Health Headlines for Thursday, June 2
Q&A: New York hospitals responses on payouts, Affordable Care Act
Lohud/Journal News
USA TODAY Network asked 42 hospitals and health systems in New York questions as part of its report on upward trends among the highest paid executives and doctors.
Hustling Dollars for Public Health
New York Times
On Tuesday, a woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth to a girl with microcephaly, a malformed head, in New Jersey.
Expanding Medicare Would Solve Some Problems, Create New Ones
New York Times
In 1998, President Bill Clinton suggested a partial solution to help millions of Americans without health insurance: The country should let those 55 and older without employer coverage buy into the government Medicare system.
Fearing Drugs’ Rare Side Effects, Millions Take Their Chances With Osteoporosis
New York Times
Millions of Americans are missing out on a chance to avoid debilitating fractures from weakened bones, researchers say, because they are terrified of exceedingly rare side effects from drugs that can help them.
America’s Rising Death Rate Is a Sign of Several Scary Trends
Fortune
The death rate in the U.S. ticked up for the first time in a decade even when taking into account the aging American population, a rare increase after years of declining deaths.
On heroin, many solutions to a consensus problem
Albany Times Union
The Colonie woman has advocated for the past few years for legislation dubbed “Laree’s Law” in honor of her daughter who died in 2013 of an overdose. The bill would step up penalties for a drug dealer who sells the heroin that results in an overdose.