August 1, 2023 Legislation

Healthcare

Physicians

Healthcare

Biden announced higher prices for people or companies to purchase insurance.  He did this by having new rules that push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments.  The companies will have to measure outcomes and adjust accordingly.  

Congress has enacted a law to revamp the organ transplant system.  There may now be bids for other than the United Network of Organ Sharing to bid on the program.  The actual ways the system will be tuned up is up for grabs as yet.        Top

Physicians

Pennsylvania has indefinitely suspended the nursing license of Heather Pressdee.  She ws arrested for homicide and is accused of giving insulin to three men in Quality of Life Services-Chicora in Donegal, Pennsylvania.  Two died. She had worked at 11 care facilities in the last few years and had been let go from them all.

Dr. Irene Kimura had her medical license permanently revoked in Washington.  She was accused of contributing to the deaths of a husband and wife by ordering prescriptions for them without checking their histories.  Her license had been previously put on probation.        Top

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