The Health 202: New CBO analysis could torpedo Medicare-for-all proposals
AHH, OOF and OUCHAHH: The Food and Drug Administration has cleared Philip Morris to sell a heat-not-burn tobacco device known as IQOS in the United States.
There are concerns that the device could attract minors or nonsmokers, or that people who currently smoke would use the device in addition to their regular smoking habits.OOF: Three major health insurers received a combined $11.5 billion in drug rebates last year just through their Medicare businesses, according to an analysis from Axios.
If rebates are eliminated, companies like these may raise monthly drug plan premiums to avoid losses, which could dissuade seniors from keeping their plans. "There are hints that these deaths are the result of worsening prospects among less-educated people but few immediate answers. But maybe the solution is simple: pursue policies that improve the prospects of working-class Americans," Andrew writes.
In the last decade in the United States, the rate of suicide attempts by poison has more than doubled for people under age 19 and more than tripled for girls and young women ages 10 to 24, our colleagueThe study also found attempted suicides by poison for people ages 10 to 15 began to skyrocket from 2011 to 2018 after being relatively flat until 2010. During that time, the numbers increased by 141 percent overall, and 338 percent for girls ages 10 to 12.
— Three hospitals in the District of Columbia have launched programs to provide medication-assisted addiction treatment to overdose victims who come to their emergency rooms, our Post colleague, the city's latest effort to cut its overdose deaths in half by the end of next year.
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