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Biden’s FTC has blocked 4 hospital mergers and is poised to thwart more consolidation attempts

Fresh off the Federal Trade Commission’s successful challenges to four hospital mergers, the Biden administration’s new majority on the commission is primed to more aggressively combat consolidation in the health care industry than it has in past years.

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7th wave of infections taking toll on hospitals

The seventh wave of coronavirus infections, marked by record numbers of cases, is putting increasing strain on the health care system. Hospitals in some parts of the country are having to decline coronavirus-related emergency transfers due to a lack of dedicated beds. Affected municipalities are striving to ease the pressure…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Dr. Amazon will see you now

Amazon's latest move to further entrench itself in health care will fan the flames of a red hot competition by major retail brands to disrupt the delivery of primary care.

Axios

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A Quick Breakdown Of The Right To Contraception Act

In the wake of Dobbs, the Democratic-controlled House is passing a flurry of bills to "codify" constitutional rights that are not really in jeopardy. Yesterday, I wrote about the Respect For Marriage Act, which would require a state to recognize same-sex marriages performed in another state. This bill passed with…

Reason

Texas slashes Medicaid for mothers

Republicans in Texas celebrated the overturn of Roe after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension

Salon

Employer-sponsored premiums expected to jump 'significantly'

Employer-sponsored health care premiums are expected to see a larger than usual jump next year.

Axios

Examining post-Roe concerns over data privacy and health care inequities - Roll Call

In the latest episode of Equal Time, podcast host Mary C. Curtis delves into privacy and health care issues in a post-Roe world.

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Amazon to buy primary care provider One Medical for $3.9B

Amazon announced Thursday it will acquire the primary care organization One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion, marking another expansion for the retailer into health care services

The Independent UK

American gun violence has immense costs beyond the death toll, new studies find

Two new studies outline the massive financial, social and health care costs of America's gun violence epidemic on victims and the large pool of often forgotten survivors.

WEKU

Infertility patients fear abortion bans could affect access to IVF treatment

As more states outlaw abortion, some define human life as starting at fertilization. Some patients and health care workers worry that this could jeopardize in vitro fertilization treatments.

WEKU

Editorial: Congress’ health care inaction could leave more Californians vulnerable to COVID variants

More than two years into the pandemic, it’s unsettling to imagine a scenario in which hundreds of thousands of Californians are exposed to evasive coronavirus subvariants without access to health care while others experience further financial strain amid record inflation. Yet Congress’ reluctance to extend COVID subsidies could force an…

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Post-Roe, doctors worry about what constitutes lifesaving care

WASHINGTON — Health care providers say the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has led to increased confusion over what sort of emergency and lifesaving care they can provide to patients facing a pregnancy-related health crisis.

Tribune News Service

Federal guidance on abortion pills causes confusion among Georgia pharmacists

ATLANTA — Pharmacists say Georgia's evolving restrictions around access to abortion coupled with recent guidance from the federal government have created confusion over distribution of medication that can terminate pregnancies.

Tribune News Service

Denying refugees and migrants healthcare violates rights, WHO says

Millions of migrants and refugees are being denied adequate health care and should be included in the health systems of host countries as a human right, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

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Supreme Court abortion ruling brings attention to Minneapolis women's health startup

For years, Joe Connolly watched his mother, aunt and grandmother struggle with a series of health problems.

The Texas Tribune

Texas universities grapple with how to provide reproductive health care information to students amid new abortion laws

The changing legal landscape is raising questions for public colleges about how to talk to students about reproductive health care options and creating hesitancy among students about whether they can trust their universities’ health centers.

Tribune News Service

LGBTQ hospital workers denied fertility coverage in test of US discrimination law

An Illinois-based Catholic hospital system that employs more than 24,000 people will only cover fertility treatment for workers in opposite-sex marriages, a policy some lawyers say could run afoul of federal discrimination laws.

Tribune News Service

Buchanan pulls in big Q2 haul as Ways and Means race heats up

WASHINGTON — Rep. Vern Buchanan led second-quarter fundraising among GOP hopefuls for the party’s top spot on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, raking in more than $860,000 in contributions.

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Immigration agency backlog weighs on congressional offices

WASHINGTON — Immigration lawyer Diana Baurele spent weeks getting bounced around the bureaucracy of a U.S. immigration agency as she tried to renew work authorization documents for a home health care worker.

Roll Call

Buchanan pulls in big Q2 haul as Ways and Means race heats up - Roll Call

Rep. Vern Buchanan led second-quarter fundraising among GOP hopefuls for the party’s top spot on the powerful Ways and Means Committee.

WEKU

Colleges navigate confusing legal landscapes as new abortion laws take effect

With abortion access changing in many states, college health centers are trying to understand their rights and responsibilities when counseling students who become pregnant.

Tribune News Service

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

RAPID CITY, S.D. ― Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.

Tribune News Service

How to get rid of medical debt — or avoid it in the first place

Lori Mangum was 32 when apple-size tumors sprouted on her head. Now — six years and 10 surgeries later — the skin cancer is gone. But her pain lives on, in the form of medical debt.

WEKU

How to protect your privacy when using mental health care apps

Some online therapy companies are facing scrutiny for how they handle user data. Experts weigh in on what patients can do to keep their data safer when using these types of services.

The Independent UK

Extreme heat warning goes into effect in UK

Britain’s first-ever extreme heat warning is in effect for large parts of England as authorities prepare for record high temperatures that are already disrupting travel, health care and schools

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