by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 5, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that bars transgender kids from getting puberty blockers and hormone therapies, though the new law could face legal challenges before it takes effect on September 1. Senate Bill 14’s passage brings to the...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 31, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new survey of nursing professionals, in which 80 percent of respondents said they have seen or experienced racism from patients, and 60 percent from colleagues. The survey found that fewer than 1 in 4 nurses reported the...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 31, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 17 people and entities based in China and Mexico who it accused of enabling production of counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills, as the Biden administration seeks to stem imports of the deadly drug. The Treasury Department...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 31, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
OptumRx launched initiatives designed to expand the services available at community and rural pharmacies amid a looming legislative crackdown on pharmacy benefit managers’ business practices. The PBM, which is owned by UnitedHealth Group, will work with pharmacies in...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 23, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Congressional Democrats are having second thoughts about taking back unspent coronavirus funds as part of a debt limit deal, concerned that doing so could have serious consequences for myriad public health initiatives. House Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 23, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Minnesota is poised to become the first state to enact legislation establishing a board that will set minimum wages and benefits for nursing home workers. The measure is the latest effort by states to help attract workers to post-acute care as demand for those...
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