by Jordana Choucair | Oct 21, 2021 | Access & Coverage
According to a CBO analysis, the Democrats’ infrastructure bill would expand coverage to about 3.9 million uninsured individuals. However, the CBO also estimates the bill would cause a 1-million-enrollee decrease in unsubsidized on- and off-exchange enrollment and...
by Tym Rourke | Oct 20, 2021 | Behavioral Health, Blog, Latest News
This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional drug overdose data for the 12 months ending March 2021. The report predicts over 99,000 drug overdose deaths during that time, a 31 percent increase over the number of fatalities in the...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 20, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden has dictated the first cuts to trim the $3.5 trillion spending bill down to somewhere in the $1.75 trillion to $1.9 trillion range. The president told lawmakers that a program providing free community college is on the chopping block and a child tax...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
The FDA released draft guidance for creating a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids to help foster competition and bring down prices. In 2017, Congress asked the agency to explore an OTC option, but the agency missed the deadline due to the pandemic....
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 20, 2021 | Mental Health
Three medical associations released a joint statement declaring a national mental health crisis among teenagers and children. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children’s Hospital Association said the...
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