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Alaska aadopts statewide crisis standards of care to help COVID-overwhelmed hospitals

Thu, 2021-09-23 08:51 — mike kraft
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy activates statewide crisis standards of care to help COVID-overwhelmed hospitals The governor also announced the state is bringing up hundreds of health care workers from the Lower 48 to offset staff shortages. Anchorage Daily News
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Tennessee is limiting monoclonal antibody treatment to unvaccinated residents

Wed, 2021-09-22 20:04 — mike kraft
Tennessee limiting monoclonal antibody treatment to unvaccinated residents "Clinically, it makes sense," a top Tennessee health official said. NBC News
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Overwhelmed U.S. hospitals are turning to ‘crisis standards of care.’ Explaining what it means

Wed, 2021-09-22 17:53 — mike kraft
Hospitals overwhelmed by covid are turning to ‘crisis standards of care.’ What does that mean? Some places have adopted statewide crisis standards of care, in which health systems can prioritize patients for scarce resources — based largely on their likelihood of survival — and even deny treatment. Hannah Knowles Washington Post
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Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is now the highest in the nation

Wed, 2021-09-22 13:58 — mike kraft
Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is now the highest in the nation as state reports 6 deaths Alaska’s average rate of daily new infections over the last week is more than double the national average, and hospitals continue to operate under what were once unimaginable circumstances. Anchorage Daily News
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Washington governor tells Idaho officials: Stop 'clogging up my hospitals'

Wed, 2021-09-22 12:55 — mike kraft
Washington governor to Idaho officials: Stop 'clogging up my Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) criticized neighboring Idaho’s leadership late last week, saying that Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s (R) policies were “clogging up” Washington’s hospitals. Adam Barnes TheHill
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US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day. mainly unvaccinated

Wed, 2021-09-22 10:28 — mike kraft
'Soul-crushing': US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group: 71 million unvaccinated Americans. AP NEWS
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U.S. non-Covid patients suffering because hospitals filling up with unvaccinated covid patients

Wed, 2021-09-22 10:21 — mike kraft

... Echoes of the pandemic’s early months are resounding through the halls of hospitals, with an average of more than 90,000 patients in the United States being treated daily for Covid. Once again, many hospitals have been slammed in the last two months, this time by the Delta variant, and have been reporting that intensive care units are overflowing, that patients have to be turned away and even that some patients have died while awaiting a spot in an acute or I.C.U. ward.

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COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:05 — mike kraft
COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies Shortages of masks and gloves that marked the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to a host of other items needed at medical facilities in the United States, from exam tables and heart defibrillators to crutches and IV poles. Timothy Aeppel Reuters
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Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients

Mon, 2021-09-20 11:30 — mike kraft
Four patients, two dialysis machines: Rationing medical care becomes a reality in hospitals overwhelmed with covid patients Activating crisis standards of care gives hospitals the power to allocate — and potentially even deny — care based on the goal of who could potentially benefit the most when faced with a shortage of resources such as ventilators, medications or staff. Washington Post
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Full covid insurance coverage is over. Insurers are restoring deductibles and co-pays, leaving some patients with big bills.

Sun, 2021-09-19 20:56 — mike kraft
The days of full covid coverage are over. Insurers are restoring deductibles and co-pays, leaving patients with big bills. The return of insurance deductibles and copays for covid hospitalizations has resulted in an uneven patchwork of patient billing. In some cases, patients in the same ICU can be hit with very different charges. Christopher Rowland Washington Post

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