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In health news, the Biden administration plans to audit antipsychotic drug use and improper diagnosis of schizophrenia in nursing homes.
But before that, let’s see how the White House celebrates the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
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Harris commemorating Law’s anniversary
Vice President Harris made a speech in Florida on Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling, putting abortion rights back in the spotlight following last summer’s ruling that overturned the precedent set by Roe. I aim to hit.
The vice president has played a leading role in the Biden administration, pushed back the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and her speech will be the primary way the White House celebrates the anniversary of the first judgment.
While the Supreme Court’s ruling has largely left the states at the mercy, some conservatives argue that federal legislation establishing a minimum abortion cutoff is needed.
- Florida used to allow abortions up to the 24th week of pregnancy, but Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) signed a law last year banning abortions at 15 weeks.
- DeSantis has since been criticized by conservatives like South Dakota Governor Christy Noem (Republican) and supporters of former President Trump for being less strict and banning all abortions in the state.
The White House has pushed the limits wherever it can, including expanding access to abortion drugs in states with no restrictions.
The administration and Democrats have asked Congress to codify protections in Roe v. Wade. However, federal law is unlikely to pass as control of Congress is divided.
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Federal Reserve Covering Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Homes
The Biden administration plans to crack down on the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in nursing homes and the misdiagnosis of patients with schizophrenia, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Wednesday. .
CMS will conduct targeted audits starting this month to determine whether nursing homes are accurately evaluating and coding individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, the agency said.
This initiative is part of a larger government effort to improve the safety and quality of care in nursing homes, ensure adequate staffing, and hold nursing homes accountable when they provide unsafe care. am.
- There is growing evidence from nursing home safety advocates that facilities are improperly diagnosing patients and over-prescribing antipsychotics to sedate them.
- Antipsychotics are especially dangerous among people in nursing homes because of their potentially devastating side effects, including death.
problem: Nursing home resident antipsychotic use is an indicator of nursing home quality and is used in the 5-star rating of nursing homes. However, because the rating excludes residents with schizophrenia, they are incentivized to code as having schizophrenia even if the resident does not.
The new policy takes that into consideration. Rating scores for nursing homes with patterns of inaccurately coding residents as schizophrenic would be negatively impacted, according to CMS.
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W.VA.Agreed $83 million settlement in opioid epidemic
West Virginia announced Wednesday an $83 million settlement with Walgreens to settle a lawsuit over the pharmacy chain’s role in perpetuating the state’s opioid crisis.
Walgreens has agreed to pay a settlement within eight years, state attorney general Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, said.
Walgreens is part of a larger lawsuit involving Kroger, Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid. Walmart and her CVS settled with the state in September for a total of $147 million, and Rite Aid said he settled in August for up to $30 million.
Kroger is the final defendant, with a trial scheduled for June.
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Bill Allows Children Over 12 to Get VAX Without Parental Consent
A bill introduced in the Connecticut legislature on Tuesday would allow children over the age of 12 to receive vaccines without parental approval.
The bill, proposed by Rep. Kevin Ryan, a Democrat, would amend Connecticut’s general law to allow children over the age of 12 to be vaccinated without the consent of a parent or guardian. The bill was returned to the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health on Tuesday.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Childhood immunizations reported earlier this month Measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rates are at their lowest in the last decade.
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FDA: Public harm if abortion drug approval is revoked
The Biden administration believes lawsuits challenging the decades-long FDA approval of mifepristone have no merit, and a Texas judge should reject a request for a court order to revoke its approval. claimed to be.
- The FDA said it was “unprecedented” to grant a request from an anti-abortion group.
- “By effectively withdrawing from the market a safe and effective drug that has been legally on the market for 22 years, the public interest would be dramatically undermined,” it argued.
Flashback: The lawsuit was filed in Amarillo, Texas in November by the Alliance to Defend Freedom (ADF). The ADF is a conservative legal group that has helped create state anti-abortion laws and has defended Mississippi in a case that led the Supreme Court to overturn abortion protections. Recognized in Roe v. Wade.
The lawsuit asks the court to immediately suspend FDA’s approval of the drug while the case is ongoing.
Plaintiffs allege that the FDA illegally rushed approval of mifepristone through a process intended to treat a life-threatening disease.
No Harm, No Case: In the filing, lawyers for the Biden administration said plaintiffs suffered no harm, let alone irreparable harm.
“But they are seeking urgent relief from this court in the form of a mandatory injunction immediately revoking the approval of a safe and effective drug that has been available in the United States for more than 20 years. It’s based on the speculative claims and plaintiffs’ claims of untested claims…they know better than the FDA if this drug is safe,” the administrator said.
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what we are reading
- Pfizer CEO says government hasn’t learned lessons from Covid-19 pandemic (WSJMore)
- After a brief pandemic respite, rural workers return to life without paid leave (Kaiser Health News)
- Websites that sell abortion pills share sensitive data with Google (pro publica)
- HIV vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson fails in clinical trialsstatistics)
by state
- California joins other states suing companies over insulin prices (new york times)
- Debate on abortion rights begins in parliaments across the country (Pluribus news)
- Poll: 80% of Mississippians support expanding Medicaid (Mississippi today)
The Hill OP-EDS
Vaccine hesitancy is on the rise again, regardless of science.
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