AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoMedicaid Coverage: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s stricter test for medically frail Medicaid enrollees, so seriously ill people in 25 states and D.C. won’t have to prove they cannot work to qualify for an exemption. The work requirements themselves remain in place. Maternity Care: Warren, Ohio, officials are protesting plans to close St. Joseph Hospital’s labor and delivery unit in early December, while Watsonville Community Hospital has begun a process that could end maternity and NICU services as soon as March. Diabetes Treatment: Lilly says experimental retatrutide outperformed Ozempic on blood sugar and weight loss in a trial, but more participants quit because of side effects. The drug is not approved. Hospital Funding: Hempstead County, Arkansas, voters will decide whether to let officials borrow up to $13.5 million for hospital upgrades, including a roof, climate systems and imaging equipment. Transplant Care: Iraqi kidney and liver transplant patients report nearly four months without essential medicines, forcing some to buy costly supplies privately.
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