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Estimated Medicaid Costs Associated with Hepatitis A During an Outbreak - West Virginia, 2018-2019
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Feb 26;70(8):269-272. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7008a2.ABSTRACTHepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). Transmission of the virus most commonly occurs through the fecal-oral route after close contact with an infected person. Widespread outbreaks of hepatitis A among persons who use illicit drugs (injection and noninjection drugs) have increased in recent years (1). The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends routine hepatitis A vaccination for children and persons at increased risk for infection or severe disease, and, since 1996, ...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - February 25, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Samantha J Batdorf Megan G Hofmeister Tamara C Surtees Erica D Thomasson Shannon M McBee Nathan J Pauly Source Type: research

Federal Aid Creates Central ‐​Planning Power
This study argues that Congress should repeal all federal aid-to-state programs for many reasons, including that aid comes with costly strings attached that destroy local democracy.Richard Epstein and Mario Loyolanoted about aid programs: “When Americans vote in state and local elections, they think they are voting on state and local policies. But often they are just deciding which local officials get to implement the dictates of distant and insulated federal bureaucrats, whom even Congress can’t control.”I came across a table (p. 82) in New Jersey ’s budget that lists the $15 billion the state received in 2020 fro...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 4, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Edwards Source Type: blogs

2019 Health Law Professors Conference
Conclusion
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 27, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs