The number of Medicaid recipients receiving medication to treat opioid abuse increased sharply in the years after approval of buprenorphine, but the increase was smaller in poorer counties and areas with larger populations of black and Hispanic residents.
Month: June 2018
Trump boasts he’s ‘gutted’ the ACA, avoids blame for consequences
After claiming credit for having "gutted" the health care reform law, Trump urged supporters to blame Democrats for the results of his efforts.
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Site of Death, Place of Care, and Health Care Transitions Among US Medicare Beneficiaries, 2000-2015
This population epidemiology study characterizes trends in care in the intensive care unit during the last 30 days of life and in posthospital transitions and site of death among Medicare beneficiaries who died between 2000 and 2015.
Participation in a Voluntary Bundled Payment Program by Organizations Providing Care After an Acute Hospitalization
This study characterizes participation of skilled nursing facilities in Medicare’s Model 3 Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative and the factors associated with that participation.
Gorsuch says he’ll repeal and replace the Fourth Amendment with something terrific
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump offered a vague promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with “something terrific.” On Friday, Neil Gorsuch, who occupies the seat on the Supreme Court that Senate Republicans held open until Trump could fill it, brought a similar amount of thoughtfulness and coherence to the question of when police should be allowed to conduct a search without a warrant.
Gorsuch’s dissenting opinion in Carpenter v. United ...
Activists confront Florida attorney general at Mr. Rogers movie, ask what he’d think of her values
Protesters on Friday night demanded Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi explain how her policies fit with Mr. Rogers’ values as she left a movie screening of a new documentary about the kids show host.
Timothy Heberlein, an activist with Organize Florida, captured a video that shows several people shouting at Bondi as she leaves the screening of Won’t You Be My Neighbor with a police escort.
“What would Mr. Rogers think about you and your legacy in F...
Trump mocks Sen. McCain at Nevada rally
President Donald Trump again mocked Sen John McCain (R-Arizona) on Saturday for McCain's "thumb's down" vote on the Republican plan to repeal ObamaCare.Though Trump did not mention McCain by name...
Fearing Deportation, Some Immigrants Opt Out Of Health Benefits For Their Kids
A growing number of American children are losing out on Medicaid — and other programs — because their parents are undocumented immigrants and fear detainment and deportation.
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Donald Trump created the border crisis to say these 58 words
As always for Donald Trump, the outcome was not important. The price this time: sobbing immigrant toddlers separated from their parents, wrapp...
Trump is under the false impression he…
Donald Trump insisted yesterday that his administration "actually beat Obamacare." That's bonkers.
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