Morning Briefing: Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Wednesday's roundup covers COVID vaccine safety, FDA meeting, dueling Trump-Biden messages, approaching Thanksgiving wave and more.
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Dialysis Patients Panic As Financial ‘Life Raft’ Becomes Unmoored
An organization that helps nearly 4,000 California dialysis patients pay for their insurance is threatening to cut off aid in January because of a new law that is expected to reduce dialysis industry profits. Patients fear they won’t be able to afford their life-saving treatment.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, January 22, 2021
TGIF! Today's roundup covers Biden's pandemic plan and new orders, stimulus outlook, abortion, treatments, a year of covid and much(!) more.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, November 30, 2020
Monday's roundup covers COVID vaccines, post-Thanksgiving warnings, drug imports, Supreme Court, Biden's foot, hospital shortages and more.
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Governor’s ‘Mental Health Czar’ Seeks New Blueprint For Care In California
Thomas Insel, who ran the National Institute of Mental Health for 13 years before casting his lot with Silicon Valley, is taking a temporary break from his senior position at a health care startup to advise Gov. Gavin Newsom on how to remake mental health care in the Golden State.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, October 26, 2020
Monday's roundup of health news covers new COVID records, Pence team infections, calls for a mask mandate, elections, vaccines, hospitals under strain and more.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Tuesday's roundup of health news covers overwhelmed hospitals, CDC on masks, ACA premiums, Trump's Fauci attacks, mail-in voting and more.
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California Nursing Home Residents Told To Find New Homes
Dozens of frail nursing home residents have been informed by their Medi-Cal managed care plans that they are no longer eligible for long-term care. Some health care advocates and legal aid attorneys fear that such terminations will increase as the state implements mandatory managed care for nursing home residents.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, November 13, 2020
TGIF! Today's roundup of covers state and city COVID restrictions, testing and care shortages and more news. Plus, your best weekend reads.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
With the White House race a nail-biter, today's other health care news covers ballot measures, Medicare, record hospitalizations and more.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, October 29, 2020
Thursday's roundup of health news covers hospital cyberattacks, mask mandates, COVID treatments, vaccine race, voter safety, campaign closing arguments and much more.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, November 23, 2020
Monday's roundup covers AstraZeneca's vaccine, Operation Warp Speed distribution plans, Thanksgiving warnings, FDA OKs treatment and more.
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Pharma Sells States On ‘Netflix Model’ To Wipe Out Hep C. But At What Price?
Manufacturers of lucrative drugs say they’re offering discounts off the high sticker prices ― but taxpayers footing the big bills might never know what the state is paying or if it’s getting a good deal.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Thursday's roundup of health news stories cover the CDC's latest revision, Midwest's surge, the Supreme Court, an opioid settlement, stimulus hopes and more.
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Think ‘Medicare For All’ Is The Only Democratic Health Plan? Think Again
The Democratic presidential candidates have hit hard on health care, but generally the debates have centered on what kind of system candidates propose. The candidates’ ideas on many other issues, such as mental health and gun safety, have attracted much less attention.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Wednesday's roundup of health news covers THAT debate, stimulus talks, Operation Warp Speed deals, CMS nursing home guidelines and more.
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In Rural Utah, Preventing Suicide Means Meeting Gun Owners Where They Are
In Utah, 85% of deaths from firearms are suicides. To help people who might be vulnerable, outreach workers are discussing suicide prevention at gun shows and firearms classes.
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