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Healthcare Pros Critical of First 100 Days

We asked our audience of healthcare insiders about President Trump’s work on healthcare since he took office in January. Representing many political views from around the country, the majority of responses (coincidentally, we received 100 replies to this survey) were in agreement that the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency lacked clarity on healthcare’s future. […]

Trump Claims Plan Will Cover Pre-existing Illness

President Trump appeared to suggest on Sunday that the GOP’s new iteration of its healthcare bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would cover pre-existing conditions for all Americans. Trump, seeming to break from House Republicans’ latest proposal that states could opt out of an Affordable Care Act requirement on covering pre-existing conditions, […]

Utah University Health Care Picks News CEO in Wake of Uproar

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah Health Care announced Saturday the appointment of an interim leader after the previous chief executive left in the wake of an uproar over a personnel decision. Lorris Betz has been named senior vice president for the University’s Health Sciences, CEO of University of Utah Health Care and […]

Silvers Continues to Lead Way for Disabled

Now completing her 50th year at San Francisco State University, Dr. Anita Silvers is a nationally prominent champion of disability rights.

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Don’t Hold Subsidies Hostage

Ever since House Republicans balked at a plan to end health insurance for 24 million Americans by repealing Obamacare, President Trump has been casting around for alternative strategies. One idea is to take another crack at legislation. To that end, Republicans have spent recent days struggling to craft a plan that both hard-line conservatives and […]

Colleges Sign Accord on Nursing Degree

Northwest Christian University has signed an agreement with Linn-Benton Community College to let graduates of the community college’s nursing school enroll in NCU’s bachelor of science in nursing degree program. “NCU’s RN to BSN program is a workforce development initiative that leverages the excellent nursing education offered by LBCC and NCU,” Joseph Womack, the president […]

Colorado Marijuana Sets Sales Records

DENVER — Colorado’s marijuana industry — one of the most mature in the nation— continues to thrive, posting record-setting sales figures through the first two months of 2017. Combined sales of medical and recreational marijuana in January and February 2017 totaled over $235 million, up 30 percent from the same period in 2016, Marijuana Business […]

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Native American Health Director Resigns

Montana’s first-ever director of American Indian Health says she thinks state government lacks the commitment for her to do meaningful work, and is resigning. Mary Lynn Billy-Old Coyote was appointed by Governor Steve Bullock in March of 2016. She submitted her resignation Saturday. Billy-Old Coyote’s letter says that she was recently informed that her Office […]

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Doctor Groups Fear Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Cuts

President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 federal budget includes major spending cuts for medical education programs and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, each of which could have negative impacts on doctors, according to organizations like the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Backers of the budget counter that […]

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Analysis: America Overly Depends on Healthcare Jobs

The healthcare industry has been a boon to the U.S. economy, employing one in nine people. President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise to add millions more jobs, but his ability to do so may directly conflict with his other campaign vow to repeal the ACA, according to an op-ed in The New York Times. […]

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Healthcare: Employment Bonanza and Cost Crisis

In many ways, the healthcare industry has been a great friend to the U.S. economy. Its plentiful jobs helped lift the country out of the Great Recession and, partly due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it now employs 1 in 9 Americans—up from 1 in 12 in 2000. As President Donald Trump seeks to […]

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Nurse Trainees Talk Patients’ Language

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota nursing program is running simulations in Spanish to increase cultural competency of nursing students. The Dakota Nursing Program at Bismarck State College began its collaboration with a Spanish professor’s class to run scenarios in Spanish, with the help of a student-translator, The Bismarck Tribune reported. “They’re seeing more and […]

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