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Section: Policies
Policies
Lawyer: Nearly 100 Sex-Abuse Suits Filed Over Ex-V.A. Worker
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The number of lawsuits accusing a former physician assistant at a Veteran’s Administration hospital in Kansas of sexual abuse is approaching 100. The Wichita Eagle reports that Kansas City attorneys Dan Curry and Sarah Brown filed three more lawsuits last week on behalf of former patients of Mark Wisner. He was sentenced […]
March 21, 2018
Policies
DOJ Weighs ‘Major Litigation’ Against Opioid Makers
President Trump spoke Monday of using federal prosecutors to pursue “major litigation” against drug manufacturers alleged to have played a role in creating a nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse. Speaking in New Hampshire at the White House’s rollout of a national opioids strategy, the president expanded upon a Department of Justice release last month in […]
March 21, 2018
Policies
Trump Appointees Targeted Teen Pregnancy Program
The Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of a federal program to prevent teen pregnancy last year was directed by political appointees over the objections of career experts in the Department of Health and Human Services, which administers the program, according to internal notes and emails obtained by NBC News. The trove shows three appointees with strict pro-abstinence beliefs — including […]
March 21, 2018
Policies
Leaders Haggle Over Abortion, Healthcare in Spending Bill
Congressional negotiators laboring to write a trillion-dollar plan to fund the federal government are caught up in last-minute partisan disputes over abortion rights, health care costs and the fate of a Northeastern railway tunnel that President Donald Trump has sought to derail. House and Senate leaders must agree on a package before Friday’s deadline to […]
March 21, 2018
Policies
Ohio to Appeal Ruling on Abortions
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general says he will appeal a federal judge’s decision to put on hold a state law that bans doctors from performing abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome. Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine says Ohio has “profound interests in combating discrimination against a class of human beings based upon […]
March 19, 2018
Policies
Trump Remarks Revive Debate on Asylums
Conversations on how American institutions interact with people struggling with mental illnesses have emerged once again following the Florida Parkland shooting. Experts across the country, including Penn’s bioethicists, have weighed in on solutions. A 2015 paper by Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy assistant professor Dominic Sisti has roared back into conversations as pundits […]
March 19, 2018
Policies
California Plan Sets Stage for Government System
Obamacare is beginning to unravel, and California can’t create its own replacement — at least not yet. So health care advocates and lawmakers are working on a piecemeal approach. They want to offer a public insurance option to compete with private companies. They want to increase subsidies for those buying insurance through Obamacare. They want to cover […]
March 19, 2018
Policies
HHS Defends Official’s Efforts to Block Abortions
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar defended a Trump administration official under fire for his role in a battle over undocumented teenagers’ access to abortion, telling congressional leaders on Thursday that he believed the issue was prompted not the official’s opposition to abortion but by a decade-old government policy. During a House hearing on […]
March 19, 2018
Policies
‘Right to Try’ Treatment Law Fails in House
In a major blow to the effort to pass a federal “right-to-try” law, House Republicans failed to muster the votes to pass a key compromise measure Tuesday. The legislation was rejected by a vote of 259-140. The bill needed two-thirds majority to pass under suspension of rules. The vote was an embarrassing defeat not only for House […]
March 19, 2018
Policies
GOP Bill to Let Dying Patients Try New Drugs in Limbo
WASHINGTON — A leading House Democrat announced his opposition Monday to a Republican bill making it easier for some terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs, clouding the measure’s fate. Republicans are hoping for House approval Tuesday, seven months after a similar package cleared the Senate. The “Right to Try” bill gained added momentum after […]
March 14, 2018
Policies
Drug Reverses Autism Deficits in Animals
Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most devastating. Currently, there is no treatment for this primary symptom of ASD. New research at the University at Buffalo reveals the first evidence that it may be possible to use a single compound to […]
March 14, 2018
Policies
Administration Bringing Healthcare in Digital Age
The White House is considering ideas like a smartphone app that lets Medicare patients access their claims information. The Trump administration is taking a pragmatic new tack on health care, with officials promising consumer friendly changes and savings in areas from computerized medical records to prescription drugs. New Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar […]
March 14, 2018
Policies
Efforts to Revive Mandate Stall
Congress approved zeroing out the individual mandate penalty in December after a year of failed efforts to repeal the ACA. The individual mandate was considered one of the most unpopular part of the ACA. Some Americans were upset at the idea of being told what to do, and they especially don’t like getting whacked with […]
March 7, 2018
Policies
Washington State Requires Insurers to Cover Abortion
The Washington state Senate passed a bill Saturday mandating that insurance companies pay for abortions and contraceptive drugs and procedures for maternity care plans. The state legislature passed Senate Bill 6219 in a 27 to 22 vote Saturday, according to KIRO7. The measure insists that any company who provides maternity care must also provide coverage for women who seek […]
March 7, 2018
Policies
U.S. Approves Medicaid Work Rule for Arkansas
On Monday, the nation’s top Medicaid official traveled to Little Rock to announce federal approval of a measure long sought by Governor Hutchinson: a work requirement for beneficiaries of Arkansas Works, the program providing health insurance to 285,000 low-income Arkansans under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for […]
March 7, 2018
Policies
California Poll: Without Penalty, 1 in 5 Would Skip Insurance
Without the threat of a tax penalty, one in five Californians would not have signed up for health insurance this year, Harvard University researchers discovered as a part of a survey released Thursday. One in five equates to roughly 378,000 state residents, said Dr. John Hsu, an associate professor of health care policy at Harvard […]
March 5, 2018
Policies
HHS Creates Religious Freedom Office
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced the creation of a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in their Office for Civil Rights. The division aims to address concerns over sensitive subjects such as birth control, abortions, and treatment of the LGBTQ community. In addition to providing a center for complaints regarding […]
March 5, 2018
Policies
Trump Backs Lawsuit Over Opioids
President Donald Trump suggested that a federal lawsuit against opioid manufacturers may be on the horizon at a meeting on the opioid crisis on Thursday. The president said he’s spoken with Attorney General Jeff Sessions about bringing a lawsuit against companies, adding that the administration will be rolling out more policies over the next three weeks. […]
March 5, 2018
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