Federal news
A slew of health-related stories are the news this month:
- Update: House spending panel restores U.S. ban on gene-edited babies (Science)
- Obamacare rate hikes appear modest for 2020 (Politico)
- Even if Roe is upheld, abortion opponents are winning (Politico)
- Trump administration moves to revoke transgender health protection (PBS News Hour)
- White House runs into health-care industry hostility as it plans executive order (The Washington Post)
From the article: ” ‘This is bad transparency, because it is highly likely to cause prices to go up for everyone,’ Grow said. If all the parties need to expose what rates they were willing to accept, she said, ‘it creates a floor for negotiations, not a ceiling.’ “
- Trump administration restricts fetal tissue research (Science)
- Former EPA leaders question agency’s direction under Trump (The Washington Post)
According to one former EPA administrator, the article reports, “…the current EPA seemed to value lowering costs to industry more than safeguarding public health.”
Legislative support of libraries increased this year, with more congresspeople signing Dear Appropriator letters for the LSTA and IAL programs. (American Libraries, June 2019, p. 13).
State News
There has been a lot going on at the state level too:
- Pritzker signs abortion protections into law (State Journal-Register)
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs $40 billion state budget passed with bipartisan support (Chicago Tribune)
- Illinois Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, Posing Challenges For Employers (National Law Review)
- Bill intended to improve ALPLM, foundation relationship goes to governor (State Journal-Register)