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Viewpoints Votes For GOP Mean Goodbye To Good Health Care Democrats Say Administration On Its Moves To Help Consumers Small Businesses

Editorial pages focus on these health care topics and others.

Read more: https://khn.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-votes-for-gop-mean-goodbye-to-good-health-care-benefits-administration-works-to-expand-consumers-choices-help-small-businesses/

State Highlights California Leads The Way In Lowering Maternal Mortality Rates New Hampshire Gets 185M To Improve Dental Health Program

Media outlets report on news from California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Florida and Texas.

Read more: https://khn.org/morning-breakout/state-highlights-california-leads-the-way-in-lowering-maternal-mortality-rates-new-hampshire-gets-1-85m-to-improve-dental-health-program/

Judge Upholds Roundup Weed-Killer Verdict Against Monsanto But Proposes Slashing Punitive Damages To 39M

While saying the punitive damages had been set too high, the judge rejected a request from the agribusiness for a new trial. A jury had ruled in favor of a groundskeeper who said his exposure to the glyphosate-based weed-killer caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Monsanto still plans to appeal the verdict.

Read more: https://khn.org/morning-breakout/judge-upholds-roundup-weed-killer-verdict-against-monsanto-but-proposes-slashing-punitive-damages-to-39m/

Gavin Newsom Is Bullish On Single-Payer — Except When He’s Not

The front-runner in the California governor’s race, known for his political audacity, has officially endorsed the controversial move to create one public insurance program for all Californians. Yet he also faces formidable challenges, and liberal critics fear he’ll retreat.

Read more: https://khn.org/news/gavin-newsom-is-bullish-on-single-payer-except-when-hes-not/

Fixing Obamacare’s ‘Family Glitch’ Hinges On Outcome Of November Elections

This gap in the 2010 health law means health insurance remains unaffordable for millions of Americans. For now, relief is hard to come by.

Read more: https://khn.org/news/fixing-obamacares-family-glitch-hinges-on-outcome-of-november-elections/

Marketplace Subsidies May Be Option In 2020 For Plans Without Blanket Benefits

The new guidance allows states to ask for waivers from provisions in the Affordable Care Act governing not only subsidies, but also the benefits insurers must offer in all their plans.

Read more: https://khn.org/news/section-1332-waiver-marketplace-subsidies-aca-2020-health-plans/

Antibodies linked to heart attacks

Levels of antiphospholipid antibodies, which are associated with rheumatic diseases, are also elevated in myocardial infarction without any autoimmune co-morbidity, a study reports.

Read more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022173009.htm

Brain wave device enhances memory function

The entrainment of theta brain waves with a commercially available device not only enhances theta wave activity, but also boosts memory performance, according to new research.

Read more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022172959.htm

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