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UC Davis-Health Net Agreement Will Cover As Many As 5,000 Medi-Cal Enrollees
UnitedHealthcare had covered the university teaching hospital’s Medi-Cal enrollees but it announced it was pulling out at the end of October, a move that was expected to force about 1,000 UCD patients to find new primary care doctors.
An Unusual Strategy: This PAC On Drug Prices Is Sinking Millions Into Races It Knows It Can’t Impact
The Patients for Affordable Drugs says that where its money can’t help decide a race, it can still send a message: that politicians running campaigns funded by drug companies will face retribution. But some experts are dubious.
Not only has the number of workers who face an annual deductible grown, but the average deductible has creeped higher and higher for more than a decade, a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds.
But party leaders insist that, if they do gain control of the House, they want to be careful to make sure their inquiries into the Trump administration’s moves on health care will be focused on real policy rather than point-scoring.
Focus On ACA Or Go All In For ‘Medicare For All’? Democrats Divided Over Path To Take On Health Care
For the first election in years, Democrats see health care as a winning issue — one to go on the offense over instead of defending their votes. But they party’s candidates lack coherency in their approach. Some push a “Medicare for All” plan while others think shoring up the health law should take priority. Meanwhile The Washington Post Fact Checker looks at ads targeting Democrats over “Medicare for All.”
It was a rare bipartisan feat that brought the massive opioids package together that also gives both sides a win right before the contentious midterm elections. Included in the bills is a crackdown on the flow of synthetic opioids from other countries, expanded treatment options, and provisions promoting research to finding alternative pain treatments.
Ventura-Manufactured ‘Landmark Innovation’ To Treat Significant Burns Gets Approval From FDA
The device uses a patient’s own skin cells to create a spray that is applied to the wound to regenerate healthy skin, which means less donor skin is needed to treat a wound.
Almost no one outside the company has any idea whether it works, and most of the company’s key promises or claims aren’t yet backed up by published, peer-reviewed data. In other health and technology related news, Facebook’s kid-centric app draws fire.
Santa Clara County officials have long expressed interest in acquiring O’Connor and St. Louise as public hospitals to extend its reach and help relieve overcrowding at the county-run Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose.
Sacramento-Based Federal Task Force Targets Drug Sales In Dark Corners Of Internet
Cracking down on illegal drugs being shipped through the mail has become a larger nationwide priority in the effort to curb the opioid crisis. “The criminals have moved to a new place, and we want to make it very clear that we’re coming,” U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott said.