Arkansas Led the Nation in Measuring Obesity in Kids. Did It Help?
By Kavitha Cardoza
For more than 20 years, children in Arkansas have been measured in school as part of a statewide effort to reduce childhood obesity. But the letters have had no impact on weight loss — and obesity rates have risen. Still, the practice of sending letters has spread to other states.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, April 10, 2024
HHS Chief Becerra Might Run For California Governor: Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the former attorney general of California, is considering leaving the Biden administration to mount a run for governor in 2026, people briefed on his deliberations told POLITICO. Read more from Politico.
Congress Likely to Kick the Can on Covid-Era Telehealth Policies
By Sarah Jane Tribble
With an end-of-year deadline and a presidential election approaching, payment rules that fueled rapid expansion of telehealth in the United States face a last-minute congressional decision.
Médicos de atención primaria asumen tareas de dentista para ayudar a pacientes vulnerables
By Kate Ruder
En Denver, la inestabilidad de la vivienda, las barreras del idioma, la falta de transporte y el “costo astronómico” de la odontología sin seguro hacen que la atención dental sea inaccesible para muchos nuevos inmigrantes.
Doctors Take On Dental Duties to Reach Low-Income and Uninsured Patients
By Kate Ruder
More doctors are integrating oral health care into their practices, filling a need in America’s dental deserts.
An Arm and a Leg: Attack of the Medicare Machines
By Dan Weissmann
In this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann tells a horror story. Instead of monsters and aliens, it’s about private health insurance companies and algorithms that call the shots on patient care.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 9, 2024
USC’s Credit Rating Bruised Amid Health System Woes: Moody’s Ratings downgraded the University of Southern California a notch to Aa2 last month, citing underperformance from its growing health system. The move reveals a difficult reality: The medical complexes that burnish universities’ reputations are also becoming a drag on financial performance. Read more from Bloomberg.
City-Country Mortality Gap Widens Amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
People in their prime working years living in rural America are 43% more likely to die of natural causes, like diseases, than their urban counterparts, a disparity that grew rapidly in recent decades, according to a new federal report.
After Public Push, CMS Curbs Health Insurance Agents’ Access to Consumer SSNs
By Julie Appleby
Days after publication of a KFF Health News article about Obamacare enrollees being switched to different plans without their knowledge or consent, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took steps to tighten insurance agents’ access to private consumer information on the federal marketplace.
