Para las farmacéuticas, la pelea entre Trump y Harris es entre dos enemigos de la industria
By Stephanie Armour
Legisladores de ambos partidos atacan cada vez más a la industria, por los precios de los medicamentos que la mayoría de los estadounidenses consideran irrazonables.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Let the General Election Commence
Abortion and reproductive health issues headlined the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as expected. But what Vice President Kamala Harris has in mind for other health policies as the Democratic nominee remains something of a mystery. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump says he would not use the 19th-century Comstock Act to impose, in effect, a national ban on abortion, which angered his anti-abortion backers. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Johns Hopkins University, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Tony Leys, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a woman who fought back after being charged for two surgeries despite undergoing only one.
Daily Edition for Friday, August 23, 2024
Carlsbad Bans Smoking Inside Private Apartments: The beach city this week became the first in San Diego County to expressly ban smoking and vaping of cannabis and nicotine products inside all local multifamily residential buildings — including apartments, condos, and townhomes — in an effort to curb the effects of secondhand smoke. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Trump Drastically Inflates Annual Fentanyl Death Numbers
By Jacob Gardenswartz
The former president’s claim of 300,000 annual opioid deaths contradicts government statistics.
Disability Rights Activist Pushes Government To Let Him Participate in Society
By Tony Leys
Garret Frey won a U.S. Supreme Court case as a teenager who needed assistance to attend high school. Now, he’s gained concessions under Iowa’s Medicaid program to help him live at home instead of in a care facility.
Daily Edition for Thursday, August 22, 2024
Santa Clara County To Buy Troubled Private Hospital: The Bay Area’s largest county announced plans Wednesday to buy Regional Medical Center, a 250-bed hospital in East San Jose that had been slated for major cutbacks — a move that county officials say will preserve critical medical care for the low-income community it serves. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
A Teen’s Murder, Mold in the Walls: Unfulfilled Promises Haunt Public Housing
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam
For years, federal lawmakers have failed to deliver the money needed to fix derelict public housing, leaving tenants — mostly people of color and families with low incomes — living with mold and gun violence that has had lasting health consequences.
Biden Administration Blocks Two Private Sector Enrollment Sites From ACA Marketplace
By Julie Appleby
Regulators have been under the gun to curb unauthorized Obamacare enrollment and switching of plans. Separately, a pending lawsuit was amended with additional defendants and new allegations regarding tactics to garner greater ACA sales commissions.
The Rapidly Evolving Field of Street Medicine
By Angela Hart
The rapidly evolving field of street medicine — the practice of providing health care to homeless people living outside — is getting a jolt in California with a new player: a medical group devoted exclusively to homeless people. And it’s actually making money. Sachin Jain, who worked on federal Medicaid policy during his tenure in […]
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Newsom Touts Harris As Champion For Disenfranchised Groups: Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered California’s delegate votes for Vice President Kamala Harris during the roll call Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. “Kamala Harris has always done the right thing, a champion for voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, the rights for women and girls,” he said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more convention news.
