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CMS halts funding for designated state health programs under 1115 demonstrations: 4 things to know

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS will stop accepting state proposals for new or renewing section 1115

(By Megan Thielking for ST A T) Life expectancy in the U.S. has fallen for the second year in a

(By Marshall Allen for ProPublica and published by NPR) Earlier this year, the Gallup organization set out to identify the

(By Marisa Taylor for Kaiser Health News) Recent revelations that a U.S. researcher injected Americans with his experimental herpes vaccine

(By Adam Feuerstein for ST A T) A first-of-its-kind gene therapy received approval from the Food and Drug Administration on

(By Ana B. Ibarra for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Devon Rising shakes his

(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Elena Altemus is 89 and has dementia. She often forgets her children’s names,

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS called an alleged ban at CDC of words such as “evidence-based,” “diversity”

(By Morgan Haefner and Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Humana and two private equity firms signed a definitive

Medicare provides health benefits to millions of seniors; however, there are certain services it won’t cover, like dental care, vision