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Detroit's longtime problem with asthma is getting much worse

DETROIT — Shelia Bernard remembers the way asthma made her daughter wheeze, how a cold would turn so bad she'd have to take her to the hospital for breathing treatments.

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Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor

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Escaping an abortion desert isn’t as simple as crossing state lines

As states like Texas and Oklahoma restrict abortion access ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court decision, Americans are being forced to travel farther from home to access care. But leaving town to escape restrictive laws is neither an easy solution nor an equitable one.

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Obama advisor undercuts his return to WH

David Axelrod was a big booster of Obamacare, which has done little to prevent Big Pharma from price-gouging

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Biden-Obama: White House reunion to celebrate health law

The last time President Barack Obama was in the White House was on Jan. 20, 2017, when he left to escort his successor — bent on overturning “Obamacare” — to the U.S. Capitol to be inaugurated

The Independent UK

Tennessee offers to expand dental schools as Medicaid coverage stretches need

More than 600,000 additional Medicaid patients in Tennessee may soon be covered with comprehensive dental benefits under a proposal by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. But the state, one of the last to extend dental coverage to adults, is also trying to make sure those Medicaid enrollees can find dentists willing…

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Delays for autism diagnosis and treatment grew even longer during the pandemic

Wylie James Prescott, 3, had to wait more than a year after his autism diagnosis to begin behavioral therapy, even though research shows early treatment of autism can be crucial for children’s long-term development.

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Stacey Abrams leans into Medicaid expansion as new bid for governor begins

ATLANTA — When Stacey Abrams ran for governor in 2018, Brian Kemp's advisers worried that she'd carve a path to victory by pulling off a dual narrative of being both an icon of the left and a pragmatic consensus-builder to middle-of-the-road voters.

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Blue states enact new laws to create abortion havens

If the U.S. Supreme Court decides in June, as expected, that all states can limit abortions to the earliest stages of pregnancy or ban the procedure altogether, hundreds of thousands of Americans are likely to start traveling to states where abortion remains legal.

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Scott cuestionado en Fox sobre alza de impuestos y eliminación del Medicare y el Medicaid

Mar. 29—El senador Rick Scott fue cuestionado el domingo por el presentador de Fox News y ex reportero de Miami John Roberts sobre su recién estrenado plan "Rescue America".

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At a Tennessee crossroads, 2 pharmacies, a monkey and millions of pills

CELINA, Tenn. — It was about 1 a.m. on April 19, 2016, when a burglary alarm sounded at Dale Hollow Pharmacy in Celina, a tiny town in the rolling, wooded hills near the Kentucky border.

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Los retrasos en el diagnóstico y tratamiento del autismo aumentaron durante la pandemia

Wylie James Prescott, de 3 años, tuvo que esperar más de un año después de su diagnóstico de autismo para comenzar la terapia conductual, a pesar de que las investigaciones demuestran que el tratamiento temprano del autismo puede ser crucial para el desarrollo de los niños.

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'Ultimate control': In Kansas and Missouri, fights rage over the rules of political power

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For more than a century, Missouri residents have had the power to bypass the General Assembly and pass laws — including amendments to the state constitution — through a vote.

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Commentary: The IRS doesn’t need more workers, it needs less work

Tax day is approaching, and a shorthanded Internal Revenue Service just got a $675 million boost (6%) from Congress and the president. But money won’t fix this problem. We can solve it—and maybe some other problems—with tax reform.

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The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: A guide to Medicaid coverage losses after COVID

Later this year, federal health authorities are expected to declare an end to the public health emergency around the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

End of COVID may bring major turbulence for US health care

When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for U.S. health care

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Colorado doubles down on abortion rights as other states — and the high court — reconsider

With the Supreme Court expected to overturn or severely weaken its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, clinics in Colorado are preparing for an increase in the number of out-of-state residents seeking abortions, and lawmakers are cementing abortion access protections in state law.

Axios

New normal for health care spending

After a nearly 10% jump in U.S. national health care spending between 2019 and 2020 amid the COVID pandemic, federal experts say they expect spending to normalize.

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Montana is sending troubled kids to out-of-state programs that have been accused of abuse

The high demand for treatment for children with behavioral and substance abuse problems has led Montana health officials to spend Medicaid funds to send kids, including those who are foster children and wards of the state, to residential programs in other states with less stringent oversight.

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3 Red-Hot Large-Cap Stocks Outpacing the S&P 500

Large-cap stocks are generally known to provide better safety to investors during periods of volatility. Therefore, we think Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Vertex (VRTX), and Molina Healthcare (MOH), which have been outpacing the S&P 500, might be good investments now.

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Aging in the shadows: llinois’ new health care program for undocumented seniors leaves some of the most vulnerable behind

CHICAGO — For more than a decade, Ananias Ocampo pushed a heavy ice cream cart through the streets of the Pilsen neighborhood as he waited for knee replacement surgery. When it got too cold for ice cream, the 78-year-old would go door-to-door selling homemade cheese even though he depended on…

Salon

Uninsured will now pay for COVID tests

Government funding cuts to key pandemic programs forced by GOP opposition arrive as progressives in Congress renew their push for Medicare for All.

Tribune News Service

Senators ask GAO to examine Medicaid’s low COVID vaccination rates

Two prominent Democratic senators have requested a Government Accountability Office study of why COVID-19 vaccination rates remain far lower among Medicaid enrollees than the general population and what barriers are impeding state efforts to increase immunizations among program beneficiaries, low-income people who have been disproportionately affected by the virus.

Tribune News Service

Health worker shortage forces states to scramble

Top Hawaii officials recently received an urgent warning: If they didn’t act, the state would lose the services of hundreds of health care workers who have been essential in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Obamacare has been an economic boon, but some red states still don't get the message

Every anniversary of Obamacare's enactment is an occasion to take stock of the landmark legislation's positive impact on Americans.

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