Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Florida AG Likens Surrogacy To Human Trafficking, But It Could Backfire; Can California Afford 'Medicare For All'?
Uthmeier’s argument: Surrogacy is akin to "human trafficking." And “slavery.” (Scott Maxwell, 5/16)
Gavin Newsom broke his 2018 promise to implement single-payer health care because it would have crushed the state’s finances. (5/18)
I’m a heart transplant recipient. The medications I take aren’t optional — they’re what keep my body from rejecting my heart. So when my transplant team prescribed everolimus (Zortress), it wasn’t a suggestion. It was a medical decision. (Payton Herres, 5/19)
Recovery advocates have changed American hearts and minds on addiction for decades. A new survey proves it worked. (5/17)
The United Kingdom just adopted a tobacco-free generation law. Retailers can still sell tobacco to existing customers, but they will never be permitted to sell it to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2009. In Massachusetts, 24 communities already use a similar “nicotine free generation” (NFG) birthdate phaseout of tobacco sales, including cigarettes, vapes, and pouches. What seemed to some an oddball local experiment here has become the leading edge of a public health revolution. (Henry L. Dorkin and Katharine Silbaugh, 5/19)
