Latest California Healthline Stories
Progressive-Favorite ‘Medicare For All’ Takes A Battering From Trump Administration Health Officials
HHS Secretary Alex Azar criticized the plan only a day after CMS Administrator Seema Verma said that it would become “Medicare For None” if the system were enacted. “Medicare is running out of other people’s money, and those other people happen to be our children,” Azar said. The secretary also spoke about plans for overhauling the Medicare billing structure.
Coalition Of State Attorneys General Sues To Block Association Health Plans Rule
The Trump administration says the regulation would help small businesses and self-employed workers to afford insurance, but the 12 Democratic state attorneys general, including California’s Xavier Becerra, contend that the plans would undermine patient protections put in place by the health law.
Part of the problem with letting Medicare negotiate drug prices has always been that the government has no power in the talks. But the bill would let HHS give a competitive license to another company to make a generic version of the drug. Few see the measure gaining traction at the moment, though.
The drug showed success with patients who had the highest dosage for over 18 months, but there will need to be more studies before experts get really excited. “I don’t know that we’ve hit a home run yet. It’s important not to over-conclude on the data. But as a proof of concept, I feel like this is very encouraging,” said Dr. Reisa Sperling, director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
With About Three Months Until Midterms, Democrats Press Hard On Health Care To Nab Swing Voters
Democrats see the Republicans’ failure to repeal and replace the health law at the same time they were chipping away at its protections as a huge vulnerability that candidates can attack. Meanwhile, a new poll shows that the public will hold the Trump administration and the GOP-led Congress responsible for any pain they feel from premiums this year.
Jury Convicts Former Doctor’s Assistant Of Prescribing Opioids For Non-Medical Purposes
Media outlets offer a look at health care professionals who are facing accusations or charges.
Residential Campus Provides Haven For Those With Schizophrenia
The John Henry Foundation provides a campus for those with schizophrenia so they have a neighborhood in which to live. They come and go to school, work, volunteer jobs, organized outings and other personal activities, and if someone has a moment of crisis, there is medical staff on hand to help them deal with it.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said a “Medicare-For-All” system would divert attention away from seniors, and warned that people would be giving up complete control of their care to the government. Verma gave the speech in California, where the issue is a hot-button topic in the gubernatorial election.
Democrat Newsom Has Comfortable Lead Over Republican Cox In Gubernatorial Race
Opportunities for John Cox to pick up support over Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom before the November election also appear to be limited, with just 9 percent of likely voters saying they were undecided.
Trump Describes Veterans’ Health Care Reforms That Have Yet To Be Implemented As ‘Big Success’
Fact checkers from both The Associated Press and The New York Times examine President Donald Trump’s statements about the Veterans Choice program and other efforts to improve care for veterans. Meanwhile, lawmakers fight over how to pay for the VA bill they just passed.