Health Headlines for Thursday, June 16
High senior drug costs call for changes
Albany Times Union
Calling the rising cost of drugs “unsustainable,” congressional advisers on Wednesday recommended major changes to Medicare’s popular outpatient prescription program, now 10 years old.
New York Lawmakers Race to Toughen Oversight of Nurses and Other Professionals
Pro Publica
Spurred by concerns about problem nurses, New York lawmakers are racing to pass legislation to toughen oversight of more than 50 types of licensed professionals in the state.
Cuomo nominates ex-aide to head Department of Financial Services
Politico
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated a former aide to be the next commissioner of the Department of Financial Services.
Hoosick Falls residents make their PFOA voices heard
Albany Times Union
Ten-year-old Hoosick Falls resident Hailey Bussey wore a mockingjay necklace — a warrior’s symbol from the “Hunger Games” books — into a Capitol meeting with a top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.