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A striking gap between deaths of Black and white babies plagues the South

BAMBERG, S.C. — Years before the Bamberg County Hospital closed in 2012, and the next-closest hospital in neighboring Barnwell shut its doors in 2016, those facilities had stopped delivering babies.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis wants to 'make America Florida.' That could mean many more uninsured

CUTLER BAY, Fla. — Policarpo Landaverde's series of bad breaks seemed to peak about a decade ago when he was shot in the stomach after confronting a man who stole his license plate.

Los Angeles Times

Texas Senate votes to extend Medicaid for new moms after adding anti-abortion language

AUSTIN – The GOP-led Senate agreed to give a full year of health care coverage to low-income women who’ve just given birth, but tacked on anti-abortion language that could complicate the bill’s passage.

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Buying Marijuana in These States Helps Fight Substance Abuse

Helping to fight substance abuse in some states can be as easy as purchasing legal marijuana.

Kiplinger

Debt ceiling explained: Why it’s a struggle in Washington and how the impasse could end

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says his team and the White House have had ‘productive’ discussions to avert a default on U.S. debt days before the June 1 deadline.

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas Senate OKs extending postpartum Medicaid — with an anti-abortion amendment

New moms will be able to keep their health insurance for a full year under a proposal the Senate passed Sunday. A last-minute anti-abortion amendment means the bill will go back to the House.

The Texas Tribune

Debt ceiling explained: Why it's a struggle in Washington and how the impasse could end

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are to meet face to face on Monday after a weekend of on again, off again negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling

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5 takeaways on the looming debt ceiling deadline crisis

Illinois House Democrats are divided over whether President Biden should invoke the 14th Amendment to let the federal government borrow money over the debt limit. GOP pushing for work requirements for public benefits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Florida is purging its Medicaid rolls. Here’s 5 things to know

TAMPA, Fla. — Roughly 250,000 Floridians have lost their Medicaid health coverage since mid-April when the state began reviewing the eligibility of more than 5 million people on its rolls, a figure that swelled in the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Biden and McCarthy's shared debt ceiling math problem

“It’s one thing to strike a deal, then you got to pass it."

Axios

Texans would get one year of Medicaid coverage after giving birth under bill advanced by Senate committee

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and advocates have thrown their support behind extending Medicaid coverage for a full year after childbirth. The full Senate will now have the opportunity to consider the bill, which has already passed the House.

The Texas Tribune

Illinois hospitals need more state funding

To preserve access to care and protect the long-term viability of our Chicagoland hospitals, an increase in Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement is necessary, leaders of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce write.

Chicago Sun-Times

Contours of debt limit deal start to take shape - Roll Call

Lawmakers from both parties suggested negotiators were making progress Thursday toward a bipartisan deal that would raise the debt limit.

Roll Call

New work requirements for federal aid? GOP pushes proposals in debt talks

Work requirements for federal aid programs have emerged as a sticking point in ongoing negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and President Joe Biden has signaled openness to a possible compromise even as many in his party have balked

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Spread the word on how to renew Medicaid coverage

Federal estimates shows up to 15 million people — 700,00 here in Illinois — could be dis-enrolled from Medicaid when continuous enrollment ends. We need to make sure people have the information they need to keep their coverage.

Roll Call

Party leaders optimistic as debt limit negotiators get to work - Roll Call

Negotiators tapped by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hash out a debt limit compromise were racing against the clock.

USAFacts

Weekly US Government Data Roundup: May 16, 2023

Pandemic policies permitted Medicaid enrollment to grow by 20 million people from 2020 to 2022. But one of those policies, continuous enrollment, ended on March 31.

The Independent UK

More companies help with fertility care, but it is still out of reach for many

Coverage of fertility treatments remains hard to find in many corners of health insurance even as it grows briskly with big employers that see it as a must-have benefit to keep workers

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The Independent UK

3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal abortion pill appeal

Three appeals court judges with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available

Salon

All my COVID precautions were in vain

The uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 means there are few treatments left for immunocompromised people like me

WEKU

This telehealth program is a lifeline for New Mexico's pregnant moms. Will it end?

A federal program in remote New Mexico has helped hundreds of pregnant mothers stay healthy, but it's running out of time and money despite a growing national maternity care crisis.

The Independent UK

Governor says California's budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion

California's budget deficit is now nearly $32 billion

The Guardian - US

US Covid emergency status ends as officials plan ‘new phase of managing’ virus

Vaccines and medication will remain available for free ‘while supplies last’ but most Americans will have to pay for testing

Fortune

What the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency means for you

Ending the federal emergency reflects both a scientific and political judgment that the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis has ended and that special federal resources are no longer needed to prevent disease transmission across borders.

The Independent UK

As public health emergency ends, pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away

The formal end of the national Public Health Emergency on Thursday is largely a symbolic and psychological step, representing the country’s formal emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic

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