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Changes in store for Medicare Advantage as open enrollment starts

Attention, Medicare Advantage enrollees: It’s a good idea to review your plans during open enrollment so you don’t get caught by surprise next year.

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Healthcare Women's Rights

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility

Source: NPR The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge to the FDA’s rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills. By a unanimous vote, the court said the anti-abortion […]

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Healthcare Women's Rights

Florida’s abortion amendment has enough signatures to make the ballot

Source: MSNBC The proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution must get past the Florida Supreme Court, which will soon hear oral arguments in a challenge from the […]

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Healthcare Women's Rights

FDA approves first postpartum depression pill in the US

Source: CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression – making it the first FDA-approved oral pill in the United States specifically […]

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Abortion rates fell slightly in 2020, with most done at or before 9 weeks, says CDC

Source: CNN Both the number and rate of abortions reported in the US fell 2% from 2019 to 2020, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control […]

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My transplant opened my eyes to the need for organ donors

Eryn Mathewson, CNN producer and New Mexico native, opens up about her very unexpected organ transplant and the importance of organ donation among minority communities.