
What We're Reading: Pediatric Research; Hispanic Healthcare Communication; Paying for Gender Reassignment Surgery
The FDA is cracking down on a loophold drug companies use to avoid the requirement that they study products in children; a new study finds nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic adults cite a language or cultural barrier that makes it difficult for them to communicate with healthcare providers; a judge has ordered Wisconsin to pay for gender reassignment surgery for 2 Medicaid recipients.
FDA Closes Pediatric Research Loophole
Since the Pediatric Research Equity Act was passed in 2003, drug companies have been skirting the requirement that they study some products in children by designating more drugs as orphan drugs.
Hispanics Have Difficulties Communicating With Providers
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Wisconsin Ordered to Pay for Gender Reassignment Surgery in Medicaid
Two transgender Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin will have their surgeries paid for by the state after a federal judge weighed in. The beneficiaries filed the lawsuit over a 1996 state rule that denies coverage for “transsexual” surgeries,
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