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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, January 2, 2024

January 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Looming drug price hikes; new year, new health laws; respiratory viruses soar; medical errors; rural care; “damp January”; and more are in the news.

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All Undocumented Immigrants Now Qualify For Medi-Cal In California

January 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

The new year rung in a host of new laws in California, including the expanded Medicaid coverage, nursing home disclosures, mental health measures, LGBTQ+ protections, and more.

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New Health Laws Are Taking Effect In Nearly 20 States

January 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

News outlets round up the health-related measures that will become law in 2024 across the nation.

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Drugmakers To Soon Hike Prices On More Than 500 Medications: Report

January 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Reuters reports that several pharmaceutical companies are set to increase drug prices on at least 500 drugs this month. News outlets also look ahead to expected drug cost developments in the new year.

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Study: When Private Equity Buys Hospitals, Medical Errors Soar

January 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

A major study found that the rate of serious medical complications increased when hospitals were bought by investors, sometimes at alarming rates. Also in the news: Medicare Advantage plans hitting rural hospitals; a health care data breach affecting over a million people; and more.

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Viewpoints: Congress Can Make Caregiving Accessible To All; Health Care Demand Far Outweighs Supply

January 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss caregiving, physician shortage, medical assistance in dying and more.

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First Edition: Jan. 2, 2024

January 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Happy new year! Here are today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Child Care Gaps in Rural America Threaten to Undercut Small Communities

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez January 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Deep gaps in rural America’s child care system threaten communities’ stability by shrinking the workforce and inhibiting economic potential. Now that pandemic-era federal aid for child care programs and low-income families has ended, it’s up to state and local leaders to find solutions.

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YaSheka Shaw, a patient, sits to the left of medical student Kaniya Pierre Louis (center) and physician Zita Magloire (right).

Can Family Doctors Deliver Rural America From Its Maternal Health Crisis?

By Sarah Jane Tribble January 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Family medicine doctors already deliver most of rural America’s babies, and efforts to train more in obstetrics care are seen as a way to cope with labor and delivery unit closures.

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Dying Broke

January 1, 2024 Page

Featured Story More From the Project Follow-Up: Panel Discussion & Reader Reactions Credits Reporters Jordan RauReed AbelsonJoNel Aleccia Photographers William DeShazerShuran HuangRuth FremsonArin YoonMichelle V. AginsMaansi SrivastavaDesiree RiosBryan MeltzWill CrooksKelly BurgessTim GruberAriana DrehslerCaroline GutmanEric Harkleroad Editors John HillkirkElisabeth RosenthalKate PhillipsCelia Duggar Data Holly HackerAlbert Sun Copy Editors Terry ByrneGabe Brison-TreziseAlison Peterson Photo Editors Eric HarkleroadMatt […]

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States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings

By Phil Galewitz December 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage.

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Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Fulfill Decades-Old Promise

By Sam Whitehead December 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Mental health courts have been touted as a means to help reduce the flow of people with mental illness into jails and prisons. But the specialized diversion programs can struggle to live up to that promise, and some say they’re a bad investment.

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Más estados amplían cobertura de salud para inmigrantes sin papeles, en medio de crisis en la frontera

By Phil Galewitz December 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

La mayoría de los adultos sin papeles trabajan, representan aproximadamente el 5% de la fuerza laboral nacional, según el Pew Research Center.

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An Arm and a Leg: When Hospitals Sue Patients (Part 2)

By Dan Weissmann December 28, 2023 Podcast

Why do hospitals sue patients who can’t afford to pay their medical bills? On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann investigates such lawsuits and covers new laws and regulations that may change this practice.

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RFK Jr.’s Campaign of Conspiracy Theories Is PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact and Katie Sanders, PolitiFact December 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Debate and speculation are heating up over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the 2024 election. But one thing is clear: Kennedy’s political following is built on a movement that seeks to legitimize conspiracy theories.

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In Year 6, KFF Health News-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ Helps Patients in a Changing System

December 23, 2023 KFF Health News Original

In the sixth year of the KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” series, patients shared more than 750 tales of medical billing problems, and reporters analyzed more than $730,000 in charges — including more than $215,000 owed by 12 patients and their families.

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Federal Judge Blocks California’s Public Place Gun Ban

December 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

The law would have banned firearms in most public places was blocked by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney over Second Amendment violations. The New York Times, meanwhile, covers how school kids in Cranston, Rhode Island, blithely ignore gunfire from a nearby police range.

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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads For The Holiday Break

December 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week’s selections include stories on cancer, migraines, aging, CAR-T therapy, and more. Happy holidays!

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Viewpoints: How Was Phenylephrine Approved Despite Being Ineffective?; Confusion On Supervised Drug Sites

December 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss OTC decongestants, supervised drug sites, abortion and more.

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Rising Colon Cancer Rate In Young Americans Can’t Be Explained

December 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

In other news, a new online tool offers caregivers an easy way to pass on their care plans to other caregivers; how virtual reality can help boost seniors’ moods and memory in nursing homes; the difficult topic of grief during the holidays; a novel back pain treatment; and more.

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