Health Headlines for Tuesday, March 21
Controversial New York measure lands in GOP health care bill
Democrat Chronicle
Hoping to win support from upstate Republicans, House leaders late on Monday added a controversial proposal to their health care bill that would require New York State to absorb Medicaid costs from county governments.
4 key policy changes in Paul Ryan’s revised health care bill, explained
Vox
Republicans released a revised draft of their controversial health care bill on Monday night, just three days before it is scheduled to head to the House floor for a full vote.
Studies shed light on opioid exposures among U.S. children and young adults
Reuters
Between 2000 and 2015, poison control centers in the United States received 188,468 calls about prescription opioid exposures in children and teens, a new study finds.
New report predicts “troubling” shortage of doctors in the U.S.
CBS News
Will Americans be vying for doctor’s appointments and experiencing longer waits for medical care and surgery in the years ahead?
Hospitals have lower death rates during surprise inspections
Reuters
Patients may be less likely to die in U.S. hospitals during weeks when accreditation inspectors show up unannounced than during other times of the year, a recent U.S. study suggests.
An End to Heart Disease? Not Quite
New York Times
Imagine you have a high risk of heart disease. Maybe you even have had a heart attack or a stroke. Since then you have done everything you can to stay healthy: you exercise, track your blood pressure, take a statin.
Cuomo takes aim at Faso over GOP health care bill amendment
Albany Times Union/Blog
Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted on Monday evening “rabid conservative zealotry” of Reps. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, and Chris Collins, R-Erie County, as House Republicans reportedly give greater consideration to an amendment to their health care bill that would result in a shift of Medicaid costs from New York counties to the state.
When CVS stopped selling cigarettes, some customers quit smoking
Reuters
The retail pharmacy company CVS Health helped its customers quit smoking by pulling cigarettes off the shelves two years ago, a new study suggests.
Popular Prostate Cancer Therapy Is Short, Intense and Unproven
New York Times
After learning he had early stage prostate cancer, Paul Kolnik knew he wanted that cancer destroyed immediately and with as little disruption as possible to his busy life as the New York City Ballet’s photographer.