Daily Edition for Friday, May 23, 2025
Health program cuts in tax bill; covid shot safety; children’s health; wildfire detection; hospital watch; homelessness; and more.
Republicanos buscan castigar a estados que ofrecen seguro de salud a inmigrantes sin papeles
By Phil Galewitz and Christine Mai-Duc
Estos estados, la mayoría liderados por demócratas, dan seguro médico a algunos inmigrantes de bajos ingresos —a menudo niños—, independientemente de su estatus migratorio.
Republicans Aim To Punish States That Insure Unauthorized Immigrants
By Phil Galewitz and Christine Mai-Duc
A GOP tax-and-spending bill the House approved Thursday would slash federal Medicaid reimbursement for states that offer health coverage to immigrants without legal status.
Trump’s Team Cited Safety in Limiting Covid Shots. Patients, Health Advocates See More Risk.
By Stephanie Armour
The FDA will encourage new clinical trials on the widely used vaccines before approving them for children and healthy adults. The requirements could cost drugmakers tens of millions of dollars and are likely to leave boosters largely out of reach for hundreds of millions of Americans this fall.
Daily Edition for Thursday, May 22, 2025
Abortion protections tested; lead exposure; Medi-Cal and Trump’s tax bill; earthquake retrofit grants canceled; AI in call centers; and more.
Call Centers Replaced Many Doctors’ Receptionists. Now, AI Is Coming for Call Centers.
By Darius Tahir
Artificial intelligence products with lifelike voices are being marketed to schedule or cancel medical visits, refill prescriptions, and help triage patients. Soon, many patients might initiate contact with the health system by speaking not with a human but with AI.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Hospital Warns Its ER Might Have To Close: Willows-based Glenn Medical Center said its emergency department could close after its critical access designation was removed by CMS in April, according to a May 19 post on the hospital’s Facebook page. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
3 Things To Watch on Mental Health in Trump’s Early Budget Proposals
By Aneri Pattani
President Donald Trump’s budget office says he’ll continue to fund the new 988 suicide prevention hotline, but documents sent to Congress offer clues — amid some mixed messages — about the administration’s approach to two pressing public health issues: mental health and addiction.
Trump Won’t Force Medicaid To Cover GLP-1s for Obesity. A Few States Are Doing It Anyway.
By Lauren Sausser
Late last year, South Carolina Medicaid approved a class of medications known as GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state programs covering these effective but expensive drugs. But access remains limited, even for patients covered by Medicaid, because of stringent prerequisites that must be satisfied before starting the drug.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Psychiatric Hospital Abused Patients For Years, State Finds: The state’s watchdog agency for people with disabilities has found that College Hospital in Cerritos (Los Angeles County), a for-profit psychiatric hospital, abused patients for years by excessively and improperly strapping them down and drugging them in violation of federal and state regulations. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
