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July 14, 2025

In this week’s edition of health news across the states: Higher costs threaten post-COVID rebound in youth team sports; Justice Department announces $14B in healthcare fraud ‘takedown’; Non-opioid treatment alternatives gaining public and private traction.

Plus: Phelps: Health coverage vs. health care vs. health

HealthPlatform.News [[link removed]] Higher costs threaten post-COVID rebound in youth team sports [[link removed]]

More school-aged children are trying team sports, in a post-pandemic rebound in physical activity nationwide, but they’re not necessarily sticking with it.

According to data from 2023, almost 61% of children aged 6 to 17 are now trying team sports at least once a year, up from 55% in 2013.

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Justice Department announces $14B in healthcare fraud ‘takedown’ [[link removed]]

The U.S. Department of Justice has broken up a series of allegedly fraudulent schemes in the health sector worth more than $14 billion — a move that foreshadows a wider crackdown by the Trump administration on potential fraud and waste in taxpayer-funded health care programs.

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Non-opioid pain treatment alternatives gaining public and private traction [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

In the fight to end the nation’s opioid epidemic, researchers and investors in the pain-management field are making headway in developing alternative options for treating pain. Lawmakers and health-related federal agencies are taking note.

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Phelps: Health coverage vs. health care vs. health [[link removed]]

For more than 25 years, I’ve been responsible for managing our company’s health insurance plan. This is one of the largest line items on any business’s income statement, so it requires careful attention. As anyone involved in this endeavor will tell you, it can be a long, tedious and often depressing six or eight weeks each year until the plan is finalized and presented to your team.

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