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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. The information appears in a chart in the government’s “Medicare & You” handbook, if someone knows to look for it.

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Regulatory Due Diligence Becomes More Critical in a “Hot” Year for Deals in the FDA Space

FDA Law Blog

If this all holds true, it will follow the upward trend of the 2023 year in deals. Moreover, it requires not only an understanding of what the laws say, but how what the government would be expected to do in the future based on the regulatory compliance history.

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Would I FIE to You? FDA’s First Interchangeable Exclusivity Determination Results in Expiration

FDA Law Blog

Koblitz — Back in late September 2023 (and corrected in October), FDA issued its first interchangeable exclusivity determination pursuant to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”). Notably, the purpose of the statute seemed to govern much of FDA’s interpretation. This all sounds complicated, I know.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

This region governs essential behaviors like the circadian clock, sleep, energy balance , and feeding. But what we observed was much more complicated." But technical limitations have made it hard to understand how neurons in this area form functional circuits." Some SCN neurons were activated by light, while others were inhibited.

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NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

Physician's Weekly

MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund studies of the long-term health effects of a 2023 Ohio train derailment that released more than 1 million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, air and water. She called the NIH news “a complicated mix of emotions,” CNN said. “We

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. Government is not the 51st state. Naheed 00:31 Thanks so much for having me here. Really looking forward to the conversation. Eric 00:34 I’m excited for this. I’m also wondering how I should be calling that.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. It happened to my mother. Louise, what happened to your mom? We can make this better.