'Health equity does not exist in any state in the U.S.,' said David Radley, a senior scientist at the Commonwealth Fund.

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Scoop: House TikTok bill extends time to sell app axios.com/pro/tech-polic…

Once a month, via a chartered bus, DC Chinatown's remaining Chinese residents leave the city for the suburbs to grocery shop.

Why? There's no familiar, affordable food in their neighborhood.

Photos via Tyrone Turner

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Nursing home staffing standards from CMSGov have cleared OMB, which means they could come out as soon as today 👀

👏CMSGov for delaying changes to researchers' access to Medicare data. CMS is clearly being sensitive to concerns from the research community.

Now it's critical for researchers to work with CMS to find ways to guarantee data security and great scholarship going forward.

Senate hopeful Kari Lake is personally lobbying Arizona state lawmakers to repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban. Her effort to whip votes is a stark example of how eager Republicans are to neutralize abortion, Ally Mutnick + I report. politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

A year into the unwinding of pandemic protections in Medicaid, KFF tracking shows we have reached a milestone: Over 20 million people have now been dropped, most for procedural reasons.

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.CMSGov's FY25 hospital pay proposal includes a *mandatory* value-based payment test, which has American Hospital Association 'very concerned.'

I wrote in January about the pros and cons of requiring participation in pay experiments: axios.com/2024/01/16/med…

Why a deep-red state could be on the verge of expanding Medicaid axios.com/2024/04/11/mis… Maya Goldman

EXCITING NEWS! CMS Innovation Ctr announces a new MANDATORY bundled payment model to start in Jan 2026.
- 5 key procedures: hip/knee replacement, femur fracture, spinal fusion, CABG & major bowel
- hospitals in by CBSA
- inpatient & outpatient

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have you used fertility financing, including loans from a fertility-focused company, a regular bank or other lender, to help pay for IVF? I want to speak with you for a story!

“Republicans do not support a federal ban on abortion. Period,' said Sen. Steve Daines, NRSC chair

Daines was one of two original co-sponsors on a 15-week abortion ban introduced months after Roe was overturned
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Trump says abortion should be left to states, doesn't endorse national ban axios.com/2024/04/08/tru…

One Vermont hospital wonders if Monday's eclipse crowd will look more like an annual Maple Festival or Grateful Dead concerts in the 90s that drew 100,000 to the area.

At least for the concerts, 'we knew how many were coming because tickets were sold.' axios.com/2024/04/05/tot…

BREAKING: Biden told Netanyahu an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize & improve the humanitarian situation & protect innocent civilians & he urged Netanyahu to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home, the White House says

Genetic analysis of avian flu virus from infected dairy worker out already!

CDC doing very speedy work

Finding? One change that allows virus to better infect mammals but nothing to raise concern for human-human transmission

This is as expected. And good
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!!! Yes !!! During my term as EIC of The Michigan Daily, I worked 60+ hour weeks for essentially pennies. I would not have been able to take the job if I had to support myself financially through college. PAY COLLEGE JOURNALISTS!

NEW: Would you send a dick pic to a random AI that says it can scan for STIs? A company called HeHealth is betting on it. The company falls into an FDA digital health gray area, giving it cover to unleash this unproven tech on the market:
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she's an icon, she's a star 🤩

The Mississippi Senate has passed Medicaid expansion, but its plan is miles away from what the House passed. So still very much tbd what happens this session!