Republicans support Americans with pre-existing conditions, Trump says | Rule scaling back ACA birth control coverage could be issued soon | Providers share concerns about Medicaid buy-in proposals
Less than 20 days before the election, President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that all Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions, and "if they don't, they will after I speak to them." Trump sent the tweet as GOP candidates are under fire across the country for their efforts to repeal or scale back the Affordable Care Act and its protections for people with pre-existing illnesses.
The Trump administration could soon issue a final rule scaling back the Affordable Care Act's coverage requirements for birth control by permitting more employers to stop covering contraceptives on moral and religious grounds, despite injunctions issued by courts in California and Pennsylvania targeting an interim final rule. The rule is now being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget, and an HHS spokesperson didn't provide a timeline for its release.
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Health care providers at this week's AHIP conferences outlined concerns about state proposals to allow people who do not qualify for Medicaid to buy into the program. Issues with buy-in programs included the potential for shifting costs to the commercial insurance market and the impact on state budgets and Medicaid physician networks.
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Adolescents from low-income families were at a greater risk of developing heart disease and were more likely to be obese or to smoke than those from affluent families, according to a study in Pediatrics. Researchers evaluated data on 11,557 youths ages 12 to 19 and found that 22% of teens from low-income families and 26% of those from middle-income families were obese, compared with less than 15% of adolescents from high-income families.
Researchers found that infants whose mothers took beta-blockers during the first trimester of pregnancy didn't have a significantly higher likelihood of developing congenital malformations, cardiac or central nervous system defects, and cleft lip or palate, compared with those whose mothers weren't exposed to beta-blockers during gestation. The findings were published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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A report in the National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief found that from 2007 to 2017, US fertility rates decreased 12% in rural areas, 16% in small and medium cities, and 18% in metro counties. During the same time, the average age among women having their first child increased from 23 to almost 25 in rural areas, from 24 to 26 in small or medium cities, and from 26 to 28 in large cities.
A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found 71% of people said health care was very important to their decision about which congressional candidates they will vote for in the upcoming midterm elections, and 30% said it was the most important issue. Results from Florida and Nevada, considered battleground states, showed voter support for maintaining the Affordable Care Act's protection for people with pre-existing conditions.
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The cost of two valsartan doses, used to treat high blood pressure, increased more than any other drug in the US last month after pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical pulled valsartan from the US market following discovery of a probable carcinogen. Prices more than doubled over August rates.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., is among those who signed a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma asking them to consider adding coverage of medically necessary dental treatment and oral health care to Medicare.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said the state will start accepting applications for enrollment in its newly expanded Medicaid program on Nov. 1, with coverage scheduled to begin next year. About 400,000 low-income adults are now qualified to enroll in the program.
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