This week in health equity and access: Medicaid cuts; mailed FIT outreach; EEOC pregnancy rules; GLP-1 Bridge access; and 2027 policy shifts.
|Articles|June 15, 2012
Analysis: Drug Costs Become Bigger Issue in Cancer Care
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In the past, money was no object when cancer specialists considered which drugs would provide the best treatment for their patients.
But some top oncologists are rethinking that stance, given the soaring costs of new cancer medicines, reduced reimbursement by insurance plans and fresh research that has identified cases where cheaper generic drugs can work just as well - or better - than expensive brand-name medications.
Source: Reuters
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Mailed fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach raised CRC screening at federally qualified health centers, but gains faded by year 3.
The EEOC is reportedly preparing to narrow Pregnant Workers Fairness Act rules; no revised rule has been published as of yet.
A population-based study of 1102 Canadian children found infants with bone and soft tissue tumors had poorer survival, driven largely by treatment deaths.
Liver disease disparities tied to insurance and race spanned HCC surveillance, transplant listing, and drug access in data at The Liver Meeting 2026.
A case report describes the first KRAS::ETNK1 fusion in MDS/MPN with eosinophilia; the fusion disappeared when disease relapsed as AML after transplant.
Hepatitis B functional cure with bepirovirsen held in 90% to 92% of responders 48 weeks after stopping all therapy, per data at The Liver Meeting 2026.
GOLD leaders say COPD is diagnosed too late and its smoking-only image is outdated, and the 2027 report puts rehab and non–drug care up front.
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