Health Headlines for Monday, April 25
Liquidation begins for failed Obamacare insurer
Crain’s New York Business
After months of uncertainty surrounding Health Republic Insurance of New York’s liquidation process, new court documents released April 22 provide clarity on what creditors can expect to receive.
Editorial: An Obamacare redo
Boston Herald
United Health Care’s withdrawal from Obamacare’s state insurance exchanges in almost all states throws attention on the announcement of House Republicans last week that they will offer a replacement for Obamacare within a month.
Theranos’s Fate Rests With a Founder Who Answers Only to Herself
New York Times
Theranos, a blood-testing lab started and led by Ms. Holmes that promised to revolutionize the industry, is now under criminal investigation and faces increasing skepticism about whether its core technology works. Several federal agencies are looking into the company’s operations.
How the city knew about, and tried to undo, $116M nursing-home flip
New York Post
Mayor de Blasio said on March 28 that he had only recently learned about a controversial deal to turn a Lower East Side nursing home into luxury condos, and only after reading about it in the press.
Senator Schumer pushes Congress for emergency funding to fight Zika
New York Daily News
Sen. Chuck Schumer urged Congress to approve $1.9 billion in emergency funding to combat the spread of the Zika virus, which has already infected at least 60 people in New York State.
Nassau admits it isn’t winning heroin fight
Newsday
The Nassau County Police Department has substantially increased its response to the heroin epidemic overtaking Long Island. It’s not working, and the problem is steadily getting worse.
Why these Albany area health executives don’t believe the Affordable Care Act can be repealed
Albany Business Review
No matter what happens in the November presidential election, at least four Albany area health care executives believe the Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
Child abuse expert has seen the worst of people, but her optimism endures
Syracuse Post Standard
There was a toddler with swollen thumbs who kept coming in to the pediatric clinic where Dr. Ann Botash was working.
Health Care Industry Moves Swiftly to Stop Colorado’s “Single Payer” Ballot Measure
The Intercept
The campaign in Colorado to create the nation’s first state-based “single payer” health insurance system, providing universal coverage and replacing insurance premiums with higher taxes, has barely begun.