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The feds want to hide hospital safety scores during COVID, making it harder to evaluate yours

PHILADELPHIA — The last time Medicare rated hospitals on surgical complications such as bed sores, collapsed lungs, bloodstream infections, and broken hips, four Philadelphia-area facilities scored worse than average.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Democrats risk a crushing defeat this year. They must change course now

Progressive policies that help the working class are wildly popular with voters. Why are we letting Republicans and corporate Democrats dictate our agenda?

The Guardian - US

Study: Diabetes wellness visits reduce risk of amputation

A new study by University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators found that patients with diabetes who participate in a free Annual Wellness Visit covered by Medicare are 36 per cent less likely to need an amputation. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Medicaid weighs attaching strings to nursing home payments to improve patient care

The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.

Tribune News Service

High court rules against government on drug reimbursement

The Supreme Court says the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments to hospitals and clinics that serve low-income communities

The Independent UK

Preventive care might be free, but follow-up diagnostic tests can bring big out-of-pocket bills

Under the law, many preventive screenings — are covered at no cost to patients. But, if more testing is needed to figure out what’s wrong, you could be charged hundreds or even thousands of dollars for diagnostic services.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fraud suspect caught allegedly trying to flee to Cuba on jet ski

Water craft had been upgraded with fuel cell and extra water and food, say officials

The Independent UK

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Medicare fraud suspect caught trying to flee for Cuba on ‘jet ski,’ feds say

MIAMI — Last week, U.S. Coast Guard crews and agents with Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations found two men on a disabled personal watercraft floating in the ocean south of Key West.

Miami Herald

Bernie Sanders skewers Republican critic of ‘full-on socialism’ in Fox debate

‘Is guaranteeing healthcare to all people socialistic?’ senator asks rightwing colleague Lindsey Graham in stellar defense of political philosophy

The Guardian - US

Bernie Sanders challenges GOP to end ‘demagoguery’ in debate with Lindsey Graham

Hourlong debate spans inflation, gas prices, Donald Trump’s legacy and gun reform

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: How to afford your meds and support your health

What you pay for a prescription drug varies enormously depending on your medication, pharmacy, insurance and other factors

The Independent UK

What if hospice services weren’t just for the dying?

Gloria Foster wasn’t ready for hospice, even though, with a prognosis of less than six months to live, she qualified for it. She was debilitated by diabetes and congestive heart failure, and was living with both a pacemaker and a device to help pump blood from her heart to the…

Tribune News Service

Feds withhold $1.2M as Florida refuses to enforce COVID vaccine rule for health care workers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— As Gov. Ron DeSantis fights COVID-19 vaccination passports and mandates — most recently by threatening the Special Olympics with a $27.5 million fine — there’s one mandate he can’t stop.

Tribune News Service

Derwent Valley mother Polly Cousens has two-hour drive to see GP amid state-wide shortage

When mother-of-seven Polly Cousens moved to Tasmania's Derwent Valley 12 months ago, she tried to make an appointment with the local doctor's surgery just minutes from their home — but with their books closed, she's forced to make a two-hour round trip instead.

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Former Melbourne resident regrets regional move due to lack of GP services

A man who relocated to Red Cliffs in north-west Victoria says he's waiting up to 10 days to get into a GP after being "spoiled in Melbourne".

Ballotpedia

Franken wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa

Michael Franken defeated Abby Finkenauer and Glenn Hurst in the June 7 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Iowa and will face incumbent Chuck Grassley (R), first elected in 1980, in the general election.

The Conversation

Mental distress is rising, especially for low-income middle-aged women. Medicare needs a major shakeup to match need

Mental health services are poorly targeted, outcomes are getting worse, and out-of-pocket payments are increasing. The new government faces a tough challenge in improving mental health.

Chicago Tribune

Hospitalization at home? Some Illinois hospitals are giving it a try

Struggling to breathe, Patty Cowick knew she had to head to the emergency room at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois, in May.

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Los Angeles Times

Social Security trustees say the U.S. is rich enough to expand, not shrink, benefits

The army of perennial doomsayers about the financial condition of Social Security had to be a little crestfallen after the release of the program trustees' annual report last week.

Tribune News Service

AARP’s billion-dollar bounty

In September, AARP, the giant organization for older Americans, agreed to promote a burgeoning chain of medical clinics called Oak Street Health, which has opened more than 100 primary care outlets in nearly two dozen states.

Boston Herald

Prices for new brand-name prescription drugs spike: Brigham and Women’s Hospital research

BOSTON — A new study out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows how newly marketed brand-name drugs in the U.S. are driving up health care spending, resulting in “detrimental effects for patient access and affordability.”

ABC News

Doctor shortage means patients in regional Queensland town face eight-week wait to see a GP

Like other regional towns across Australia, Kingaroy in Queensland's South Burnett is in the grip of a doctor shortage. But mother-of-two Tia Muir worries it is only going to get worse.

The Independent UK

Go-broke dates pushed back for Social Security, Medicare

A stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs

Chicago Sun-Times

Ban on menthol cigarettes is the wrong move

Regulation is critical, and Congress recently took a big step forward by raising the tobacco purchasing age to a national standard of 21. But prohibition doesn’t work.

Tribune News Service

Steward Health to sell some Medicare-related business in $135 million deal

Dallas’ Steward Health Care System LLC will sell some of its Medicare-related business to a Miami health care firm in a deal valued at $135 million, the companies announced Wednesday.

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