Fin de beneficios extra de SNAP por la pandemia amenazan la seguridad alimentaria en zonas rurales
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
Un mayor porcentaje de personas depende de SNAP en áreas rurales en comparación con las áreas metropolitanas. Y esas zonas ya tienen tasas más altas de inseguridad alimentaria y de pobreza.
Daily Edition for Thursday, February 23, 2023
Nursing home staffing, covid, vaccines, cancer center reopens, KP shifting jobs, Medicaid, and more is in today’s health news.
California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff
By Samantha Young
Rather than simply reward top-performing facilities, the state’s Medicaid program will hand bonuses to nursing homes — even low-rated ones — for hiring more workers and reducing staff turnover.
States Seek Crackdown on Toxic Ingredients in Cosmetics to Close Gaps in Federal Oversight
By Michael Scaturro
Washington state regulators found formaldehyde, lead, and arsenic in lipstick, powder foundations, skin lotions, and hair products marketed to and popular with women of color. Now legislators there are seeking to ban the products and, like at least a dozen other states, make up for lax federal rules.
Looming Cuts to Emergency SNAP Benefits Threaten Food Security in Rural America
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
In a few weeks, pandemic-era emergency boosts to SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, will be rolled back across 32 states, putting more pressure on food pantries to fill the gaps and exacerbating challenges for rural areas, where a greater share of people are enrolled in the program compared with metro areas.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, February 22, 2023
J&J lawsuit, Covid vaccines, disabilities, mental health, hospital news, water safety, housing, and more are in today’s news.
California dice que ya no puede costear las pruebas de covid ni las vacunas para los migrantes
By Don Thompson
El estado mantiene tres centros de recursos sanitarios —dos en el condado de San Diego y uno en el condado de Imperial— que realizan pruebas y vacunaciones contra covid y otros exámenes de salud, y han atendido a más de 300,000 migrantes desde abril de 2021.
In Tennessee, a Medicaid Mix-Up Might Land You on a ‘Most Wanted’ List
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
Tennessee posts the names and photos of people arrested for alleged Medicaid fraud on a government website and social media. Some people even wind up on a “most wanted” list.
Proposed Medicare Advantage Changes Cannot Accurately Be Called ‘Cuts,’ Experts Say
By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact and Yacob Reyes, PolitiFact
CMS advanced two proposed changes that could affect Medicare Advantage plans. One would allow the government to recover past overpayments. As a result, it could reduce those insurers’ profits, leading them to increase enrollees’ out-of-pocket costs or reduce benefits. But it’s inaccurate to characterize the changes as “cuts.”
A Bitter Battle Over the ‘Orphan Drug’ Program Leaves Patients’ Pocketbooks at Risk
By Sarah Jane Tribble
Patients who depend upon special drugs to treat rare diseases are caught in the crossfire as drugmakers and the FDA battle over regulations that reward companies for developing treatments for relatively small pools of patients.
