1. A bill increases funding for women’s health
The US House of Representatives Budgets Committee released a draft for labor, health and social services, education, and allied agencies Finance bill for fiscal year 2022. The proposed bill provides an additional $ 55.2 billion for maternal health, mental health, gun violence prevention and opioid abuse. The bill provides $ 61 million for that Women’s Health Research Office, an increase of $ 18 million from 2021 and $ 42 million for the Women’s Health Office.
In addition, funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration would increase 22% to $ 868.7 million Grants for the health of both mother and child. These funds would be used to reduce maternal health inequalities, reduce bias among health care providers, support women during pregnancy and after childbirth, and establish a maternal mental health hotline.
2. Share your contribution to the upcoming NIH Women’s Health Consensus Conference
The Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is planning a consensus conference on women’s health in October 2021 to address specific areas of women’s health: maternal health, debilitating chronic diseases, and cervical cancer. The conference, proposed by Congress, will address existing research efforts in the area of women’s health and concerns that funding for women’s health research is disproportionately low. ORWH seeks comments from professional associations, organizations, and the public on research gaps, pitfalls in clinical practice, and practical patient experiences in these specific areas. Share your comments by September 15, 2021 to inform the ORWH’s planning efforts.
3. Medicaid’s expansion efforts are thwarted in some states
Extending Medicaid eligibility to more low-income people is a state decision. Despite federal financial incentives and evidence that the expansion of Medicaid will improve health and reduces deaths, 12 states still haven’t expanded Medicaid.
In Mississippi, where 400,000 people could benefit from Medicaid’s expansion, recently advocated aborted efforts Put Medicaid expansion on the 2022 ballot, and a judge recently ruled in favor of Missouri’s efforts to block Medicaid expansion despite a successful voting initiative last summer.
Meanwhile, the Senate Democrats are in Congress Proposed legislation that the federal government is protecting low-income Americans in non-expanding states.
4. Democrats include health priorities in their proposed $ 3.5 trillion budget – but it has yet to happen
Democrats in the US Senate have evolved $ 3.5 trillion budget This includes funding the Medicaid expansion in states that haven’t already, expanding subsidies for low-income people who sign up for Marketplace insurance, and adding dental, hearing, and vision protection to Medicare coverage as well as home-based services. These priorities would be paid for with savings from lower drug prices. Legislators have yet to work out the details and pass the budget through a reconciliation process that will allow Democrats to bypass Republicans who are unlikely to support the budget.
5. The Biden administration tries to bolster Obamacare as millions are enrolling
More than 2 million People have registered through health insurance Affordable Care Act (ACA) Market During the special enrollment phase, which runs until August 15th, the Biden administration recently proposed a rule that extends the regular open enrollment by 30 days, so that it runs from November 1st to January 15th each year instead of on to end December 15th. The administration also hopes to create additional enrollment windows for low-income people and to restore requirements Navigators Assist consumers after registration and roll back a Trump-era policy that allowed states to bypass the marketplace and allow consumers to purchase individual insurance direct from carriers.
6. Period capital advances in several states
Starting July 1, 2021, tampons, pads, panty liners and other menstrual products will be tax-free in Vermont. the law, signed June 8th, makes Vermont the 23rd state to abolish taxes on menstrual products known as the “tampon tax”. The governor of Louisiana signed one in late June similar bill Feminine hygiene products and diapers are exempt from tax. Several other states have introduced similar laws, so Period capital.
7. The FDA may require long-term studies of the effects of breast cancer drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may require post-marketing studies to analyze the long-term effects of breast cancer drugs on both pre- and postmenopausal women Guidance issued in June. This is new because in the past breast cancer drug studies have excluded premenopausal women.
8. Cancer deaths in women have decreased
A new report from the National Cancer Institute showed that cancer deaths decreased by an average of 1.7% in women and 2.2% in men between 2014 and 2018. However, cancer incidence – the rate of new cancers every year – increased slightly in women, while it remained constant in men. Of the 20 most common cancers in women, 14 had a decrease in deaths. Melanoma and lung cancer had the largest reductions in deaths, while uterine, liver, brain, and pancreatic cancers were among those with increased mortality rates in women. New cases of eight of the 19 most common cancers in women – including breast, kidney, pancreatic and uterine cancers – increased between 2013 and 2017.
9. A judge ruled that private health insurance was subject to anti-transgender discrimination guidelines
A federal judge in West Virginia recently ruled that a private health insurance company that is accused of refusing hormone replacement therapy to two transgender men must comply with the anti-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The judge refused to dismiss the case, stating that Congress intended to outlaw discrimination by any entity within the health system, including health plans. The case is pending in a US federal court.
10. It’s official: sleep is important to health
A recent one Position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine claims that sleep is essential to the health of adults as well as children and adolescents. The statement calls on health care providers, as well as government agencies and employers, to promote the importance of healthy sleep. The authors argue that chronic lack of sleep leads to an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and accidents.
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Reference: www.healthywomen.org
