by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report showing that the uninsured rate fell to a record low of 8 percent in the first quarter of 2022. Since 2020, 5.2 million people gained health coverage. Uninsured rates among adults aged 18-64 fell...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Idaho over a law that would enforce a near-total ban on abortion starting August 25. According to the DOJ, the state’s “trigger” violates federal rules to provide medical care when the life or...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden is set today to sign his second executive order seeking to ensure access to abortion. The order directs U.S. Department Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to consider using “all appropriate actions to ensure health care...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2022 | Life Sciences
CivicaScript, the subsidiary of the hospital-owned nonprofit Civica Rx, will release its first drug manufactured and sold by the company. The drug is a generic version of the prostate cancer prescription drug abiraterone and will likely cost patients thousands of...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2022 | Providers
The J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Pharmacy Study found that patients are increasingly more comfortable getting routine health care at brick-and-mortar pharmacies than they were in the past. The report points to the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst for the trend. According to...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Public health leaders want the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency to better tackle rising monkeypox cases. The leaders say they are frustrated by the Biden administration’s lack of urgency. The limited supply of monkeypox vaccines in the U.S....
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