The End of the Covid Emergency Could Mean a Huge Loss of Health Insurance
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
It is a perilous time to throw low- and middle-income Americans off the insurance cliff: A new omicron subvariant is spreading, and a program that provided coronavirus testing and covid-19 treatment at no cost to the uninsured has expired.
$11M for North Carolina Work-Based Rehab Raises Concerns
By Aneri Pattani and Taylor Knopf, NC Health News
As overdoses surge and opioid settlement dollars flow, funding to North Carolina rehab foreshadows national discussion about the best approaches to treatment.
Why Black and Hispanic Seniors Are Left With a Less Powerful Flu Vaccine
By Arthur Allen
Federal health officials haven’t taken a clear position on whether a high-dose influenza vaccine — on the market since 2010 — is the best choice for people 65 and older. Many in that group already opt for the costlier enhanced shot. Those who get the standard vaccine are disproportionately members of ethnic and racial minorities.
Por qué adultos mayores de minorías no reciben la vacuna de alta dosis contra la gripe
By Arthur Allen
Esta vacuna reforzada contra la influenza, podría ser más efectiva contra el virus, pero es más costosa. Y no suele estar disponible para las poblaciones más vulnerables.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Tuesday’s California health news roundup covers abortion, health information exchange, covid mandates, vaccines, gun violence, and more.
Why Nurses Are Raging and Quitting After the RaDonda Vaught Verdict
By Brett Kelman and Hannah Norman
The former Tennessee nurse faces prison time for a fatal error. Reaction from her peers was swift and fierce on social media and beyond ― and it isn’t over.
Doctors Trying to Prescribe Abortion Pills Across State Lines Stymied by Legislation
By Rachel Bluth
Some doctors are getting licensed in multiple states so they can use telemedicine and mail-order pharmacies to provide medication abortions to more women. At the same time, states are cracking down on telemedicine abortions, blunting the efforts of out-of-state doctors.
ACA Sign-Ups for Low-Income People Roll Out Amid Brokers’ Concerns About Losing Their Cut
By Julie Appleby
The Biden administration unveiled a new special enrollment option aimed at signing up low-income Americans for Affordable Care Act coverage — even if it is outside of the usual annual open enrollment period. But insurers are cutting broker commissions at the same time.
Tech Glitches at One VA Site Raise Concerns About a Nationwide Rollout
By Darius Tahir
The more than $16 billion, decade-long effort by the Department of Veterans Affairs was designed to provide seamless electronic health records for patients from enlistment in the military past discharge.
Losing Sleep Over the Pandemic? Work Flexibility May Be a Boon for Night Owls’ Health
By Krishna Sharma
Many sleep scientists maintain that people who prefer to stay up late could improve their mental and physical health by synchronizing their natural sleep cycles with workday demands. The flexible work schedules that came with covid’s work-from-home trend, according to one new study, backs up this idea.
