Health care’s labor shortage is adding new urgency to the need for new tech.
Why it matters: Americans 65 and older, those most in need of health care services, are expected to outnumber children in the U.S. for the first time by 2030 — just as the health care sector is expected to have a shortfall of more than 200,000 physicians and nurses.
More than 725,000 Medicaid recipients have been pushed off the safety net program's rolls as of last week, based on data from 14 states that are unwinding a pandemic-era policy that assured continuous coverage, according to a KFF tracker.
Why it matters: While some of the individuals have lined up other forms of health coverage, most are falling victim to bureaucratic churn because they didn't complete the process for renewing coverage or because states had outdated contact information.
A fight is heating up over a plan to keep drugmakers from gaming the patent system that would potentially lower drug prices as senators weigh a broader health care package.
But the outcome is far from certain, given the range of competing health care interests.
