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S.D. Governor Ditches Medicaid Plan After Talk with Pence
PIERRE, S.D. — Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he won’t pursue an expansion of Medicaid in 2017 after a discussion with Vice President-elect Mike Pence. The South Dakota governor said in a statement that his decision is based on a meeting November 14 in which he and Pence talked about the Trump administration’s plans for […]
Policies
Women’s Caucus: “Fight Trump on Abortion, Healthcare”
California’s women lawmakers are fighting against President-elect Donald Trump’s statements that he’d support overturning abortion rights. “President-elect Trump’s statements and policies threaten to restrict our freedoms, cut off our healthcare, affect our economy and the pocketbooks of working families, and drag us back to an era of back alley abortions,” said state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson […]
Blogs/Opinion
Healthcare: Sky Isn’t Falling After Trump Election
The new Chief Executive Officer of the United States of America Inc. will take office January 20th and likely make good on his promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It only requires a majority in both houses of Congress to pass and that’s assured based on the election results last week. […]
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Montana Vote Expands Medical Marijuana
HELENA, Mont.— Montana voters approved an expansion of medical marijuana, one of four citizen initiatives on the ballot, which is the most in any state election since 2010. The other ballot measures asked voters to decide whether to ban trapping on public lands, fund brain research and insert a crime victims’ rights law into the […]
Nursing
Aims Nursing Class Scores Perfection
The 2016 class from Aims Community College’s nursing program is perfect, having achieved a 100 percent pass rate on a licensure exam, according to an Aims news release. The average national pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination-RN is 86 percent, meaning Aims is at the top of its jurisdiction and the country, according […]
Nursing
LSU Offers Grads 1-Year Bachelor’s in Nursing
NEW ORLEANS — Graduates of Houma’s community college can now use those credits to get a bachelor’s of nursing degree in one year at Louisiana State University’s nursing school in New Orleans. LSU Health New Orleans says the agreement will let registered nurses with an associate degree from Fletcher Technical Community College earn a bachelor […]
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OSU Health Systems Celebrates New Location
The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Systems Innovation celebrated the grand opening of its new location on Friday. The center, a joint venture between the OSU Spears School of Business in Stillwater and the OSU Center for Health Sciences, is now housed in the Cyntergy Building at 810 S. Cincinnati Ave. “We are bringing […]
Disparities
FSU Recruits Black Caregivers for Project
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are tough on patients but also on caregivers, especially African-Americans. Now Rob Glueckauf, a Florida State University College of Medicine professor, and his health-service team are offering a new approach that they hope will benefit numerous caregivers. And it’s free. His three-year project is called ACTS 2 (African-American Alzheimer’s Caregiver […]
Disparities
Firms Help Native Americans Grow Cannabis
Native American tribes are often recognized for their success within the casino business and the tobacco industry. Over the past decade, as cannabis has become more accepted as a medical treatment, the industry has grown exponentially. In some places, where legal recreational cannabis use exists, there have been fears of the market flooding with all […]
Policies
Years Later, Vietnam Vets Suffer from Rare Cancer
DANVILLE, Calif. — Mike Baughman considered himself one of the lucky ones, returning from Vietnam without any major injuries or psychological scars. But after falling ill nearly a half-century later, he found out he did not escape the war after all. The 64-year-old is among hundreds of veterans who have been diagnosed with a rare […]
Policies
60 Minutes to Trump: What Will You Do with Obamacare?
Today I watched CBS’ Leslie Stahl interview President-elect Donald Trump on the 60 Minutes YouTube live stream that had a viewer chat window on the side. While I tried to ignore everyone cursing at each other and sending racist epithets, sexist and sexual comments, and swastikas to each other, here’s what Trump said on his […]
Blogs/Opinion
Minorities Face Barriers to Mental Health Care
A recent report from the CDC revealed the urgent state of mental health in this country: From 1999 to 2014, the age-adjusted suicide rate in the U.S. jumped by 24 percent. Suicides rose for both men and women across all ages 10 to 74. The United States is facing serious mental health challenges. And if […]
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