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Congress saves big health care decisions for last

The health care riders in the year-end spending package that emerged on Monday reflect which health care interests have clout, and which issues lawmakers want to punt into next year.

Axios

Editorial: As China Shifts From Preventing to Treating Covid, It Needs the Same Fighting Spirit

Providing medical care for infections is a major undertaking that demands proactive cooperation and systematic top-down deployment

Caixin Global

National Women's Health Advisory Council to tackle medical misogyny in medicine and health care

Assistant Minister for Health Ged Kearney will chair the new National Women's Health Council, which will address the range of poorer health outcomes women experience comparative to men.

ABC News

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What Germany’s coal miners can teach America about medical debt

PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long shadow of coal mining in his clinic near the big brownstone church that dominates this small town in Germany’s Saarland.

Tribune News Service

Cyberattacks on hospitals thwart India's push to digitize health care

Prime Minister Modi's ambitious plan to transition all Indians' health records online is running up against weak cybersecurity systems and a lack of data protection laws.

WEKU

Why are pregnancy and childbirth killing so many Black women in Texas?

A decade ago, Black women in Texas were twice as likely as white women to die from pregnancy and childbirth. Today, not much has changed.

The Texas Tribune

3 Health Care Stocks That Could Help You Make a Fortune

Although inflation is showing signs of cooling down and the Fed indicated a slower pace of interest rate hikes, recession fears loom. Thanks to the resilient demand for its products and services, the healthcare industry is expected to survive a challenging macroeconomic environment better than many industries. Thus, it could…

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Why should I be evaluated for a penicillin allergy?

Taking action to be evaluated for a penicillin allergy can impact your health, safety and wallet. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10% of the U.S. population reports a penicillin allergy, but less than 1% is allergic after testing. Common penicillins include ampicillin, amoxicillin and Augmentin.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: How rising hospital costs increase health care inequities for marginalized communities

Across the state, California’s hospitals are facing serious challenges — particularly those institutions serving our urban, low-income and historically marginalized communities. Metropolitan anchor hospitals, as they have come to be known, play a vital role in advancing health equity and are disproportionately affected by the problems facing the entire health…

Los Angeles Times

Weekly Must-Read: Covid Chaos at China’s Hospitals as Stringent Control Policy Eases

Health care centers from Guangzhou to Shijiazhuang and Beijing are slammed amid surging infections and severe shortages of medical workers

Caixin Global

Texas LGBT youth report high rate of suicidal thoughts, difficulty getting needed care

AUSTIN, Texas — LGBTQ youth in Texas experienced suicidal thoughts at higher rates than their peers in large states and had a harder time accessing mental health care, according to a survey by the Trevor Project.

Tribune News Service

Did Medicare Advantage plans overcharge?

Some Medicare Advantage plans failed to produce any records to justify their payments, government records show

Salon

Schools are sounding the alarm on a growing mental health crisis for America's kids

A national poll found that 90% of administrators say there is a growing youth mental health crisis.

Fortune

KHN investigation: The system feds rely on to stop repeat health fraud is broken

The federal system meant to stop health care business owners and executives from repeatedly bilking government health programs fails to do so, a KHN investigation has found.

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Commentary: Corporate America thrives where abortion is protected

Gina Raimondo doesn't “know why any woman would want to live in a state that criminalizes full access to health care.” The assertion by the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce is especially relevant after the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June that upheld…

Tribune News Service

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry practice whose owner had been indicted for fraud.

Axios

Dobbs decision is "devastating" U.S. maternal health, Biden administration says

Maternal death rates in 2020 were 62% higher in states that ban abortion than in states where it is still accessible.

Salon

A hospital bed shortage fueled by greed

"There’s no incentive for hospitals to provide money-losing services," one doctor explained

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The Conversation

Mpox, AIDS and COVID-19 show the challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma

During infectious disease outbreaks, clinicians and public health officials are tasked with providing accurate guidance for the public on how to stay safe and protect themselves and their loved ones. However, sensationalized media coverage can distort how the public perceives new emerging infections, including where they come from and how…

Fortune

A frozen capital market and an insurance premium shock: 10 health care predictions for 2023 from top investors

Distressed deals, inflation in insurance premiums, and restrictions on transgender treatments. Here's what the health care sector will look like in 2023, according to top investors.

Chicago Sun-Times

Medicare Advantage health plans dodged auditors, overcharged taxpayers millions

A review of 90 government audits reveals the plans have repeatedly tried to get around mandates to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

WEKU

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis

What would a world without medical debt look like? In Germany's former coal-mining region medical debt is almost unknown, despite economic challenges and health problems. Here's why.

Salon

Adams to forcibly hospitalize homeless

Adams has no answer for homelessness — he should ask frontline workers

Salon

The Medicare Advantage plan scandal

Health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans have repeatedly tried to sidestep regulations, audits find

Chicago Sun-Times

Veterans, beware of scammers promising help to get toxic exposure benefits

Hines VA Hospital has heard reports that Chicago-area veterans are among those being targeted by scammers offering to help process or submit PACT Act claims on a veteran’s behalf.

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