Health Headlines for Friday, August 12
Expect your health insurance costs to rise in 2017
CNBC
You’ll pay a little more for your workplace health insurance plan next year.
How NY Measures Up on Cancer Prevention
Time Warner Cable News
New York is doing well on half of the public policy areas related to cancer, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
Hospitals are throwing out organs and denying transplants to meet federal standards
Stat News
Hospitals across the United States are throwing away less-than-perfect organs and denying the sickest people lifesaving transplants out of fear that poor surgical outcomes will result in a federal crackdown.
BlueCross BlueShield signs deal for Medicaid management
Buffalo Business First
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, part of HealthNow NY, has announced a new partnership aimed at preserving and expanding its Medicaid business in the region.
Health insurance co-op: Feds owe $23M under temp program
Albany Times Union
A Lewiston-based health insurance co-op says it is owed nearly $23 million from the federal government under a program designed to help insurers deal with costs, profits and losses over the first few years of the Affordable Care Act.
With Congress Deadlocked, White House Diverts Funds to Fight Zika
New York Times
The Obama administration on Thursday said it was shifting $81 million away from biomedical research and antipoverty and health care programs to pay for the development of a Zika vaccine, resorting to extraordinary measures because Congress has failed to approve new funding to combat the virus.
D.E.A. Keeps Marijuana on List of Dangerous Drugs, Frustrating Advocates
New York Times
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s decision on Thursday to not remove marijuana from the list of the nation’s most dangerous drugs outraged scientists, public officials and advocates who have argued that the federal government should recognize that marijuana is medically useful.
New York gets mixed grades on cancer report card
Newsday
New York got mixed grades on its annual cancer prevention report card, which pointed to serious deficiencies in funding for smoking cessation programs and failure to enact strong policies on indoor tanning salon use, an affiliate of the American Cancer Society said Thursday.