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Friday, July 3, 2026
In today's inaugural episode, Dr. Will Flanary / Dr. Glaucomflecken (@drglaucomflecken) & Dr. Alok Patel (@alokpatelmd) cover a sharp drop in ACA marketplace enrollment after enhanced tax credits expired, from 24.2 million enrollees in 2025 to roughly 19.2 million in 2026 (a loss of 5 million Americans' health coverage). India is rationing two cornerstone chemotherapy drugs, cisplatin and carboplatin, after supply disruptions tied to rising platinum costs and capped essential medicine prices. A new Annals of Internal Medicine study finds older adults who received a shingles vaccine had a 24 percent lower relative risk of dementia diagnosis. Plus: heat linked to rising suicide rates in young people, the return of the 988 LGBTQ+ crisis line, and a phase 3 trial of infigratinib for achondroplasia.
Coverage Timeline:
(00:00) Medlines begins!
(01:44) ACA enrollment drops as credits expire
(03:42) India rations cisplatin & carboplatin
(06:03) Shingles vaccine & dementia risk
(06:38) Climate, youth suicide & 988 hotline
(08:26) Amy Adams' real-life rescue
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