Daily Edition for Thursday, June 13, 2024
US Supreme Court Upholds Access To Abortion Pill: Two years after repealing the constitutional right to abortion that it had declared in 1973, the Supreme Court unanimously voted to preserve women’s access to mifepristone, the pill used in nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions, according to a ruling released Thursday. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and The New York Times.
Funding Instability Plagues Program That Brings Docs to Underserved Areas
By Michelle Andrews
A medical residency program designed to train future primary care physicians in outpatient rather than hospital settings has proved an effective means to bring doctors to rural and underserved areas. But it hinges on unpredictable congressional funding.
Biden’s on Target About What Repealing ACA Would Mean for Preexisting Condition Protections
By Jacob Gardenswartz
A Biden campaign ad highlighting how an Obamacare repeal would affect people with preexisting conditions is mostly true.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Doctors, Dentists May Get Raises, Possibly Averting Strike: Unionized doctors and dentists who work at hospitals and other health facilities run by Los Angeles County will get cost-of-living increases and bonuses under tentative agreements with the county, reached after more than two years of bargaining and threats of a strike. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
California Dabbles With Reining in Health Spending
By Bernard J. Wolfson
California is now among the states trying to keep health-care costs down by setting spending caps — a task that pits public officials against a deeply entrenched and heavily lawyered set of players. It’s uncertain whether the state can get insurers, hospitals and medical groups to collaborate on containing costs even as they jockey for […]
Many Young Adults Who Began Vaping as Teens Can’t Shake the Habit
By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio
New data on substance use among young adults suggests that many former teen e-cigarette users are continuing the habit.
Watch: California Pays Drug Users To Stay Clean
KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart discusses a state Medicaid experiment for people addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants. For every clean urine test, they can earn money — up to $599 a year.
Biden Administration Advances Plan To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Scores
By Noam N. Levey
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers’ credit reports.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Medicaid coverage, abortion telehealth shield law, best diet for you and planet, hospital watch news, covid vaccines, and more.
Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm?
By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen
If widely used, flu tests could be helpful now. In the meantime, the government needs to clear a path for H5N1 tests, researchers warn, to avoid the early missteps of the covid pandemic.
