The Friday Breeze
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads all the pieces on well being care to compile our every day Morning Briefing, affords the perfect and most provocative tales for the weekend.
President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean chief Kim Jong Un could have stolen a little bit of the highlight from well being care this week, however there’s nonetheless loads of information to go round in our nook of the world. Here’s what you could have missed.
Republicans are cringing on the administration’s resolution to not defend the well being legislation’s preexisting situation provision. The transfer is more likely to function a tailored soundbite for Democrats as lawmakers hit the marketing campaign path for the midterms. In truth, Dems are already going after the choice as “a sick joke,” whereas Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is doing harm management. “Everybody I know in the Senate — everybody — is in favor of maintaining coverage for preexisting conditions,” McConnell advised reporters within the Capitol. “There is no difference in opinion about that whatsoever.”
Politico: Trump’s Latest Health Care Move Squeezes Republicans
The New York Times: A ‘Sick Joke’: Democrats Attack Health Secretary On Pre-Existing Conditions
Politico: McConnell: ‘Everybody’ In Senate Likes Pre-Existing Condition Safeguards
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Insurers are lower than happy with a courtroom’s resolution that they’re not owed billions of from the federal government beneath the well being legislation’s danger corridors program. The program was designed to entice insurers into the marketplace with guarantees of overlaying their monetary danger. But the panel stated the federal government doesn’t need to pay insurers the cash as a result of Congress had taken motion — after the well being legislation’s passage — requiring this system to be funds impartial yr after yr. Insurers complain the rug was pulled out from beneath them.
The large canine within the insurance coverage trade are slowly inching towards a mannequin the place they might deny emergency room claims — and hospitals, docs and lawmakers are all furious imagining a world the place sufferers fear about whether or not their visits are going to be lined earlier than in search of emergency care. The firms, although, argue that pointless ER visits are an enormous think about driving up medical prices. They’re not unsuitable, however the topic has all the time been taboo earlier than.
Politico: Insurers Spark Blowback By Reducing Emergency Room Coverage
CRISPR is so scorching proper now it even spawned a (canceled) TV present. But a report that discovered genes edited by the expertise may primarily be most cancers “ticking time bombs” despatched shares spiraling this week.
Stat: CRISPR-Edited Cells Might Cause Cancer, Two Studies Find
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Lawmakers are gearing as much as contemplate a whopping 57 measures in an opioid bundle that’s certain to win each Democrats and Republicans political factors — conveniently simply earlier than the midterms. But advocates say the payments should still fall in need of what’s wanted to battle the nation’s epidemic.
Stat: Can Major Opioids Legislation Make A Dent In A National Epidemic?
And within the miscellaneous file this week: A report confirms that sexual harassment is rampant within the tutorial sciences (“Most of that harassment is not the Harvey Weinstein harassment. It’s the everyday put-downs, and exclusions and belittlings,” stated one girl); an ALS scientist who was identified with the illness after he began researching it says he finds cause to reside by serving to others battle the situation that has ravaged his physique; a nationwide survey stories that the youngsters should not all proper, with disappointment and hopelessness on the rise in teenagers (they’re additionally consuming much less milk for what it’s value); and the way being black in America can deeply have an effect on your well being.
The Washington Post: Half Of Women In Science Experience Harassment, A Sweeping New Report Finds
The Washington Post: Devastated By ALS, Trying To Save Others
The New York Times: Sex And Drugs Decline Among Teens, But Depression And Suicidal Thoughts Grow
The Atlantic: Being Black In America Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
As you’re planning your weekend, it’s best to in all probability know the oft-touted Mediterranean weight-reduction plan report has been retracted as flawed. But when you’re a fish, olive oil and nuts individual, don’t fear, specialists nonetheless suppose the weight-reduction plan is useful to coronary heart well being. Meanwhile, I’ll be over right here worrying about my DNA’s digital footprint.
Brianna Labuskes: [email protected]”>[email protected], @brilabuskes
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