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Groups launch last-ditch effort against drug pricing changes - Roll Call

Interest groups are spending millions in hopes of blocking legislation allowing Medicare to demand lower prices for prescription drugs.

Roll Call

Queensland Health to review medical costs for sexual assault victims by end of year

Organisation says fees for treatment of injuries, MRIs and STI testing for people without medicare would be reassessed

The Guardian - AU

‘True cost of aging’ index shows many seniors can’t afford basic necessities

Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close.

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How do Americans get their health insurance in the years since the Affordable Care Act passed?

In 2020, employers provided coverage to about half of all Americans. Meanwhile, nearly 9% of Americans were uninsured.

USAFacts

Build Back Manchin: Here’s what is included in the monster spending deal agreed to by Democrats

Tons of money for renewable energy, lease sales for drilling in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico and prescription drug pricing.

The Independent UK

Schumer rallies Democrats after surprise deal with Manchin

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has told fellow Senate Democrats they now have an opportunity to achieve two “hugely important” priorities on health care and climate change after the deal he struck with Sen. Joe Manchin

The Independent UK

What's in, and out, of Democrats' inflation-fighting package

President Joe Biden’s initial effort to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems had a price tag of $4 trillion

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Manchin reaches health, energy, tax deal with Senate Majority Leader Schumer

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday they had cut a surprise agreement on an expansive plan to reduce healthcare and energy costs, cut down on carbon emissions, fight inflation and allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

Los Angeles Times

After spiking earlier talks, Manchin agrees to a new deal on climate and taxes

The agreement is a major reversal for Democrats who had narrowed their ambitions for the package to addressing looming lapses in the Affordable Care Act and changes to prescription drug prices.

WEKU

GOP backs Pharma effort to sink reform

"Republicans are working hand in hand with Big Pharma to try to block Democrats from lowering drug prices"

Salon

House begins busy sprint to August recess and Senate tees up ‘chips-plus’ bill

WASHINGTON — House leaders are cramming this week to finish a laundry list of legislative priorities before a five-week getaway from Washington.

Tribune News Service

This week: House begins busy sprint to August recess, Senate tees up 'chips-plus' bill - Roll Call

House and Senate leaders are looking to pass a long list of items in a short time before taking their annual August break.

Roll Call

Death of jailed Aboriginal man preventable

The death of Aboriginal man Mootijah Shillingsworth from an ear infection while in custody was preventable, a NSW coroner has found.

AAP

Douglas ‘Mootijah’ Shillingsworth's death from ear infection while in custody was preventable, inquest finds

A coroner finds the failure to identify and treat an Indigenous inmate's ear disease precipitated the man's death in custody and recommends a trial of Medicare for Aboriginal people in custody.

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The Guardian - AU

Medicare reforms are essential for creating fairer national abortion system, say advocates

Health experts are calling for Medicare item numbers for abortions and pregnancy counselling ahead of women’s safety ministers’ meeting

Tribune News Service

Seniors are more likely to get food help after becoming Medicare eligible, study finds

DALLAS — Low-income Dallas seniors were seven times more likely to visit a food pantry in the year after becoming Medicare eligible, leading to better food security, according to a new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

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The Government Has Removed The Term ‘Birthing Parent’ From A New Form After A Singular Complaint

Inclusion of all does not come at the exclusion of anyone else.

The Guardian - AU

Bill Shorten intervenes to remove ‘birthing parent’ from medical forms amid criticism in Daily Telegraph

Decision to stop trial of trans-inclusive language at three hospitals condemned by LGBTQ+ advocates and praised by Katherine Deves

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Bulk-billing doctors nowhere to be found, with this Tasmanian mum finding it's cheaper to fly interstate

It sounds bonkers, but for Tasmanian mum Bec Haight, it's cheaper for her to fly her family to Melbourne than to be seen by a doctor in her home city.

The Independent UK

Partisan lines form over Dem drug price curbs, economic plan

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says plans by Democrats to curb drug prices would place socialist price controls between Americans and the treatments they need

The Conversation

6 steps to making a COVID plan, before you get sick

With COVID cases, hospital admissions and deaths resurging, every Australian needs to know what they can do to reduce their risk of becoming seriously unwell.

Salon

"You think this guy is serious?"

"He's taken campaign contributions from 25 Republican billionaires"

Tribune News Service

In America, cancer patients endure debt on top of disease

RAPID CITY, S.D. ― Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.

Tribune News Service

Rural hospital rescue program is met with skepticism from administrators

In West Texas, the tiny hospital in Crosbyton has only two beds, and they’re not always occupied.

Tribune News Service

Manchin in driver’s seat again after inflation fears vindicated

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year ago, Sen. Joe Manchin wrote Fed Chair Jerome Powell to raise alarm that the central bank’s policies would overheat the economy, a fixation that made the West Virginia Democrat an outlier in his party.

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