Harris Did Not Vote To ‘Cut Medicare,’ Despite Trump’s Claim
By Jacob Gardenswartz
Former President Donald Trump’s claim that Vice President Kamala Harris voted to “cut Medicare” is false, experts say.
Traveling To Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism
By Debby Waldman
Medical aid in death is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia. But only Oregon and Vermont explicitly allow out-of-state people who are terminally ill to die with assistance there. So far, at least 49 people have made the trek while state legislation stalls elsewhere.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 19, 2024
Where Harris-Walz stand on health care, flea-borne typhus in OC, Fresno sleeping ban, updated covid shots, and more
Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia
By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead
“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.
Harris-Walz Ticket Sharpens Contrast With Trump-Vance on Health Care
By Stephanie Armour
As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue.
Inside the Political Fight To Build a Rural Georgia Hospital
By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead
Political drama involving a rural Georgia county reflects how state regulations that govern when and where hospitals can be built or expanded are evolving.
Los contrastes de las fórmulas Harris-Walz y Trump-Vance en la atención de salud
By Stephanie Armour
La elección de la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris del gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, como su compañero de fórmula está poniendo el tema de la atención médica en primer plano en la recta final hacia las elecciones presidenciales de noviembre.
Daily Edition for Friday, August 16, 2024
California Supreme Court Ruling Is A Loss For Hospital Workers: In a unanimous ruling, the court said thousands of hospital employees at Alameda Health System are not protected by state laws requiring daily meal and rest breaks for private employees. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Inside Conservative Activist Leonard Leo’s Long Campaign To Gut Planned Parenthood
By Rachana Pradhan
Illustration by Oona Zenda
Anti-abortion groups and their allies secured a generational victory in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned “Roe v. Wade.” A lawsuit in Texas demonstrates how those same forces threaten access to other health services, including birth control and screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted infections.
Amid Medicaid ‘Unwinding,’ Many States Wind Up Expanding
By Phil Galewitz
The end of pandemic-era Medicaid coverage protections coincided with changes in more than a dozen states to expand coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women, and the incarcerated.
