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Why millions on Medicaid may lose coverage this year

Individuals enrolled in Medicaid will be required to verify their personal information.

Axios

What happens to COVID vaccines and drugs authorized for emergency use when health emergency ends?

On May 11, the central pillar of the country's pandemic response — the declaration of a national emergency that began March 1, 2020 — will come down. But Americans will continue to have access to the vaccines, drugs and medical devices that were authorized for emergency use against COVID-19, so…

Los Angeles Times

It's Medicare Open Enrollment season. Here's what to consider if you want to change plans

Medicare recipients have the opportunity to change their plans between Jan. 1 and March 31.

Fortune

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Pregnant and misinformed

Online pregnancy support groups are teeming with vaccine misinformation. We asked experts what can be done

Salon

Providers say Medicare Advantage hinders new methadone benefit

In 2018, responding to a wave of overdose deaths, Congress passed legislation requiring Medicare to pay for services at opioid treatment programs for the first time.

Tribune News Service

Providers say Medicare Advantage hinders new methadone benefit

A new benefit aimed at helping treat opioid use disorder can be hard to access for those who use Medicare Advantage plans, advocates say.

Roll Call

Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky wants to overhaul the agency but needs Congress' help. And she is losing key allies.

Roll Call

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Texas employers band together to combat high health costs

DALLAS — If you can’t beat ‘em, join together.

Tribune News Service

Surprising turn: Worker wages rising faster than the cost of job-based health insurance

Enjoy it while it lasts: Workers’ pay has been growing faster than the cost of job-based health insurance.

Tribune News Service

Health coverage is getting more expensive for employees and employers alike

A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that a family with employer-sponsored coverage paid more than $22,000 on premiums during 2022.

Axios

Colorado’s omicron booster shot campaign picking up after slow start

DENVER — Uptake of new boosters targeting variants of omicron is slowly increasing, in a change from the days when getting a COVID-19 vaccine appointment felt like a competitive sport.

The Denver Post

Omicron boosters are now available for American kids. Many won't get them.

Uptake of this version of the booster will likely remain low for kids, unless there's a wintertime surge of new cases.

Axios

Exercise caution with zero-premium Medicare Advantage plans

Health insurers will flood the Medicare Advantage market again this fall with enticing offers of plans that have no monthly price tag

The Independent UK

Republicans test national abortion ban

Lindsey Graham's 15-week abortion ban bill is likely the first of many federal attempts at restricting abortion

Salon

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Los Angeles Times

A looming COVID risk in California? Schools return with fewer rules, lagging vaccine rates

LOS ANGELES — California schools reopened for the fall semester with loosened COVID-19 protocols and low student vaccination rates among younger children, presenting a new test for the trajectory of the pandemic as some experts expect another rise in cases when winter arrives.

WEKU

States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

People aren't getting their young kids vaccinated against COVID-19 — and many aren't getting boosters either

PHILADELPHIA — COVID cases have increased in Philadelphia about 40% over the past month — and that's without counting the scores of people testing positive at home as the latest BA.5 omicron variant surges across the country.

The Independent UK

Republicans insist most gun violence happens in Democratic cities – the figures tell a different story

Conservatives like to paint Democratic states as crime-ridden warzones, but gun violence is worse in red states, Josh Marcus writes

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Chicago Sun-Times

Health insurance gets pricier as more return to the doctor’s office after pandemic slowdown

Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington, D.C., will raise rates, on average, 10% next year — a big increase after premiums remained virtually flat for several years.

The Independent UK

US health insurers raise rates to match increase in usage

Individual health insurance rates are going up across the country

Axios

The costs of having a baby

From frequent prenatal office visits, to caring for pregnancy-related conditions to the actual delivery itself, the cost of having a baby in the U.S. is nearly $19,000, per a new Kaiser Family Foundation report.

The Independent UK

Slow pace for youngest kids getting COVID vaccine doses

Nearly 300,000 children under 5 have received COVID-19 shots in the two weeks since they’ve become available

Tribune News Service

Georgia's health safety net in spotlight as abortion ban looms

ATLANTA — Georgia is poised to implement some of the country's strictest restrictions on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ended constitutional protections for the procedure.

Roll Call

Access, hesitancy loom over COVID-19 vaccine rollout for toddlers - Roll Call

Adults had plenty of opportunities to get their COVID-19 vaccines. But it won't be as easy for those under age of 5.

The Guardian - US

‘Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US

As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll

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