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Nursing Homes, HHS on Collision Path Over Staffing Mandate

The Biden administration’s push to improve nursing home care through better staffing—and the industry’s insistence that it needs more workers and funding to make it happen—could set the stage for intervention by Congress or the courts.

Supreme Court Divided Over Bid to Allow Emergency Abortions

US Supreme Court justices clashed over the limits on state power to ban abortion when a woman’s health is in jeopardy, suggesting a deep divide over a Biden administration bid to protect access in medical emergencies.

Biden’s HHS Toughens Federal Nursing Home Staffing Mandate

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Wegovy Access Expands to Millions in US on Medicare, Study Finds

Medicare’s recent decision to cover Novo Nordisk A/S’s blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy for heart disease will possibly subsidize the drug for some 3.6 million people, according to a new study from Kaiser Family Foundation.

Union Health Fund Sues Insulin Makers, PBMs on Price Conspiracy

A Connecticut health benefits fund accused major insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers of engaging in a widespread deceptive pricing scheme that caused the fund to overpay for diabetes medications.

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Billionaire Ellison Is Moving Oracle to Nashville From Texas

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Beyond Abortion: The Fight Over Fetal Personhood Is Here

When do legal rights begin, at birth or before that? This video looks at the fetal personhood movement, and what it could mean for the future of abortion. We explore its history and the constitutional argument underpinning it.

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Friends, Family, Royalty Seek Mercy for Crypto’s Richest Man (1)

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Covid Vaccine & Personal Data: Does HIPAA Still Matter?