
What We're Reading: Washington HCV Subscription Model; AMA Against Medicare for All; Medically Assisted Suicide
CMS has approved Washington state’s proposal for a subscription model to purchase hepatitis C virus (HCV) drugs; the American Medical Association (AMA) voted against a measure that would drop its decades-long stance against single-payer healthcare proposals; Maine has become the eighth state to legalize medically assisted suicide.
CMS Approves Washington’s Subscription Model
CMS announced that
American Medical Association Votes Against Medicare for All
The American Medical Association (AMA) is maintaining its opposition to single-payer healthcare proposals after it voted against a measure that would have dropped its decades-long stance, reported
Maine Legalizes Medically Assisted Suicide
The governor of Maine has signed the Maine Death With Dignity Act, making Maine the eighth state to legalize medically assisted suicide. The bill authorizes a “person who is 18 years of age or older, who meets certain qualifications and who has been determined by the person’s attending physician to be suffering from a terminal disease…to make a request for medication prescribed for the purpose of ending the person’s life,” reported
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