Health Headlines for Wednesday, May 3
G.O.P. Scrambles as a Crucial Voice Shuns the Latest Health Bill
New York Times
With two days left before an 11-day recess and no vote scheduled, House Republican leaders worked on Tuesday to win votes one at a time for their latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act after an influential Republican voice on health care came out against the measure.
Patients Who Rely on Obamacare Protections Are Worried
New York Times
Fran Cannon Slayton, a children’s book author with brain cancer, has summoned a hopeful energy since her diagnosis last year.
Syracuse’s last independent hospital joins NY’s biggest health system
Syracuse Post Standard
Syracuse’s last independent hospital is joining forces with one of the nation’s biggest healthcare systems.
When choosing a hospital can be fatal
Crain’s New York Business
A recent newspaper article headlined “Hospital choice may be a matter of life or death” reported that patients at some hospitals were three times more likely to die and 13 times more likely to have medical complications than at others.
Limits on doctor-drug rep interactions tied to prescribing changes
Reuters
Policies that limit or regulate interactions between doctors and pharmaceutical company representatives may affect what drugs are prescribed to patients, according to a new study.
Health Quest’s big bet on Vassar Brothers Medical Center’s build out
Poughkeepsie Journal
Heavy machinery churned through gritty earth recently near Poughkeepsie’s waterfront, where Vassar Brothers Medical Center’s historic $500 million expansion raced to keep pace with tectonic shifts in health care.
Medical marijuana companies sue the state
Crain’s New York Business
Vireo Health of New York, PharmaCannis, Etain and Bloomfield Industries and Columbia Care want to block New York from licensing five more cannabis companies