 Health Care |
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Health care and tonight's debate |
Vice President Harris and former President Trump will face off in their first, and possibly only, debate tonight. Health care is likely to be an important topic. |
Reproductive rights: Abortion, birth control and in-vitro fertilization have been front and center on the campaign trail for Harris, in contrast to President Biden. - Trump has largely been trying to stay away from what is a clear Republican vulnerability while tying himself in knots every time he answers a question about it.
- Harris is likely to attack Trump on abortion, but will she and the moderators be able to pin Trump down on taking a position?
Drug pricing: Both Harris and Trump have signaled they want to take on the drug industry over high prices, and Harris is likely to be better messenger about her plans than Biden was during his debate with Trump in June. - Harris has touted her vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and enact Medicare's drug price negotiations. Republicans largely oppose the effort and want to repeal the IRA.
- While in office Trump made some drug pricing moves, namely on drug importation and his "most favored nation" plan, but has rarely spoken about it in recent weeks.
Medical debt: An estimated 100 million people in the United States have medical or dental bills they are paying off or that are overdue. Harris pledged last month that she would eliminate billions of dollars in medical debt. - But the pledge didn't come with many details. If pressed, will she talk more about the plan? On the other side, Trump hasn't mentioned medical debt at all, so it's unclear how important this issue is for him.
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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The proportion of Americans with health insurance coverage fell last year even as a record number of people signed up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace, according to new federal data. The share of Americans who had health insurance for all or part of the year in 2023 was 92 percent, a slight drop from the 92.1 percent seen in 2022, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau released Tuesday. … |
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Most voters said they think November's presidential election will have a "major" impact on abortion access according to a new poll from KFF, though more people said they care about the economy and inflation than abortion or any other individual health issue. According to the poll released Tuesday ahead of the presidential debate, 61 percent of voters said the outcome of this year's presidential election will have a major … |
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Voters in Missouri will be able to vote on an amendment to protect abortion access, after the state Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling Tuesday that would have removed it from the ballot. The decision came just hours before the state’s absentee ballots are set to be printed. The justices ordered Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R) to recertify the measure, after he abruptly decertified it Monday, despite … |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a Thursday hearing on Steward Health's bankruptcy and the impact on patients of its hospital closures.
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Branch out with a different read: |
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A fourth case of the dangerous mosquito-borne illness was confirmed in Massachusetts on Monday, according to health officials. |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Fourth death linked to Legionnaire's disease at New York assisted living facility (ABC News)
- Kansas seeks 'once in a generation' federal funding to improve maternal health outcomes (Kansas Reflector)
- Michigan among few states with growing COVID-19 epidemic, CDC says (MLive)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Epilepsy drug could reduce sleep apnea symptoms, study finds (The Guardian)
- Women will soon be notified about their breast density after mammograms (CNN)
- Key lawmakers weary of giving FDA more cash to crack down on e-cigs (STAT News)
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Most read stories on The Hill right now: |
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Vice President Harris and former President Trump will square off Tuesday night in their first, and possibly only, presidential debate as they attempt … Read more |
| Biden's infirmity was so painfully obvious in the June debate that observers failed to notice the weakness of Trump's own rambling, nonsensical performance. Read more |
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