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11/14/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #354 - 11/14/2025

Today's top stories:
- Medicaid & Medicare face funding cuts, rising costs
- Hospital safety: systems outperform independents
- AI, digital health & specialty pharmacy innovate care

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Editor's Note: The shutdown (longest in US history) is officially over this afternoon. Democrats have been promised by GOP that there will be a vote in December on the expiration of ACA Tax Credits. Other top topics: make walks longer to improve health - to quote Steven Tyler: "Walk This Way". The N...

11/13/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #353 - 11/13/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI transforms healthcare & regulation
- Medicare, ACA, and federal policy shakeups
- Rural hospital closures & workforce shortages

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Editor's Notes: For one of our top articles, we selected a recent post on Truth Social from the President which outlines his idea of sending funds directly to qualifying people on ACA plans (actually I think the idea is from Senator Bill Cassidy but no matter). Also a new 'dashboard' from USAFacts w...

11/12/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #352 - 11/12/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI transforming healthcare & brain-computer interfaces
- Medicaid coverage losses & policy threats
- Rural health transformation initiatives

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Editor's Notes: A number of you have said you like to listen or view the daily video and/or audio. I moved the links to both up in the daily email for easier access. I managed to mess up the prompt in the audio today - the speaker says it's 11/11 but the audio is summarizing

11/11/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #351 - 11/11/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA policy debates & subsidy structures
- Drug pricing, competition & new FDA guidance
- Advances in clinical research & mental health

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Editor's Notes: The consensus (at least in the media) is that Senate Democrats are caving on the shutdown. In any case, we may see the continuing resolution in front of the House as early as Wednesday, with an end to the shutdown by end of week. Salute to US Veterans! For a short tour of

11/10/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #351 - 11/10/2025

Today's top stories:
- Shutdown threatens healthcare funding as states vie for rural health dollars
- Pharma breakthroughs in heart disease treatment
- SNAP halt, Medicaid cuts deepen access disparities

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Editor's Note: For a short tour of the C.R.A.P. Newsroom, click here! As of late Sunday night, it looks like a breakthrough in the Senate to end the shutdown. Senator Cassidy of LA has come up with an idea where ACA ("Obamacare") tax subsidies would be sent directly to people in those health plans -

11/08/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #350 - 11/8/2025

Today's top stories:
- SNAP, Medicaid, & ACA threatened by shutdown battles
- Pharma consolidation & drug price reforms (esp. obesity/diabetes)
- AI shakes up clinical care & admin

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Editor's Notes: As best I can determine - here's the deal on the shutdown and SNAP payments (food stamps). Friday afternoon a federal district court in RI said that the Administration had to make full SNAP payments for November (in other words: "find the money"). Late Friday, the Supreme Court essen...

11/07/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #349 - 11/7/2025

Today's top stories:
- Rural health transformation & Medicaid funding battles
- Breakthrough GLP-1 obesity drug pricing deals
- Gov shutdown threatens healthcare subsidies

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Editor's Notes: Yesterday (Wed 11/6) I managed to omit the normal daily Video/Audio summaries for C.R.A.P. – sorry about that. Here is the video for 11/6 Here is the audio for 11/6 Of course today's are below. We touched upon this next point yesterday - but big news in terms of GLP-1 drugs. They m...

11/06/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #348 - 11/6/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI transforming clinical documentation
- Medicare Advantage faces directory & enrollment hurdles
- Shutdown threats endanger ACA & safety-net funding

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Editor's Notes: If you had to pick 2 over-arching themes in 2025 healthcare this year (outside of politics), it'd have to be artificial intelligence - and GLP-1 drugs. One of today's top articles is about Wegovy being priced at $150 (and possibly available on TrumpRx). Also see today's graphic. Neva...

11/05/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #347 - 11/5/2025

Today's top stories:
- Medicaid immigration enforcement & shutdown threats
- Weight loss drug pricing shakeup with TrumpRx
- AI & telehealth accelerate healthcare tech

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Editor's Notes: In today's articles a lot of back and forth between California, Illinois, Colorado, and DC - and the Trump Administration. The Administration is seeking repayment of over $1 Billion in funds it claims the states used to pay for Medicaid for illegal aliens. The White House has put up....

11/04/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #346 - 11/4/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA open enrollment & subsidy uncertainty amid shutdown
- Rural healthcare faces Medicaid & funding challenges
- AI & tech transforming healthcare, from smart toilets to billing

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Editor's Notes: Kimberly-Clark is buying the makers of Tylenol, so it looks like they are not scared of the "acetomenophin - autism connection" controversy. The sudden dismissal by the FDA of George Tidmarsh (story below) is worth a look. In September, Trump Administration appointee Tidmarsh posted....

11/03/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #345 - 11/3/2025

Today's top stories:
- ACA reforms & open enrollment challenges
- AI & health IT transforming care
- Health equity initiatives for African American communities

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Editor's Note: November 1st marked both the beginning of Open Enrollment in ACA health insurance ("Obamacare") and the (hopefully temporary) end of SNAP payments. As of this writing the Senate remains in session, but the House is out of town. November will see the shutdown feel more 'real' and not j...

11/01/2025

🏥 Daily C.R.A.P. Issue #344 - 11/1/2025

Today's top stories:
- AI reshapes diagnostics & patient care
- ACA premium hikes & affordability crisis
- Policy turmoil from shutdowns & Medicaid rules

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Editor's Notes: Late yesterday, two federal justices ordered the Department of Agriculture to use so-called "emergency funds" to pay for SNAP (food stamp) benefits. As of this writing, even if the Trump Administration complies, this $6 Billion in funding is not enough to cover the $8 Billion require...

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