Connecticut Is Doling Out Vaccines Based Strictly on Age. It鈥檚 Simpler, but Is it Fair?
On Monday, Connecticut will be the first state to begin vaccinating anyone from age 55 to 64 鈥 instead of people with chronic health issues and essential workers.
DeSantis Advances Questionable Link Between Lockdowns and Despair
Experts agreed there鈥檚 no definitive evidence to back up the Florida governor鈥檚 assertion.
Tampa鈥檚 Mayor vs. a Covid-Era Super Bowl
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor 鈥 an outspoken former cop 鈥 has clashed repeatedly with Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has limited what local officials can do to confront the pandemic. But she reached an uneasy peace with the state and is convinced that safeguards instituted by the NFL will help keep crowds safe at the NFL championship game.
States Move Ahead With Canada Drug Importation While Awaiting Signal From Biden
As president, Donald Trump encouraged states to bring in drugs from Canada, where prices are cheaper. It鈥檚 not clear if the new administration will follow suit.
Encuesta: casi la mitad de los adultos ahora quiere vacunarse contra covid lo antes posible
Ya se han vacunado unas 20 millones de personas. Sin embargo, persisten las disparidades raciales, 茅tnicas y econ贸micas en cuanto al acceso a las vacunas.
Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine 鈥 ASAP
The number of adults seeking to get inoculated has risen since December, according to a new poll.
Covid Vaccine Rollout Leaves Most Older Adults Confused Where to Get Shots
Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older say they don鈥檛 have enough information about how to get vaccinated, according to a new 麻豆女优 poll.
Geography Is Destiny: Dentists鈥 Access to Covid Shots Depends on Where They Live
A handful of states are making dentists a lower priority than other health professionals for inoculations, even though they have their hands in people鈥檚 mouths and are exposed to aerosols that spray germs in their faces.
Hospitals鈥 Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness
The lack of a federal strategy on how distribution should work at the local level means that states, hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacies are making decisions on their own about who gets vaccinated and when.
Trump Administration Approves First Medicaid Block Grant, in Tennessee
The plan, long endorsed by conservatives, would give the state broad authority in running the health insurance program for the poor in exchange for capping its annual federal funding.
As Biden Gets Sworn In, White House Will Get Scrubbed Down
Fears about lingering coronavirus at the White House are prompting a massive disinfection initiative before the Bidens move in.
With Few Takers for COVID Vaccine, DC Hospital CEO Takes 鈥極ne for the Team鈥
Howard University Hospital officials are eager to get their 1,900 employees vaccinated, but so far few are showing up.
Agr铆colas, bomberos y azafatas buscan estar entre los primeros en recibir la vacuna
Trabajadores de salud de primera l铆nea, y residentes y personal de hogares de adultos mayores, recibir谩n las dosis de la vacuna contra COVID primero, pero… 驴qui茅nes le seguir谩n?
Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
Everyone 鈥 from toilet paper manufacturers to patient advocates 鈥 is lobbying state advisory boards, arguing their members are essential, vulnerable or both 鈥 and, thus, most deserving of an early vaccine.
Trump Plan May Set Clock Ticking on Many Health Rules 鈥 Setting Off Alarms
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed that the new administration review about 2,400 regulations that affect tens of millions of Americans, on everything from Medicare benefits to prescription drug approvals. Those not analyzed within two years would become void.
Florida鈥檚 New Hospital Industry Head Ran Medicaid in State and Fought Expansion
The state鈥檚 hospital association in September picked Mary Mayhew to be its new CEO. While leading the state Medicaid office, she was a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 Medicaid expansion program.
Red States鈥 Case Against ACA Hinges on Whether They Were Actually Harmed by the Law
The Republican-led states are trying to prove they were harmed by the 2010 health law 鈥 and thus have 鈥渓egal standing鈥 鈥 because their Medicaid costs increased, even though Congress eliminated the penalty for not having health coverage in 2019. At least one justice was skeptical.
Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals
Hospitals, a potent political force, fear lowering the eligibility age will cost them billions of dollars in revenue because federal reimbursements are lower than private insurers鈥.
Sen. Graham Complains That 3 Blue States Get a Third of ACA Funding
Sen. Lindsey Graham insinuates that the law is sending a disproportionate amount of money to New York, California and Massachusetts, all represented by Democrats.
The Trump Medicaid Record: Big Goals, Yet Few Successes
The Trump administration sought to shrink the federal-state health program for low-income Americans and give states more flexibility. But Democrats and the courts thwarted most of those efforts.
