Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. KHN: Struggling To Survive, The First Rural Hospitals Line Up For New Federal Lifeline Just off the historic U.S. Route 66 in eastern New Mexico, a 10-bed hospital has for decades provided emergency care for a steady flow of people injured […]
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First Edition: March 1, 2023
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. KHN: Biden Promises To Fight GOP On ‘Gutting’ Medicaid. Budget Talks Seem Like Another Story. Most lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats alike — have declared the marquee safety-net programs of Medicare and Social Security off-limits for cuts as a divided Washington […]
First Edition: Feb. 16, 2023
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. KHN: As Covid Grabbed The World’s Attention, Texas’ Efforts To Control TB Slipped Narciso Lopez has spent more than two decades working to control the spread of tuberculosis in South Texas. He used to think that when patient traffic into the […]
First Edition: Jan. 27, 2023
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. KHN: Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare? Today, KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government audits that reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors. The audits, which cover billings from 2011 through […]
First Edition: Jan. 18, 2023
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. KHN: After A Brief Pandemic Reprieve, Rural Workers Return To Life Without Paid Leave When Ruby B. Sutton found out she was pregnant in late 2021, it was hard to envision how her full-time job would fit with having a newborn […]
First Edition: January 3, 2023
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. AP: Probe: Alzheimer’s Drug Approval ‘Rife With Irregularities’ The Food and Drug Administration’s contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer’s drug took another hit Thursday as congressional investigators called the process “rife with irregularities.” (12/29) Reuters: Congressional Report: U.S. FDA Broke Own […]
