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HealthPlatform.News(letter)
December 22, 2025
In this week’s edition of health news across the states: Global anti-tobacco summit calls for vape flavor bans, Judge signs off on Purdue settlement after years of legal fights
Plus: Stephen Moses, Paragon Health Institute: Better long-term care for billions less
A global push is underway to limit tobacco and nicotine use worldwide. Yet, opponents to such measures as nicotine bans say the effort doesn’t guarantee improved public health.
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved Purdue Pharma’s $7 billion settlement plan, clearing the way to resolve thousands of lawsuits over the OxyContin maker’s role in the opioid epidemic. The ruling brings a long-running legal battle closer to an end after years of appeals that reached the Supreme Court.
Those who believe catastrophic asset spend-down is the dominant precursor to Medicaid enrollment will excoriate this approach. They will claim incorrectly that the existing long-term care (LTC) system already impoverishes millions and withdrawing Medicaid subsidies from the affluent will impoverish even more. On the contrary, those most in need and everyone over age 55 would remain eligible.
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