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Mashup Score: 10How Little Denmark Got Homegrown Giant Novo Nordisk To Lower Ozempic Prices - California Healthline - 4 month(s) ago
As Congress pushes for Medicare to cover payment for anti-obesity drugs, Denmark — Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk’s home — has limited coverage of the drug after cost overruns “emptied all the money boxes in the entire public health system.”
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Mashup Score: 36Los Angeles County Approves Medical Debt Relief for Residents - California Healthline - 6 month(s) ago
The most populous county in the U.S. is buying up and retiring millions of dollars in residents’ medical debt as part of its plan to tackle a $2.9 billion burden. But some health experts worry the initiative could incentivize hospitals to pursue debtors rather than boost financial assistance to patients.
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#BREAKING: The most populous county in the U.S. is buying up and retiring millions of dollars in residents’ medical debt as part of its plan to tackle a $2.9 billion burden. @mollycastlework reports ⤵️ https://t.co/LuvPOc02NW
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Mashup Score: 3California Leaders Tussle With Health Industry Over Billions of New Dollars for Medi-Cal - California Healthline - 6 month(s) ago
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pull funds earmarked for new investment in Medi-Cal to help plug California’s $45 billion deficit. A state budget passed June 13 by the legislature largely endorsed Newsom’s plan. Voters could settle the matter in an industry-backed initiative that has qualified for the November ballot.
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NEW: An industry-backed initiative to pay Medi-Cal providers more money is “a generational opportunity to fundamentally fix access to care for Medi-Cal recipients,” says @CMA_CEO of @CMAdocs and a spokesperson for @ProtectAccessCA. @bjwolfson reports⤵️ https://t.co/tuJD7tSVTD
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Mashup Score: 8Starting Jan. 1, All Immigrants May Qualify for Medi-Cal Regardless of Legal Status - California Healthline - 1 year(s) ago
In the new year, California’s Medicaid program will open to otherwise eligible immigrants ages 26 to 49 without legal residency. They will join children, young adults, and adults over 50 enrolled in Medi-Cal through previous expansions to residents lacking authorization. The change is expected to add over 700,000 first-time enrollees.
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RT @ahartreports: Starting Jan. 1, All Immigrants May Qualify for Medi-Cal Regardless of Legal Status https://t.co/qR8yIQi6y1 Extending f…
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Mashup Score: 7Medical Debt Is Disappearing From Americans’ Credit Reports, Lifting Scores - California Healthline - 1 year(s) ago
As credit rating agencies have removed small unpaid medical bills from consumer credit, scores have gone up, a new study finds.
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Urban Institute researchers found that Americans with a medical debt on their credit report in August 2022 saw their VantageScore credit score improve over the next year from an average of 585 to an average of 615. #DiagnosisDebt @NoamLevey reports: https://t.co/f7OU6WVYW7
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Mashup Score: 1Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics - California Healthline - 1 year(s) ago
Company health clinics are most common at large workplaces, but some small employers say they see advantages, too: healthier workers, lower costs, and better access to primary care.
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The doctor is in — at work. Some small employers are opening their own health clinics, aiming to cut costs and improve primary care access. @philgalewitz reports: https://t.co/5RnyFHG7lE
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Mashup Score: 1Residents of a Rural Arkansas County Grapple With Endemic Gun Violence - California Healthline - 1 year(s) ago
Rural gun homicides have often been overshadowed by violence in cities. But they are taking their toll on small communities ill-equipped to deal with the challenges.
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In the past, disputes would end up in fistfights, said Kevin Smith, who was Helena-West Helena’s mayor until 2022 and served in the Arkansas state senate. The widespread availability of guns escalates homicides and suicides. https://t.co/75f8pQLHY6
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Mashup Score: 0‘I’m So Burned Out’: Fighting to See a Specialist Amplified Pain for Riverside County Woman - California Healthline - 1 year(s) ago
Teresa Johnson has been in extreme pain for more than a year after what she believes was a severe allergic reaction to iodine. Her Medi-Cal plan approved her referral to a specialist, but it took her numerous phone calls, multiple complaints, and several months to book an appointment.
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‘I’m So Burned Out’: Fighting to See a Specialist Amplified Pain for Riverside County Woman https://t.co/XIWDlgmmNC via @CalHealthline
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Mashup Score: 0Narcan, Now Available Without a Prescription, Can Still Be Hard to Get - California Healthline - 1 year(s) ago
Narcan is available without a prescription. Addiction treatment experts hope this move will increase access to the medication, which can reverse opioid overdoses. But hurdles remain: cost and stigma.
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Narcan, Now Available Without a Prescription, Can Still Be Hard to Get https://t.co/0ouiW6R2MG via @CalHealthline
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How Little Denmark Got Homegrown Giant @novonordisk To Lower #Ozempic Prices https://t.co/xCPZEc13vR