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Today's edition: of Ministry of Health and Human Services Announced record enrollment period for Obamacare. The country's immigration laws hinder hospitals' ability to hire the nurses they desperately need. But first…
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“This is the modern equivalent of a snake oil salesman. The problem is that snake oil salesmen had to go from town to town. Reaching millions of people with one tweet. — Brian Castrucci, Director of the De Beaumont Foundation for Public Health
Flashback: Anti-vaxxers and right-wing agitators were tweeting about the Buffalo Bills' safety within minutes. Damar HamlinA surprising collapse on the field was attempted to link a player's cardiac arrest to the coronavirus vaccine. Hamlin has recovered, but the Biden administration's efforts to force social media companies to remove misleading content from their platforms remain pending in court.
“Unanimous!” — President Biden
Flashback: Biden and Republicans appear to have agreed to take cuts off the debt ceiling negotiation table after the White House repeatedly accused Republicans of seeking cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Since then, neither side has offered a plan to restore the entitlement program to solvency.
“We entered these jobs with the goal of being obsolete.” — Former White House COVID-19 Task Force official
Flashback: The White House announced it would disband its coronavirus task force after the public health emergency ends in May, marking a milestone in the trajectory of the pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases, along with other respiratory viruses, has recently begun to rise again, but public health officials are urging caution, not alarm, this holiday season.
“Once you start down this path, you never know where it will lead.” — Stephen Ostroff, pharmaceutical industry consultant and former acting commissioner and chief scientist at the Food and Drug Administration
Flashback: federal judge andrew kakusmarik On April 7, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a decision reinstating restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone, which the FDA had loosened in recent years. Critics argued that if the Supreme Court allowed the ruling to take effect, it would not only make it harder to access widely used drugs but also undermine the authority of federal regulators.
“We don't count every snowflake anymore, but we know it's snowing.” — Nirav Shah, Principal Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Flashback: When the national public health emergency was lifted in May, the CDC stopped tracking the level of coronavirus infections in the city. Since then, government agencies have taken steps to track the spread of the virus, including hospitalizations, emergency department visits and wastewater monitoring, but all signs of respiratory illness have resolved before the holidays.
“A Band-Aid can't heal a bullet hole. And we're just a Band-Aid… doing our best to stop the rain with our hands.” — spoke on condition of anonymity about illegal activity , a woman who supports an underground network of abortion pill providers
Flashback: Supreme Court to overturn decision in 2022 Roe vs. Wade A growing number of community-based activist groups are delivering abortion pills from Mexico to pregnant women living in states where abortions are prohibited.
“Do you think this will help? Absolutely. Do you think it's enough? Absolutely not.” — Jennifer Snow, National Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
Flashback: Advocates were urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to reauthorize and expand the aid law before it expires on Sept. 30. Nearly three months later, Congress has not updated this landmark anti-opioid law.
Health 202 took advantage of Congressional recess to enjoy some much-needed R&R. No Friday edition = no quote of the week.
“Most people won't feel a major impact from a government shutdown, but what it does is signal to rival nations around the world that the United States is unable to perform its most basic functions.” — Maya McGuineas, Chair of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan think tank
Flashback: This quote foreshadowed further chaos in Congress. Lawmakers narrowly passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown, but the path to a long-term deal remains uncertain as new federal funding deadlines approach.
“The People’s House is open for business.” — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana)
Flashback: The House of Representatives was thrown into turmoil after a group of far-right Republicans carried out a long-term plan to oust members of Congress. kevin mccarthy (Republican of California) participated as a speaker. It will take weeks for Mr. Johnson to take the gavel and win praise from anti-abortion groups, which count the little-known conservative as a longtime ally.
“I feel like all eyes are on Ohio to see what works and what doesn’t for next year.” — Lauren Bean, executive director of the Ohio Medical Association for Reproductive Rights
Flashback: Supporters on both sides of the abortion debate saw the off-year election as a way to test their messages and sharpen their strategies for 2024. As during last year's midterm elections, the anti-abortion movement suffered a series of defeats in states such as Ohio in November. , where residents voted to enshrine the right to abortion into the state constitution.
“Even without the pandemic, life expectancy would have been flat or declining. …This is entirely new territory that we're entering, and it started 10 years ago.” — Elizabeth Arias, CDC National Demographer at the Center for Health Statistics
Flashback: Well, nothing to flash back to yet. Life expectancy in the United States partially recovered from the worst of the pandemic last year, but remains below pre-pandemic levels and behind life expectancies in other wealthy countries.
HHS touts record enrollment on healthcare.gov
The Biden administration announced yesterday that a record 15 million people have gained health insurance through Medicare. Affordable Medical Care Act Coverage in 2024 increased by nearly 33% compared to the same period last year.
according to news release, Ministry of Health and Human Services By the program's application deadline on January 16, it expects that number to have increased to more than 19 million, an increase of about 7 million from then. president biden took office. This program is designed to help people get long-term, low-cost coverage.
“The good news is that millions of Americans have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. It means we can have peace of mind knowing that this will not happen,” the Health Secretary said. Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “As the Biden-Harris Administration continues to work to expand health insurance coverage and lower prescription drug costs, taking care of your health is no longer a luxury.”
The news comes as the Biden administration works to prioritize accessible and affordable health care during the 2024 presidential campaign, with a January 1 coverage deadline of December 15. A record 745,000 people enrolled in plans on healthcare.gov.former president donald trumpThe likely Republican presidential nominee said last month that he would completely repeal the ACA if re-elected.
A broken immigration system deprives workers of jobs America needs to fill.
More and more hospitals are hiring foreign nurses as they struggle to hire enough foreign nurses after the pandemic. The Post reported that the struggle has been particularly severe in Bismarck, North Dakota. lisa lane I will report it. These nurses are typically well-trained and ready to move to even the most remote areas of the country, with approximately 8.7 million job openings available.
But as Bismarck's largest hospital learned this year, there are major hurdles. The problem is that America's legal immigration system is broken. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it has crippled under bureaucratic backlogs and Congressional neglect, while illegal immigration has attracted far more anger and attention.
“A Washington Post investigation of the federal agency responsible for issuing immigrant visas found that bureaucratic delays remain a systemic problem, a result of understaffing and budget shortfalls that worsened during the Trump era.” Paper File dependence on. And has long been an outdated rule, ”Lisa writes.
White House public relations person Angelo Fernandez Hernandez Mr. Biden said in an email that Mr. Biden has repeatedly called on lawmakers to pass “comprehensive immigration reform” since taking office, and that lawmakers have been pushing back on immigrant labor for nearly 33 years due to fears of illegal immigration. He hinted that he had not been able to update his policies.
As a result, leaders at Bismarck and other hospitals have had to reevaluate the level of care they can provide, sometimes scrambling to fill shifts or expanding care to patients with acute heart disease. Certain treatments, including plans, may be scaled back.
- of Congressional Budget Office We plan to carry out a review of the medical regulations that are part of the. inflation control lawAccording to , these include accelerating drug approvals, drug price negotiations, and the impact of drug company profits on priorities. Blog article published yesterday.
- A U.S. District Court judge for the District of Illinois stated: First judgment of its kind Yesterday, people other than health insurance blue cross blue shield No plan across the country will prevent patients from receiving gender-affirming care. Under the ruling, the company will also be required to reprocess claims dating back to October 30, 2014 for this type of care that it previously denied.
- Colon cancer is increasing among young people in the United States, despite the lack of clear risk factors, including no genetic predisposition to colon cancer. Now, researchers are trying to solve the mystery, the Post reported. Joel Achenbach and Rory McGinley report.
12 states where 2024 votes could decide the fate of abortion rights (by Amy B. Wang and Lee Ann Caldwell | The Post)
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