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Latinos Sue California Over Healthcare Gaps

California is harming medical care for more than 13 million lower-income residents, more than half of them Latinos, by failing to pay doctors enough to provide proper care, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges the state violates Latinos’ civil rights because poorly paid health care providers balk at providing treatment. Read More

Research: Blood Tests Could Predict Alzheimer’s

Researchers from Missouri reveal that blood test screening may identify markers of Alzheimer’s disease before individuals begin to experience memory loss and confusion. This finding is a significant step toward predicting disease risk. Read More

Bill Would Expand Care for Veterans

Republican Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson has proposed legislation to increase access to privatized medical coverage for American veterans paid for by the federal government. Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson, who chairs the committee, looks to accomplish this by way of expanding the existing Veterans Choice Program. Read More

CDC: 100 Million Have Diabetes or Prediabetes

More than 100 million U.S. adults are now living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to a new report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report finds that as of 2015, 30.3 million Americans – 9.4 percent of the U.S. population –have diabetes. Another 84.1 million have prediabetes, a condition […]

Textbook Teaches Native American Healing Concepts

Laughter can combat trauma. Spiritual cleansings could be used to fight an opioid addiction. Cactus extract may battle diabetes and obesity. These insights are from curanderismo — traditional Native American healing from the American Southwest and Latin America. Read More

Trump Thinks Health Insurance Costs Young $12 a Year

President Donald Trump has an…interesting conception of how health insurance works. In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump defended his knowledge of health care and the Senate’s chaotic attempts to pass a Republican health care bill to repeal (and, perhaps, replace) Obamacare. (On that front, the situation has been changing almost hourly […]

Republicans Press Forward on Repeal Efforts

Republican Party leaders are trying furiously to find 50 votes for some kind of legislation that would, one way or another, repeal the Affordable Care Act. The big focus of their efforts are a handful of relatively moderate senators from states where Obamacare has had a particularly strong impact on coverage. And although the campaign […]

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Fix the Mess

Republicans will never get enough votes to repeal and replace Obamacare until they realize their real problem. Moderate Republicans are addicted to Medicaid and conservatives want more free market measures. There are ways to accommodate both sides and pass a bill. Read More

Nevada Moves to Combat Pot Bottleneck

CARSON CITY, Nev. —- Nevada has moved to reduce supply problems at recreational marijuana stores that have faced overwhelming demand for newly legal pot and the possibility of their shelves going empty. Regulators approved emergency rules that would speed up licensing for pot distributors, a sticking point that launched a legal battle and threatened the […]

Repeal Would Make Native American Uninsured Rates Skyrocket

The number of Native Americans without health insurance would increase sharply if Republicans in Congress succeed in repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report. The report, from the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says that proposed cuts to Medicaid and to the subsidies that reduce out-of-pockets costs for […]

Omaha Adopts Reforms After Native American Man’s Death

OMAHA, Neb. — The mayor of Omaha is forming a Native American advisory board and local police officers will receive training on indigenous culture after a man died in police custody last month. City officials and leaders in the indigenous community met June 28, more than three weeks after the death of unarmed Native American […]

“Repeal Now” Plan Collapses Too

The seven-year Republican quest to undo the Affordable Care Act appeared to reach a dead end on Tuesday in the Senate, leaving President Trump vowing to let President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement collapse. Mr. Trump declared that his plan was now to “let Obamacare fail,” and suggested that Democrats would then seek out Republicans […]

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