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Morning Briefing for Monday, November 17, 2025

November 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

Medicare Part B Premiums Set To Rise About $18 Per Month In 2026

November 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

The 10% increase is due in part to the higher costs associated with running Medicare Advantage, which is handled by private health insurers, Stat reports. The costlier premiums could strain enrollees who live on fixed incomes. Plus, what’s ahead in the effort to extend ACA subsidies.

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Judge To OK Purdue Pharma $7 Billion Bankruptcy Plan

November 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

The company will dissolve and the Sackler family will pay up to $7 billion over 15 years to states, communities, tribes, and other plaintiffs in the opioid crisis. Other news from across the nation comes from Texas, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Iowa, Oklahoma, Illinois, Maryland, California, and Pennsylvania.

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South Carolina Weighing Strictest Abortion Measure In The Nation

November 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

The proposal being considered by a state Senate subcommittee would outlaw all abortions unless a mother’s life is at risk. It goes further by banning contraceptive IUDs and even calls for prison time for people who get an abortion and anyone who helps them.

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Duke Health: Vaccine Breakthrough Could Eliminate Cancer Cells For Good

November 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

The clinical trial carried out by Duke Health researchers has followed a small group of women with advanced breast cancer for over 20 years. Other news is on nasal vaccines for HPV and bird flu, an American Medical Association proposal to start its own vaccine advisory committee, and more.

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El ICE puede estar en el hospital con un paciente bajo custodia. Pero los detenidos tienen derechos

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett November 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Expertos legales explican que los agentes del ICE pueden estar en áreas públicas de un hospital y pueden acompañar a pacientes que ya están detenidos mientras reciben atención médica, lo que refleja el alcance de la autoridad federal.

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First Edition: Monday, Nov. 17, 2025

November 17, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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Once a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — But Detainees Have Rights

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett November 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Federal law allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to guard detainees at health care facilities, but patients can ask to speak privately with medical providers and lawyers.

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FDA’s Plan To Boost Biosimilar Drugs Could Stall at the Patent Office

By Arthur Allen November 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Drug industry officials and analysts praised the FDA’s plans to streamline regulation of “biosimilars,” which are cheaper alternatives to biologic drugs. But patents that block such drugs from the U.S. market are getting harder to fight.

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Ciudades fracasan en reducir las muertes por accidentes de tránsito

By Chaseedaw Giles November 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Estas fatalidades han aumentado un 20% a lo largo de Estados Unidos con respecto a hace una década: de 32.744 en 2014 a 39.345 en 2024.

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Journalists Untangle Issues of Health Care Costs and Food Benefits

November 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Will Trump’s Team Slow Supersized Health Mergers?

By Elisabeth Rosenthal November 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET.

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Viewpoints: Questions To Ask Before Starting A GLP-1; As AI Advances, There Are Things To Look Out For

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers discuss these public health topics.

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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today’s selections are on vaccines, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, PTSD, and more.

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Parents Win Pause On NC Medicaid Cuts For Intensive Autism Therapy

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

A lawsuit claimed North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services discriminated against children with disabilities by cutting Medicaid reimbursement rates for some behavioral health providers. More news comes from Oklahoma, Oregon, and Illinois.

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Researchers Cheer Key Breakthroughs In Pig Kidney Transplant Surgery

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

A team at NYU Langone Health has discovered immune reactions that may explain why these organs get rejected, ABC News reported. The team also discovered a way to anticipate a potential rejection up to five days sooner. “I do believe that we will be in a position in the next few years where gene-edited pig organs will be an alternative to human organs,” said Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute.

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FDA Had Documented Multiple Safety Violations At ByHeart Factory In Pa.

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

The baby formula that is suspected to have caused several cases of infant botulism was not manufactured at the Pennsylvania plant, where inspectors found mold and thousands of dead insects, The New York Times reported. The findings prompted worry about ByHeart’s overall safety.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, November 14, 2025

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

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Medicare Cuts Resulting From One Big Beautiful Bill Are Spared — For Now

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

The stopgap spending measure enacted Wednesday allows the Trump administration to sidestep budget rules that would have required the White House to offset the tax law’s $3.4 trillion in deficit spending over 10 years, Modern Healthcare reports. Also: What’s going on with ACA subsidies?

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As Grocery Angst Surges, Trump Mulls Pullback Of Tariffs On Food Imports

November 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

The administration is said to be considering tariff exemptions on beef, citrus, and “things we don’t grow here,” such as coffee, bananas, and other fruits. Plus: SNAP recipients are still struggling; a USDA employee who warned about the effects of missed SNAP payments is being fired; and more.

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