Health Headlines for Monday, April 3

Why health insurance premiums are higher in New York

New York Post

Dear John: I saw the item in your Sunday column from the reader who wrote about the tax paid on a recent surgery at NYU hospital and wanted to provide you — and your readers — with some additional information.

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New York hospitals prepare for next health care battleground: children

Crain’s New York Business

With the American Health Care Act presently off the table, groups representing New York hospitals and other health care providers are turning their attention to the next legislative battleground in Washington, D.C.: the reauthorization of funding for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which expires at the end of September.

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The cost of cancer: new drugs show success at a steep price

Reuters

Newer cancer drugs that enlist the body’s immune system are improving the odds of survival, but competition between them is not reining in prices that can now top $250,000 a year.

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Youth with diabetes need vision loss screening

Reuters

Diabetes can lead to blindness, but children and teens with diabetes may not receive recommended eye exams in the years following their diagnosis, a U.S. study suggests.

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Birth Control Causes Depression? Not So Fast

New York Times

One of the biggest American public health victories of the last decade has been the record low reached in the teenage birthrate. Along with that have been lows in rates for teenage pregnancy and abortion.

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