More than 16.3 million people enrolled in a health plan through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the most recent open enrollment period, marking the highest number of enrollees since the program was signed into law 10 years ago.
This record amount of enrollments occurred between Nov. 1 and Jan. 15 and represented nearly 2 million more people than the number that enrolled the previous year. According to the White House, 3.6 million people, or 22 percent of those who signed up...
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Health Care — FDA panel to look into annual COVID vaccine shots
The FDA’s vaccine committee is set to consider a recommendation for an annual COVID-19 immunization plan, similar to the one employed for flu shots. We'll dive into the details.
Plus: President Biden issues a memorandum to further protect access to medication abortion.
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57 percent support federal government ensuring universal health care: survey
A majority of adults in a new survey said that they believe it is the job of the federal government to ensure health-care coverage for all Americans, but most also prefer a private health-care system over a government-run option.
The 57 percent of respondents supporting the idea that ensuring health-care coverage is the job of the federal government is the highest mark in Gallup’s polling since 2018. An overwhelming majority of Democrats share this view in the new survey, with...
57 percent support federal government ensuring universal health care: survey
A majority of adults in a new survey said that they believe it is the job of the federal government to ensure health-care coverage for all Americans, but most also prefer a private health-care system over a government-run option.
The 57 percent of respondents supporting the idea that ensuring health-care coverage is the job of the federal government is the highest mark in Gallup’s polling since 2018. An overwhelming majority of Democrats share this view in the new survey, with...
Health Care — A key hurdle for over-the-counter naloxone
We should all try to be on our phones less, but not so much that we can’t be reached. This is the case for the rapper known as Ye, whose former lawyers want to run newspaper ads so he’s aware they’re not representing him anymore.
In health news, Moderna jumps into the older adult RSV vaccine marketplace. But first, a look at the FDA’s push for over-the-counter naloxone.
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Health Care — A key hurdle for over-the-counter naloxone
We should all try to be on our phones less, but not so much that we can’t be reached. This is the case for the rapper known as Ye, whose former lawyers want to run newspaper ads so he’s aware they’re not representing him anymore.
In health news, Moderna jumps into the older adult RSV vaccine marketplace. But first, a look at the FDA’s push for over-the-counter naloxone.
Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest mov...
Health Care — State lawmakers turn focus to care for trans adults
Have you gotten a glimpse of the green comet making its way near us yet? Some lucky stargazers may be able to witness the icy rock over the course of this month as it closes in on our solar system for the first time in more than 10,000 years.
Today in health, we look at bills coming up in state legislatures with the potential to impact treatment access for transgender adults.
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Biden admin touts coverage gains ahead of ObamaCare deadline
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday reported significant gains in health insurance coverage across numerous demographics in 2021, two days before the enrollment deadline for ObamaCare.
The report issued by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation found that the national rate of uninsured people under the age of 65 fell from 11.1 percent in 2019 to 10.5 percent in 2021, with larger gains made in demographics that have historica...
Nurses deserve better, but strikes aren’t the answer
More than 7,000 nurses at New York’s Montefiore Medical Center and Mt. Sinai Hospital walked off the job this week, arguing that staff shortages have led to burnout and the inability to properly care for patients.
Ironically, with only more than 75,000 licensed nurses in New York City, the nurses on strike will put a terrible burden on not just these hospitals but others too where the spillover of patients seeking care occurs.
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We have a Republican Speaker, but no Republican plan to speak of
Republicans have vehemently complained that President Biden and Democrats are taking the country and the economy in the wrong direction. But now that Republicans control the House of Representatives, what specifically do they intend to do instead? Your guess is as good as mine, because Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) never laid out a detailed plan.
It’s not a new problem for Republicans.
Remember when Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, in March...