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12/23/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #383 - 12/23/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA subsidies expiring: premiums to surge
- Medicare/Medicaid overhaul & fraud crackdown
- AI, medtech, & blockchain drive health innovation

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: Fitness trackers and wearables are increasingly popular gifts - but WSJ reminds you to be careful what signals you send when giving the present: e.g. emphasize the sleep monitoring over fitness tracking. I'm not sure I get the story on the Attorney General dropping charges against a....

12/22/2025

https://fhir-engine.com/the-2026-healthcare-debate-part-one/

This past Friday, the US House & Senate left town for the holidays - effectively adjourning until 2026. This means that “ACA COVID Extended Premium Tax Credit Subsidies” expire on New Year’s Eve. So - what’s the big deal? That’s what we will try to unpack - and how the nation is set/up for...

12/20/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #382 - 12/20/2025

Today's top stories:
- Transgender healthcare restrictions & Medicaid policy fights
- AI adoption rises in care & admin, raising safety concerns
- Drug pricing reforms & Medicare negotiations cut costs

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: Easily the big story today (first breaking yesterday) was about the Administration (and Congress') proposed plans to prevent hospitals from providing transgender health care to children and adolescents. Saga in Louisiana continues: now it looks like United Healthcare will discontinue...

12/20/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #382 - 12/20/2025

Today's top stories:
- Transgender healthcare restrictions and Medicaid policy controversy
- AI expansion in clinical care and fraud detection
- Drug pricing reforms and Medicare negotiations

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: Easily the big story today (first breaking yesterday) was about the Administration (and Congress') proposed plans to prevent hospitals from providing transgender health care to children and adolescents. Saga in Louisiana continues: now it looks like United Healthcare will discontinue...

12/20/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #382 - 12/20/2025

Today's top stories:
- Transgender healthcare restrictions & Medicaid shakeups
- AI transforming care, fraud detection & admin
- Drug pricing reforms & Medicare negotiations

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: Easily the big story today (first breaking yesterday) was about the Administration (and Congress') proposed plans to prevent hospitals from providing transgender health care to children and adolescents. Saga in Louisiana continues: now it looks like United Healthcare will discontinue...

12/19/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #381 - 12/19/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA subsidy expiration threatens coverage for millions
- Behavioral health access expands amid challenges
- Policy battles over gender-affirming care & innovation

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: The NY Times Daily Podcast (below in the 'top articles table') offers a nice primer on the ACA and how we got to this juncture with so-called ACA Tax Credit Subsidies.The WSJ Editorial Board doesn't think much of the handful of Republican Congressman who joined Democrats in forcing S...

12/19/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #381 - 12/19/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA subsidy expiration threatens coverage for millions
- Behavioral health system expansion, ongoing challenges
- Policy battles over gender-affirming care & innovation

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: The NY Times Daily Podcast (below in the 'top articles table') offers a nice primer on the ACA and how we got to this juncture with so-called ACA Tax Credit Subsidies.The WSJ Editorial Board doesn't think much of the handful of Republican Congressman who joined Democrats in forcing S...

12/19/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #381 - 12/19/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA subsidy expiration threatens affordability for millions
- Behavioral health network expansion & access challenges
- Policy fights over gender-affirming care & health tech

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: The NY Times Daily Podcast (below in the 'top articles table') offers a nice primer on the ACA and how we got to this juncture with so-called ACA Tax Credit Subsidies.The WSJ Editorial Board doesn't think much of the handful of Republican Congressman who joined Democrats in forcing S...

12/18/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #380 - 12/18/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA subsidies expiring, premiums set to surge
- Major healthcare fraud cases in the news
- AI adoption accelerates in healthcare

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: Surprise move by some Republicans in the House today. They voted with Democrats on a petition that forces Speaker Johnson to call a vote on ACA Tax Subsidy extensions. The vote itself will probably not take place until January. Just to recap: this all means steep ACA Health Insurance...

12/17/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #379 - 12/17/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA subsidies set to expire, policy uncertainty grows
- Lawsuits allege GLP-1 drugs cause vision loss
- AI and workforce strains challenge healthcare

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Editor's Notes: A Congressman serving the Bronx has reintroduced a bill to allow Medicaid to fund patients in "Institutes for Mental Diseases" (IMDs). I can't help but think this is related to Rob Reiner's tragic death (see below). Lawsuits are being filed against the likes of Novo Nordisk and Lilly...

12/16/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #378 - 12/16/2025

Today's top stories:
- Hospitals, insurers face mounting financial & regulatory pressures
- Tech advances highlight cybersecurity risks
- House debates ACA reforms, cost sharing, & ICHRA plans

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: Two important Supreme Court health related cases this season. One is about rights of ex-felon's to have AR-15 rifles. The other concerns therapy and when that is "free speech". The FDA clears a home device you wear on your head to help treat depression. The AMA publishes its first "g...

12/15/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #377 - 12/15/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI regulation & safety in healthcare
- Medicaid contract turmoil & funding cuts
- GLP-1 obesity drugs expand amid research funding woes

Read full analysis here:

Editor's Notes: Significant findings from AMA study on breast cancer screening, suggesting a more individualized approach is the way to go. Considering the source (Washington Post) - a fairly upbeat article on Dr. Oz and his celebrity approach as the head of Medicare & Medicaid. Another lawsuit invo...

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