Top Stories for Week of April 6, 2020
CDC makes it official: public should wear face masks. The CDC is now advocating that everyone should wear a cloth face shield out in public places to protect others in… Read more »
Tag Archives: Kaiser Health News
Health-sector stocks crumble on increasing uncertainty for Obamacare, Medicare for All and potential drug-price legislation. Oh, and Trump’s Chinese trade tariffs adding to global market woes.
The News: Healthcare stocks swooned again last week after President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed the pharmaceutical industry for high prices of prescription drugs and vowed to allow US states… Read more »
Who gets the best health care in America? You’re wrong; it’s prisoners. Times are a changing, as prison facilities morph into healthcare facilities.
The News: Jeffrey E. Keller, MD, FACEP, is a board-certified emergency physician with 25 years of experience before moving full time into his “true calling” of correctional medicine. In a… Read more »
New advance directives permit dementia patients to refuse eating — no matter what — thereby nullifying the competence conundrum and avoiding “unwanted care.” About time.
The News: Stepping into ethically and legally uncertain territory, a New York end-of-life agency has approved a new document that lets people stipulate in advance that they don’t want food… Read more »
Trump’s Exec Order on drug pricing proves he’s like the leopard; he can’t change his spots
A draft of President Donald Trump’s executive order on drug prices lists several proposals to lessen regulatory hurdles for the pharmaceutical industry, reports The New York Times. Here are four things… Read more »
Surprise! GOP health bill never left the House
The News: The US House of Representatives will send its healthcare overhaul plan passed earlier this month to the Senate in a couple of weeks after it receives a final… Read more »
Government to Pick Plans for Displaced Health Law Customers; Bill Clinton Weighs In on Obamacare Shortcomings
The insurance markets were envisioned as dynamic engines of private competition. But in many states, they have run into problems. Worried that insurers bailing out of the health law’s markets… Read more »