Health Headlines for Monday, June 26
Senate Republican health care bill is ‘inhumane,’ local leaders say
Crain’s New York Business
Almost as soon as Senate Republicans released their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act Thursday, New York’s leaders in politics and health care criticized the plan for its impact on the state’s residents.
How Big Tobacco-style marketing propels U.S. opioid crisis — and powers $400B pharma industry
New York Daily News
Meet the “Mad Men” of the new millennium. This legion of pill-peddling pitchmen launched a campaign that became a multi-billion dollar success — and, critics say, an unmitigated national disaster.
Hospital execs allegedly manipulated revenue to pay doctors’ fat checks
New York Post
Embattled Bronx-Lebanon Hospital found questionable ways to boost revenue to pay executives fat salaries, bonuses and perks — including a $20,000 shower in the CEO’s office bathroom, whistleblowers told The Post.
Medicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes
New York York Times
Alice Jacobs, 90, once owned a factory and horses. She has raised four children and buried two husbands.
N.Y. Health Department improves medical marijuana program amid growing demand
New York Daily News
The state Department of Health is boosting New York’s medical marijuana program to meet growing demand.
Therapy advocates fear cuts
Albany Times Union
But when a kindergartener at Greenfield Elementary School is pushed on a swing or rolled down a ramp in a padded barrel in the occupational therapy room, he is improving his health and, therefore, his ability to learn.