Battle in Washington State over Hepatitis C Medications Changes Target from Insurers to Medicaid
In early February, the Seattle Times reported on the case of David Morton, the face of a class-action lawsuit against private insurers Group Health and BridgeSpan Insurance. In the case, Morton and others allege that the Washington state private insurers failed to pay for a new drug called Harvoni. This […]
A Woman’s Health and Safety, or an Undue Burden?
On March 2, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the most significant case about abortion in decades: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The outcome of this case has the potential to affect millions of women and revise the constitutional principles governing abortion rights. Taking a […]
Proposed ordinance would require tobacco manufacturers to clean up its own street litter
See that cigarette butt on the street? Tobacco manufacturers could be cleaning up after their own cigarette litter in California under a model ordinance proposed by ChangeLab Solutions of Oakland, California. The model ordinance is designed to help local counties and cities curb tobacco litter in their communities. Under the […]
CDC Drinking and Pregnancy Recommendations Draw Ire from Those It Is Meant to Help
A press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, is making national headlines for all of the wrong reasons. The release, entitled “More than 3 million US women at risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancy,” appeared to have […]
Electronic Health Record Interoperability Not as Close as Hoped According to GAO
A September report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that while progress is being made in terms of electronic health records (EHR) interoperability, healthcare providers in the United States are still far away from full implementation. Interoperability is the idea that different EHR systems would be able to pass […]