v. Wade, that Democratic lawmakers could have codified abortion protections before, and that Congress can easily get rid of federal laws restricting abortion.

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Perspectives: Every Presidential Candidate Should Prioritize Affordable Prescriptions; It’s Time To Reform 340B

September 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentary about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: $4B In NIH Funding Cuts Will Affect Health Care For All Of Us; Prevention Is Key To Ending Bird Flu

February 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into these public health issues.

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It’s ‘Telehealth vs. No Care’: Doctors Say Congress Risks Leaving Patients Vulnerable

By Sarah Jane Tribble January 31, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Congress’ $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package included a two-year extension of pandemic-era funding that helped telehealth services grow nationwide. But that cash bridge, embraced by those delivering services to patients in rural areas, doesn’t provide much certainty for the future of remote medicine.

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Montana Considers New Wave of Legislation to Loosen Vaccination Rules

By Keely Larson March 10, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Bills being considered by Montana lawmakers would allow people to refuse routine vaccinations based on their conscience, along with setting new rules for schools, courts, and businesses.

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A Guide to Help You Keep Up With the Omicron Subvariants

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact May 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?

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Estafas a Medicare con pruebas para covid pueden generar otros fraudes

By Susan Jaffe May 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

La cobertura de Medicare para las pruebas caseras de covid-19 finalizó hace pocos días, pero las estafas generadas por este beneficio temporal podrían tener consecuencias persistentes para las personas mayores.

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Appeals Court Revives Sutter Health $411 Million Antitrust Class Action

June 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

The California health provider is accused of anticompetitive behavior that increased insurance costs and now must face a new trial. Also in the news: possible reforms for the 340B drug discount program, insurers address the affordable housing crisis, and more.

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Concerns Rise Over Vitamin B3 And Link To Heart Health Risks

February 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

News outlets report on worrying results from a study that linked niacin — vitamin B3 — with increased risks of heart attack and stroke. The vitamin is, by law, added to cereal products. Also in the news: lab-grown testicles; inflammatory bowel disease drugs; and more.

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