Health Care News and Resources – Week of December 12, 2016

 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

• White House Report Makes Case Against ObamaCare Repeal, from The Hill.
• Repeal Without Replace Will Not Make Healthcare Great Again, from The Hill.
• Full Repeal of the ACA Would Increase Medicare Spending by $800B: 6 Things to Know, from Becker’s Hospital CFO.

HEALTH INSURANCE

• Many Parents With Job-Based Coverage Still Turn to Medicaid, CHIP to Insure Kids, from Kaiser Health News.

OPIOID ABUSE

• CDC Says Deaths From Heroin, Painkillers Continue to Surge, from H&HN.

TELEMEDICINE

• Telehealth’s Tremendous Promise in Improving Parkinson’s Care, from H&HN.

TOBACCO CESSATION

• Kids Are Not an Experiment; Surgeon General Says No Vaping for Young People, from NPR.