Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: How Media Shapes Our Views On Assisted Suicide; Why Is Wyoming's Suicide Rate So High?
On Wednesday, legislation that allows terminally ill New Yorkers to opt for an assisted suicide is set to come into effect. The state鈥檚 Medical Aid in Dying Act is the culmination of work by many 鈥 and a work of art may have paved the way. (Anna Magdalena Elsner and Vanessa Rampton, 8/5)
Wyoming has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. (German Lopez, 8/4)
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By the time a patient arrives in an emergency room with chest pain, nobody asks whether the physician caring for them trained in an allopathic (M.D.) or osteopathic (D.O.) medical school. Both physicians prescribe medications, perform procedures, lead hospital teams, and practice under the same state licenses. (Abigail MacKenzie and Vijay Rajput, 8/5)
鈥淚 would never forgive myself if I hadn鈥檛 tried.鈥 So said new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham as he set out his mission to resolve the seemingly intractable question of how to fund adult social care in a rapidly aging, already over-taxed society. (Rosa Prince, 8/4)
The administration claims Medicare drug premiums have 'stabilized,' so it's going to let health insurers raise the premiums that enrollees pay. (Michael Hiltzik, 8/4)
I ate like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a week. The results were fascinating. (Willy Staley, 8/4)
