The December Omnibus Bill ’s Little Secret: It Was Also a Giant Health Bill
Congress passed legislation on mental health, drugs, pandemic preparedness, new Medicare benefits and Medicaid expansion — all before the arrival of the new House. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - January 22, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Law and Legislation Health Insurance and Managed Care United States Politics and Government Medicare Federal Budget (US) Medicaid Pelosi, Nancy Source Type: news
Medical Debt Is Being Erased in Ohio and Illinois. Is Your Town Next?
Cook County, Ill., and Toledo, Ohio, are turning to the American Rescue Plan to wipe out residents ’ medical debt. Experts caution it is a short-term solution. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Amanda Holpuch Tags: RIP Medical Debt Debt Collection Health Insurance and Managed Care City Councils Local Government Budgets and Budgeting Law and Legislation American Rescue Plan (2021) Hospitals Cook County (Ill) Illinois New Orleans (La) Toledo (O Source Type: news
U.S. Drug Agency Doubles Its Catch of Fentanyl-Laced Pills in 2022
The Drug Enforcement Administration said that it had seized more than 379 million doses of fentanyl this year, the potentially deadly synthetic opioid linked to overdoses. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Johnny Diaz Tags: Fentanyl Drug Abuse and Traffic Drug Cartels Opioids and Opiates Pain-Relieving Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration Food and Drug Administration Sinaloa Cartel Jalisco (Mexico) United States Source Type: news
Covid Care Has Entered a New Stage of Crisis for the Uninsured
As federal funding for the pandemic response dries up, Americans without health insurance risk being left footing the bill for coronavirus tests and treatments. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 6, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Noah Weiland and Sarah Kliff Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Tests (Medical) Health Insurance and Managed Care Hospitals Health and Human Services Department Health Resources and Services Administration United States Politics and Government Biden, Source Type: news
Michael Pertschuk, Antismoking and Auto Safety Crusader, Dies at 89
As an obscure but muscular congressional staffer and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, he helped usher into law a raft of consumer protections. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Pertschuk, Michael Smoking and Tobacco Deaths (Obituaries) Law and Legislation Consumer Protection Automobiles Traffic Accidents and Safety Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Source Type: news
Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, Phoenix House Founder, Dies at 87
A psychiatrist, he was an early apostle for treating drug and alcohol addiction with group therapy in a residential setting. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 19, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Rosenthal, Mitchell S Deaths (Obituaries) Phoenix House Addiction (Psychology) Drug Abuse and Traffic Alcohol Abuse Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Therapy and Rehabilitation Mental Health and Disorders New York City Source Type: news
Lois Curtis, Whose Lawsuit Secured Disability Rights, Dies at 55
The Supreme Court decided in Olmstead v. L.C. that warehousing people with disabilities in mental institutions was discriminatory. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 11, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Lois Curtis Discrimination Disabilities Deaths (Obituaries) Decisions and Verdicts Americans With Disabilities Act Intellectual Disabilities Supreme Court (US) Georgia Olmstead v. L.C. Source Type: news
Private Medicare Plans Misled Customers Into Signing Up, Senate Report Says
The report points to widespread misbehavior by the plans and the marketing firms they hire. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 3, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Medicare Health Insurance and Managed Care United States Politics and Government Elderly Advertising and Marketing Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Frauds and Swindling Source Type: news
Republicans Float Changes to Social Security and Medicare
Democrats have seized on Republican proposals to limit retirement benefits to galvanize voters ahead of the midterm elections. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 2, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jim Tankersley Tags: Midterm Elections (2022) United States Politics and Government Medicare Social Security (US) Retirement Democratic Party Republican Party House of Representatives Senate Source Type: news
Legal Abortions Fell Around 6 Percent in Two Months After End of Roe
New data shows that the number of abortions fell by more than 10,000. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 31, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz and Claire Cain Miller Tags: Abortion States (US) Women and Girls Abortion Drugs Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision) Birth Control and Family Planning ' s Rights Law and Legislation Source Type: news
Biden Administration Offers Plan to Get Addiction-Fighting Medicine to Pregnant Women
Pregnant women are more likely to die of a drug overdose than the average woman of childbearing age, but less likely to be accepted for medication-based treatment. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 21, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-science Buprenorphine (Drug) Women and Girls Pregnancy and Childbirth Drug Abuse and Traffic United States Politics and Government Opioids and Opiates Courts and the Judiciary Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra Source Type: news
Biden Administration to Offer Plan to Get Addiction-Fighting Medicine to Pregnant Women
Pregnant women are more likely to die of a drug overdose than the average woman of childbearing age, but less likely to be accepted for medication-based treatment. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 21, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-science Buprenorphine (Drug) Women and Girls Pregnancy and Childbirth Drug Abuse and Traffic United States Politics and Government Opioids and Opiates Courts and the Judiciary Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra Source Type: news
As White House Presses for Booster Shots, Americans Are Slow to Get Them
Only about 15 million doses of the new shots have been administered so far, and many Americans appear to be unaware of or simply uninterested in them. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Drugstores Coronavirus Omicron Variant Pfizer Inc Moderna Inc Baltimore (Md) United States Politics and Government Jha, Ashish (1970- ) Source Type: news
FDA Authorizes Updated Covid Booster Shots For Kids 5 to 11
Regulators authorized the shots for older age groups in late August, but much of the general population appears either unaware or uninterested in them. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 12, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Sharon LaFraniere Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Children and Childhood Food and Drug Administration Pfizer Inc BioNTech SE Moderna Inc United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
As Overdoses Soar, Rhode Island Embraces Drug Consumption Sites
It is the first state to legalize supervised drug consumption sites, which some addiction experts believe will help lower record overdose rates. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 12, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Noah Weiland Tags: Drug Abuse and Traffic Fentanyl Providence (RI) Rhode Island United States Politics and Government Biden, Joseph R Jr Hypodermic Needles and Syringes Source Type: news
