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Insurer Sues Administration Over Obamacare Payments
A small New Mexico health insurer is suing the Trump administration for restarting an Obamacare payment program that will require it to pay out millions of dollars to larger, more established insurers. New Mexico Health Connections, a health insurance co-op, filed suit Monday in the U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on the grounds that the […]
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Poll: Healthcare No. 1 Issue for Voters
Depending on which news outlet, politician or pundit you ask, American voters will soon participate in the most important midterm election “in many years,” “in our lifetime” or even “in our country’s history.” The stakes of the November 2018 elections are high for many reasons, but no issue is more important to voters than healthcare. […]
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Swim Caps’ Flaws Factor in Racial Disparities in Pools
Noelle Singleton challenges any swim-cap maker who claims a swimmer’s hair won’t get wet with their caps to send her one. She’ll post a review on social media of her swimming a 100-meter individual medley in it. Swim caps matter for Singleton, a 30-year-old black swim coach in Georgia with a thick, full-moon-shaped afro. Known […]
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Research at a Price
President Donald Trump recently released an ambitious, 44-page plan to drive down prescription drug prices. The blueprint relies, in part, on negotiating and enforcing trade deals to prevent other countries from freeloading off of American researchers. That’s a smart strategy. Right now, most of our trading partners impose government price controls on drugs. Ensuring that […]
Disparities
CVS Launches Pilot for Virtual Care
More care is moving to retail settings, and virtual offerings are increasingly becoming part and parcel of that experience. Last month, Rite Aid inked a letter of intent with InTouch Health to bring virtual care to remote areas. The companies also plan to offer the services at alternative care sites, such as Rite Aid pharmacies. […]
Disparities
Hotel’s Guests May Have Been Exposed to Legionnaires’
The state Department of Health is warning that guests at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel between July 16 and Aug. 1 and were near the pool and spa may have been exposed to Legionella bacteria. Legionella bacteria can cause a serious type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease. The bacteria can also cause Pontiac fever Read […]
Disparities
Report: Military Base Water May Be Cause of Cancers
OSCODA, Mich. — A federal health agency says contaminated drinking water might have caused cancer and other chronic disease among veterans and families who lived at a former northern Michigan military base. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry released last month a draft report about the Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan, […]
Disparities
Study: Immigrants Use Healthcare System Less than Americans Do
Slightly over half of Americans — 52 percent — believe that immigrants are a financial burden on the U.S. healthcare system, and two thirds believe that undocumented immigrants should not be eligible for social services provided by state and local governments. A study published Thursday in the International Journal of Health Services finds that immigrants […]
Disparities
When Doctors Don’t Listen to Women
After a while, the true-life horror stories women tell about their struggles to get reproductive health care start to bleed together. They almost always feature some variation on the same character: the doctor who waves a hand and says, “You’ll be fine,” or “That’s just in your head,” or “Take a Tylenol.” They follow an […]
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States Fighting Trump on Limited Health Plans
The Trump administration’s new policy of expanding the sale of “short-term” insurance plans as a cheaper alternative to ObamaCare is quickly running into opposition from state regulators. The Department of Health and Human Services is urging states to cooperate with the federal government, but instead, insurance commissioners are panning the new plans as “junk” insurance […]
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Research Finds Black Men Get Better Care from Black Doctors
In the U.S., racial and ethnic minorities have higher rates of chronic disease, obesity, and premature death than white people. Black patients in particular have among the worst health outcomes, experiencing higher rates of hypertension and stroke. And black men have the lowest life expectancy of any demographic group, living on average 4.5 fewer years […]
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Travel and Reflections on Educating for Health Equity
I am connected to centuries of civil rights milestones that changed reality for African-American children like me. Now, as a medical educator, I use “my day job” to reach deep beneath the surface of society to the same streams that have systematically deflected and diminished the value of Americans of African descent since this nation’s founding.
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