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Finally, Biden may be able to work with moderate Republicans to extend coverage under the Affordable Care Act, a law that the Supreme Court seems unlikely to overturn anytime soon, if ever. While the ACA dramatically expanded the number of Americans with health insurance, almost 30 million still remained uninsured in 2019. Both parties must compromise to address this challenge. Democrats must drop their insistence that coverage expansions come primarily by way of even more widespread expansions of state Medicaid programs, the government-run health insurance that many low-income Americans use. Conservatives have opposed these expansions because they don't want to put more people on government-run insurance and have long had concerns about fraud and the quality of care provided in Medicaid. … [Read more...] about How Biden could solve America’s health care problems

During the campaign, the Democrat made clear that he supports banning new permits on federally managed land and waters for oil, gas and coal out of concerns about climate change and threats to air and water quality. Vice President Kamala Harris and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, Biden’s nominee to head the Interior Department, which manages public lands, also support halting new permits. … [Read more...] about Here’s how the new Biden administration will impact Coloradans

Even the way former President Donald Trump communicated to me that he didn't want to panic the American public likely contributed to the problem. But being honest and direct, and telling people the truth, is sometimes hard. I deal with this as a doctor all the time. A traumatic brain injury after a car accident on the way to work. That headache: the early sign of a brain tumor. I have learned that presenting a problem alongside a plan doesn't soften the blow of terrible news, but it can help mitigate the panic, which really serves no purpose. It also makes it much more likely people will take the issue seriously, rather than simply feeling helpless, which can lead to disbelief and ignoring the problem altogether. … [Read more...] about Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The United States’ one-year coronavirus checkup

Nurse Dena Ollis, the director of women's services who helped set up the program at Piedmont Athens Regional in Georgia, said the monoclonal antibody treatments have brought something that staff and patients haven't seen much during pandemic -- hope. … [Read more...] about Lifesaving Covid-19 antibody treatments are plentiful, but still sitting on the shelf

“On the basis of a lengthy discussion of the clinical findings among the seven vaccine recipients (all of whom received treatment and recovered), aided by the three guest experts in allergy and immunology, it was concluded that while one or more of the seven individuals had angioedema, anaphylaxis was not confirmed in any of them and none experienced a life-threatening adverse event following administration of the vaccine,” said a review by the Western States Scientific Safety Workgroup. … [Read more...] about COVID Vaccines: CDPH Says Moderna Batch Under Scrutiny Safe, ‘No Scientific Basis’ To Pause Distribution