So many female victims being found in the low country lately. Does anybody know if these are all related?

I'll be sharing databases KFF Health News has created to help you learn how much money your locality has received & who controls it. I'll suggest questions to ask & records to request. With many local reporters already covering this issue, we'll all get to learn from each other.

Excessive alcohol use has heavily impacted men in the past, but new CDC data shows deaths from heavy drinking are now climbing faster among women.

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 joined CBS News to discuss why women are drinking more and how it's impacting health: cbsnews.com/video/excessiv…

Major *oof* this morning and I’d like to unpack this:

“close to 30% of pediatric residency programs did not fill their residency positions, with the total number of graduates applying to pediatrics declining by 6.1% over last year”
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A special federal committee to study alcohol-related health risks will contribute suggestions for the updated dietary guidelines next year. “We don’t think there are any health benefits of drinking,” said George Koob.

Lauren Sausser reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/w…

I’m retiring from a fabulous news organization: KFF Health News. The managing editor is being promoted to my job and, here’s the best part, we are looking for a managing editor. Great reporters, security and excellent benefits. kff.bamboohr.com/careers/76

A tiny bit of Thursday shenanigans in the SC House. Democrat Russel Ott tried to get the state to expand Medicaid with this amendment submitted with no fanfare on a bill doing a few technical things to the program. It took Republicans a beat, but they protested and stopped it

NEW: An analysis published by AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology estimates women will account for 43% of all alcohol-associated liver disease costs by 2040, up from only 29% in 2022. Public health experts find this trend troubling.

Lauren Sausser reports: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/w…

An analysis published by AJG - The American Journal of Gastroenterology estimates women will account for 43% of all alcohol-associated liver disease costs by 2040, up from only 29% in 2022. Public health experts find this trend troubling.

Lauren Sausser reports for KFF Health News & CBS News

Scoop from KFF Health News -- Social Security's new boss says in an exclusive interview that he'll overhaul the agency's 'cruel-hearted' practice of clawing back mistaken overpayments. Disabled people have been particularly hard hit.

kffhealthnews.org/news/article/e…

Charleston police investigating SC death of Boeing retiree turned whistleblower

postandcourier.com/business/boein…

A whistleblower has accused Aledade, a firm that oversees the US' largest independent network of primary care practices, of cheating Medicare out of millions using billing software “rigged” to make patients appear sicker than they were. By Fred Schulte kffhealthnews.org/news/article/w…

I’m waking up after my night shift to horrifying news — The SC Senate GOP has moved a bill out of committee to ban gender affirming care completely for all adolescents -and- for anyone on Medicaid, including adults of any age.

This was never about protecting kids.

With a federal fiscal incentive passed in the American Rescue Plan Act, Mississippi would actually make money for two years by expanding Medicaid.

kff.org/medicaid/issue…

“Although the number of monthly abortions has dropped to nearly zero in states with bans, they have risen in states that allow abortion, including Florida, Illinois and Kansas, which border states with bans.”

Lawsuits allege SC children were forced to undergo invasive genital exams during abuse investigations, even minus allegations of sexual abuse. It’s retraumatizing, plaintiffs’ attorneys say. Via Lauren Sausser

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What an incredible gift! I’d love to know if this changes the schools match data significantly going forward. Is there a shift to more students choosing primary care specialties when you remove student loan burden?

Would it be reasonable to expect that the health insurance plan also sign its prior authorization decision in 'wet ink' to ensure that a physician is making the medical determination?

Collier, ~13 weeks pregnant, told officers she planned to see a doctor in the morning for bleeding. Instead of taking her to get medical care, they arrested her for outstanding warrants in a neighboring county.

A hard and important read by Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News

NEW: Lawsuits allege SC children were forced to undergo invasive genital exams during abuse investigations, even minus allegations of sexual abuse. It’s retraumatizing, plaintiffs’ attorneys say.

Lauren Sausser reports: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…