Health Headlines for Wednesday, May 9
New York Moves to Improve
Commonwealth Fund
If the Scorecard gave out awards, New York would walk home with the trophy for “Most Improved.”p>
KHN Morning Briefing
Kaiser Health News
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Hoping To See Your Doctor Via Telemedicine? Here’s A Quick Guide.
Kaiser Health News
Tucked into the federal budget law Congress passed in February was a provision that significantly expands the use of telemedicine — long a hyped health care reform, and now poised to go mainstream within five to 10 years.
4 Takeaways From Trump’s Plan To Rescind CHIP Funding
Kaiser Health News
President Donald Trump wants to employ a rarely used budget maneuver called “rescission” to eliminate $15 billion in federal spending, including $7 billion from the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Schumer: Dems will be ‘relentless’ in attacking GOP for premium hikes
The Hill
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that Democrats are going to be “relentless” in attacking Republicans for looming ObamaCare premium hikes as Democrats seek to harness the issue for the midterm elections.
Opioid distributors flooded communities with painkillers. Now they deny responsibility.
USA Today
Even as overdoses and deaths from prescription painkillers devastated the nation, two of the largest drug distributors in the United States delivered at least 12.3 million opioid painkillers to a single pharmacy in tiny Mount Gay-Shamrock, W.Va. — population 1,779 — over eight years starting in 2006.
Drug supply firm execs say they didn’t cause opioids crisis
ABC News
Top executives of the nation’s leading wholesale drug distributors told Congress under oath Tuesday that their companies didn’t help cause the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic, drawing bipartisan wrath that included one lawmaker suggesting prison terms for some company officials.
Fidelis Care sale leads to $3.2B statewide charitable foundation
Buffalo Business First
The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation was launched with $3.2 billion in assets from the sale of its statewide health insurance plan.
Trump officials say no to lifetime limits on Medicaid
WENY News
The Trump administration’s promise of unprecedented flexibility to states in running their Medicaid programs hit its limit.