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Health Insurance Proposed for Undocumented
Since Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for governor of California, proposed free health insurance for illegal immigrants, the state’s gubernatorial election has quickly become a referendum on its sanctuary policies. “I did universal health care when I was mayor [of San Francisco], fully implemented regardless of pre-existing conditions, ability to pay, and regardless of your […]
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Study: Undocumented Immigrants Report Less Chronic Disease Than Americans
A new study challenges the political notion that undocumented immigrants are a burden on the U.S. health care system — in fact, they’re much less likely to seek medical care at all, the study found. The four-year study, from Drexel University in Philadelphia and published in the journal Medical Care, relies on a California health […]
Blogs/Opinion
Turning Clock Back
Last week, a federal court in Texas heard oral arguments in yet another lawsuit attacking the Affordable Care Act. The difference this time is that the Trump administration refused to defend the law — choosing instead to jeopardize the health care and financial well-being of tens of millions of Americans with pre-existing health conditions. Read […]
Disparities
Campaign Launches LGBTQ Health Survey
The Campaign for Southern Equality has launched a Southern LGBTQ Health Survey in order to better understand the health care needs of LGBTQ Southerners. The survey data will be made publicly available and will serve as a valuable resource for the LGBTQ community, researchers, and public health advocates. In the three weeks since the survey […]
Disparities
Audit: 2 V.A. Health Contractors Got $100M in Overpayments
Two major healthcare contractors who serve the federal government’s Veterans Choice Program received more than $100 million in overpayments during 2016-2017 due to double billing and other mistakes. This information was discovered during an audit by the VA Office of Inspector General and released on Thursday. The report on the audit said: “Because of ineffective […]
Disparities
California’s Large Minority Population Factor In Low Death Rate
High poverty rates, low education and lack of insurance are all social determinants that are expected to lead to high mortality rates and negative health outcomes. Despite a 62 percent minority population with these characteristics in California, the state’s health profile was significantly better than the nation’s as a whole, researchers report in a new […]
Policies
Timeline: Trump’s Efforts to Dismantle Obamacare
The Republican-led U.S. Congress has repeatedly tried and failed to repeal and replace Obamacare. Since taking office in 2017, they have had an ally in President Trump, whose administration has attempted to dismantle the health care law, one step at a time. Read More
Policies
2.1M People Could Lose Care If Medicaid Work Rules Expand
As the Trump administration barrels forward on Medicaid work requirements, new studies show the policy could remove millions from the program if implemented across the country. In two recent studies highlighted by JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found that, if implemented nationally, work requirements as written would not save a significant amount of money. But if […]
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A Year After Hurricane Irma, Nursing Homes Ill-Prepared for Disaster
Despite enhanced guidance from CMS, nursing homes hit by disaster often struggle to execute emergency plans and protect residents, according to testimony (PDF) from the HHS Office of Inspector General to lawmakers last week. Addressing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight subcommittee, OIG’s Regional Inspector General Ruth Ann Dorrill said officials went in and looked […]
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Immigrants Fear Using Nutrition, Health Programs
AUSTIN, Texas — Before President Donald Trump was elected, Marlene saw the food stamps her children received as a way to feed them healthy meals. After Trump’s election, the $300 a month from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for her 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son became a source of sickening worry. This spring, she stopped […]
Blogs/Opinion
‘Religious Liberty’
Not that long ago, there was little difference between a physician and a preacher, a clinic and a chapel, a patient and a proselyte. Instead of prescribing medications, healers chanted hymns; instead of prescribing painkillers, they offered prayers. Faith remains an integral part of human society and the modern hospital is a place where patients […]
Disparities
California Lawmakers: Stop Dumping Homeless Patients
Here’s an interesting problem. The California Legislature is trying to do something about what it calls “patient dumping.” By that it means the hospital practice of discharging non-paying homeless patients out into the world without any means to take care of themselves. As far as I know the bill hasn’t yet been signed by the […]
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