Hundreds of thousands of people in North Carolina are eligible for Medicaid benefits beginning Friday, almost a decade after ObamaCare let states expand eligibility. Advocates say North Carolina’s expansion will give much-needed aid to adults who previously earned too much to be eligible for Medicaid but not enough to benefit from federal subsidies to help…
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CDC director: Chinese respiratory virus spike not a cause for alarm
A surge in respiratory infections among young children in China is not cause for alarm, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen told House lawmakers Thursday. While the infections are triggering some flashbacks to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cohen said her agency is confident that they are being caused…
Biden campaign jumps into ObamaCare fight
Presented by Novavax — Former President Trump says he is ‘seriously looking’ at ObamaCare alternatives {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Biden campaign jumps into ObamaCare fight President Biden’s reelection campaign is enthusiastically jumping into a fight with former President Trump over the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. © Greg…
Idaho asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of abortion ban law
Idaho is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce a near-total abortion ban while the state appeals a lower court ruling that the ban conflicts with a federal emergency care law. In an emergency application posted Monday, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador (R) asked the justices to overrule an injunction issued by a…
Trump claims he is ‘seriously’ looking at ObamaCare alternatives
Former President Trump over the weekend revived his calls to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act if he wins the 2024 presidential election. In a Truth Social post, the leading GOP presidential candidate claimed he’s “seriously looking at alternatives” to replace ObamaCare, and that the failure to repeal the health law in 2017 while he…
Free COVID-19 tests are available through the mail ahead of the holidays
The Biden administration is offering a second round of free COVID-19 tests through the mail ahead of a potential winter increase in cases. The website Covidtests.gov opened for new orders Monday. Households will be able to order up to four tests, though anyone who did not order a batch of four tests in September will be…
Senate Democrats call for answers on infant RSV drug shortage
Presented by Express Scripts by Evernorth — Lawmakers are demanding answers from manufacturers {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Senators press manufacturers over infant RSV drug shortage A group of Senate Democrats is pressing drug companies for answers about a nationwide shortage of a new injection that prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)…
Senate Democrats demand answers from manufacturers over RSV drug shortage
A group of Senate Democrats are demanding answers about a shortage of a new drug that prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. In a letter led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) sent Friday, the lawmakers asked manufacturers AstraZeneca and Sanofi for more information about the current supply of nirsevimab, when the companies first became…
White House taps Vanderbilt oncologist to lead National Cancer Institute
The White House on Friday said it plans to appoint W. Kimryn Rathmell as the next director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research. Rathmell is an oncologist and kidney cancer expert who leads the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. As leader of the NCI, Rathmell will…
GOP punts vote on HHS spending bill amid internal disputes
Presented by Express Scripts by Evernorth — Childhood cancer is declining but stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, data shows {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House GOP punts HHS funding bill House Republicans punted until after Thanksgiving legislation that would fund the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS)…