Morning Briefing: Monday, November 8, 2021
Monday's roundup includes the vaccine mandate, foreign travel restrictions lifted, spendings bills, covid infections, Medicare and more.
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Stop Blaming Tuskegee, Critics Say. It’s Not an ‘Excuse’ for Current Medical Racism.
The Tuskegee syphilis study is often cited as a reason Black Americans might hesitate to take the covid-19 vaccine. But many people say that current racism in health care and lack of access deserve more attention to move more Black Americans toward vaccine protection.
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From Clinic To Courtroom, Fighting For Immigrant Health Care
Jane Garcia is CEO of La Clínica de La Raza, which operates more than 30 clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area serving a high percentage of immigrant patients. She has challenged state and federal immigration policies in court, including the Trump administration’s recent attempt to expand the “public charge” rule.
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Congressional Candidates Go Head-To-Head On Health Care — Again
The California Democratic members of Congress who flipped seven Republican seats two years ago made health care a major campaign issue, criticizing their opponents for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. As the Democrats defend their seats in this year’s elections, they are coming back to health care — but the issues are different.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Wednesday's roundup covers omicron cases, covid pills, boosters, mandates, testing, schools, drug pricing and much more.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, April 1, 2021
Thursday's roundup covers covid's death toll, federal response to case counts, WHO report, J&J doses ruined, vaccine vs. variants and more.
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As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Them
The measures would impose taxes on increases in the price of drugs that don’t reflect improved clinical value and set the rates paid by state-run and commercial health plans to a benchmark based on prices in Canada.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, April 15, 2021
Thursday's roundup covers the CDC vaccine panel, more fallout from the J&J pause, where covid cases are rising, Medicare, abortion and more.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Wednesday's roundup covers vaccine outreach, covid cases spiking, delta variant risks, Medicare, hospital costs, blood shortage, cancer and more.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Thursday's roundup covers guns, baby formula, covid cases, vaccines and funding, Medicaid, taxed ERs, abortion, cancer, monkeypox, and more.
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Newsom Touts California’s ‘Public Option.’ Wait — What Public Option?
Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state already has a public option: Covered California, the state health insurance exchange. While there is no single definition of a public option, some health care experts say that’s a stretch.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, April 11, 2022
Monday's roundup covers covid cases, nursing home deaths, vaccines, abortion, hearing aids, ransomware attacks, formula shortages, and more.
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Trump Administration Approves First Medicaid Block Grant, in Tennessee
The plan, long endorsed by conservatives, would give the state broad authority in running the health insurance program for the poor in exchange for capping its annual federal funding.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, March 15, 2021
Monday's roundup covers state restrictions, vaccine hesitancy, spring break fears, mask guidelines for kids, misinformation and much more.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, April 26, 2021
Monday's roundup covers U.S. aid to India, states resume J&J shots, new vaccine hurdles, masks, covid cases, spending bill debate and more.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Tuesday's roundup cover abortion, CDC reshuffling, covid infections, unmasking, vaccine incentives, Medicaid, hospital lawsuits, drug pricing and more.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Wednesday's roundup covers masks, rising covid cases, vaccines, delta variant, evictions, ACA, Medicare cuts, insulin, Adulhelm and more.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Tuesday's roundup covers omicron developments, covid treatments, vaccine mandates, pandemic stress, drug pricing, medical debt and more.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Tuesday's roundup covers NIH, abortion, opioids trial, Facebook, vaccine mandates and efficacy, covid tests, depression, Medicaid and more
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