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As the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains uncertain, 21 million people are at risk of losing their health insurance. In addition to large coverage gains as a result of the ACA, the law resulted in various other sweeping changes to the US healthcare system. Here are 5 things that would be impacted if the ACA is overturned.

Two reports from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in HHS have identified deficiencies in the quality of care at hospices and the harm done to beneficiaries as a result of poor care or cases of abuse.

Using telemedicine for migraine treatment could improve physician productivity as well as patient access, according to an abstract presented at the 2019 American Headache Society Annual Meeting.

A poster abstract evaluated real-world treatment patterns by region and age to better understand these issues in order to address them.

An exercise-focused intervention may be effective for improving mental health, work ability, and productivity outcomes while reducing metabolic syndrome severity for individuals at a high risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease, according to researchers.

Data from a phase 3 trial are supporting the use of tezacaftor in combination with ivacaftor for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in children aged 6 to 11 years, finding that the treatment combination was generally safe and well tolerated.

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The Federal Communications Commission has proposed the 3-year, $100 million program to bring telehealth to low-income patients, veterans, and areas lacking access to adequate healthcare; use of opioids in Medicare Part D declined in 2018 as use of medication-assisted treatment increased; a House committee held a hearing on identifying, preventing, and treating childhood trauma as a public health issue.

This week, the top managed care news included uncertainty surrounding the fate of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate; a study finding Medicare beneficiaries may be paying more for some generics than brand-name drugs; the Trump administration proposing 5 new payment models to transform kidney disease care.

European experts in endocrinology met recently to discuss the unmet scientific and educational needs in parathyroid diseases.

CMS has proposed the mandatory Radiation Oncology Model, which would cover radiation therapy spanning a 90-day episode.

Research led by authors from the University of Pennsylvania find widening geographic and rural-urban disparities in the story of rising white mortality rates.

HHS has launched a summit to streamline and improve quality programs across the agency; more than 160 children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) appeared before a Senate committee to ask for more funding for the Special Diabetes Program; the CDC has confirmed 11 cases of a rare polio-like illness in 8 states.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar's proposed rule to eliminate drug rebates and pass discounts directly to the patient is getting dropped by the White House.

Following an executive order from President Donald Trump, HHS announced the launch of Advancing American Kidney Health, an initiative to improve the health of the 37 million Americans living with kidney disease, by releasing 5 new payment models.

During oral arguments at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Republican-appointed judges voiced their skepticism over the constitutionality of the individual mandate without the imposed tax while Judge Carolyn Dineen King—appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979—did not ask any questions or make any comments about the case.

In addition to motor symptoms, Parkinson disease (PD) can also result in nonmotor symptoms like cognitive impairment and eventual dementia. Researchers have identified brain structure changes associated with worsening cognition in hopes that it can lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms of PD.

Amid fears of large coverage losses, New Hampshire is delaying its Medicaid work requirements; California has become the first state to offer Medicaid to young undocumented immigrants; physicians have delivered a healthy baby from the transplanted uterus of a deceased donor for the first time in the United States.

Pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) with minimal residual disease (MRD) who were treated with blinatumomab proceeded to hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) without delay and had limited side effects.

A recent study used Mendelian randomization, which uses genetic variants to randomly allocate individuals to groups based on genotype, to further investigate the causal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and psoriasis. It found that as BMI rises, so too does the risk for developing psoriasis.

In 2018, 33% of accountable care organizations (ACOs) assumed downside risk, up from 28% in 2012.

US District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta has ruled that HHS does not have the authority to require drug manufacturers to list the prices of their drugs in television ads.

The Trump administration is expected to unveil a series of initiatives on Wednesday, including new payment models to overhaul kidney disease care; a report from the inspector general of HHS found widespread hospice deficiencies; the number of undocumented immigrant children in California’s Medicaid program is slowly declining even as the state prepares to expand coverage to undocumented young adults.

Poor interpretation of imaging is the top reason for oncology malpractice lawsuits.

As President Trump spoke about the environment and the economy, the American Lung Association and the American Public Health Association said that they will sue the administration over its decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan, which was passed under the Obama administration to reduce carbon pollution from power plants.

Combining CRISPR with long-acting slow-effective release antiretroviral therapy—a recently developed therapeutic strategy—the researchers were able to effectively eliminate replication-competent HIV DNA from the genomes of approximately 30% of infected humanized mice.

Time to diagnosis, the interval that passes from first symptom presentation until diagnosis, varies by cancer type among children, adolescents, and young adults and may be affected by clinical and sociodemogrpahic factors.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit backed by the Trump administration seeking to reverse the Affordable Care Act (ACA); legislators return from a holiday break to try and reach an agreement on healthcare cost issues; a growing number of Americans in rural areas are turning to telehealth appointments amid hospital closings and a shortage of local primary care doctors, specialists, and other providers.