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Healthcare Reform Expert Joins HHS
John R. Graham has been appointed as a Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation. Graham’s appointment, which is expected to be announced Wednesday afternoon fills a vacancy in the Division of Planning and Evaluation, which HHS says is “responsible […]
Policies
Obamacare Costs Still Problematic
Far from the national debate about health insurance swirling in the halls of government and corporate boardrooms, Bob Isaacson works in his office in Holdrege, Nebraska, to help people get health plans they can afford. And it’s getting harder every year. Seven years since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, forever tied to […]
Policies
FDA Nominee: I Would Challenge Trump on Vaccines
Washington – Scott Gottlieb, a Westport doctor, on Wednesday calmly defused tough questions from Democrats during the confirmation hearing on his nomination to head the Food and Drug Administration, promising to safeguard the agency’s rigorous review of drugs and medical devices. He also said he would keep his independence from the White House and oppose […]
Disparities
W.Va. Mayor Takes on Drug Distributors
WELCH, W.Va. — In this once prosperous West Virginia coal town of 1,900 people, residents say it’s not just the decades-long demise of mining that hurt the community — it’s the scourge of drug use that came with it. Here, almost everyone knows someone who became addicted. And the Appalachian town is fighting back by […]
Policies
Suit Seeks to Ban Pesticide Linked to Autism
Three environmental groups asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to order the EPA to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. EarthJustice, which is representing the Pesticide Action Network and the Natural Resources Defense Council, was responding to the EPA’s recent announcement that it would not be following through on its own decision to ban the pesticide, […]
Health
University of Minnesota to Expand Mental Health Services
MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s School of Nursing is using a $2.1 million grant to expand mental health services to underserved parts of the state. The nursing school will partner with the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, Touchstone Mental Health and Northern Pines Mental Health Center to train students as well as provide mental health […]
Blogs/Opinion
Embrace Single-Payer Plan
With the collapse of RyanCare, the Trump administration is looking for a new plan. We’re going to need one, since health-care reform isn’t going away. At best, we just kicked the can down the road. We’re still living with the night of the living dead that is ObamaCare. It’s slowly dying because too few people […]
Nursing
Prosecutors: Fake “Nurse” Treated Patients
SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors have charged a man with no medical training of lying his way into a volunteer nursing position at a San Francisco clinic. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 39-year-old Brian Litz was arraigned March 30 on charges of practicing medicine without a license and identity theft. He has pleaded not guilty. […]
Other News
Senate Extends Private Care for Vets
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved legislation that would extend a troubled program aimed at widening veterans’ access to private-sector health care, the first step in an overhaul of programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill passed by voice vote on April 3. It would allow the VA to continue operating its Choice […]
Other News
Abortion Rules Advance in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas already requires abortion providers to inform women about the risks involved in the procedure. Soon, it may also require them to tell women where the doctor performing an abortion went to medical school. In black, 12-point size lettering, Times New Roman font, no less. The Kansas House voted 85 to 38 […]
Policies
Golfing Increases Paul’s Optimism on Healthcare
Despite threats from some of his top advisers and even from President Trump himself that he would try to defeat some leading congressional conservatives in primaries, the president had a golf outing with Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Sunday that brightened hopes that the rift between the administration and congressional conservatives could be healed — and […]
Policies
Bill Would Expand Medicare Telehealth
Senate lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding telehealth services for Medicare patients. Under the Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act, eligible hospitals would test telehealth services through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. CMMI would evaluate the services for cost, effectiveness and quality of care, and those that past muster would be […]
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