
What We're Reading: EPA Revises Lead and Copper Rule; Monitoring Vaping-Related Illnesses; GAO Study Faults CMS
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised its lead and copper rule to better identify elevated lead levels and undertake issues sooner; physicians given advice on how to monitor vaping-related illnesses in patients; a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study finds CMS approved Medicaid work requirements without considering price.
EPA Proposes Revision to Rules on Testing for Lead Contamination in Water
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal aiming to improve how communities nationwide test for lead in drinking water and force quicker action when problems occur, according to
United States to Issue Advice for Doctors Focused on Vaping-Related Illnesses
US health officials are planning to issue new guidance for doctors amid the vaping illness epidemic by stressing the need to ask every patient with an apparent respiratory infection about their vaping history, according to
GAO Study Faults CMS For Approved Medicaid Work Requirements
A study produced by the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) has faulted the Trump administration of approving Medicaid work requirements without accounting for the estimated implementation costs, which range from $10 million to over $250 million for states.
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