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Section: Policies
Policies
Doctor Sentenced for Medicare Fraud
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida doctor will spend more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to falsely diagnosing hundreds of patients in a Medicare fraud scheme. Court records show 57— year— old Isaac Thompson of Delray Beach also was ordered by a federal judge to pay more than $2.1 million […]
July 12, 2016
Policies
Senator Mike Rounds Demands Audit of Indian Health Service
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A U.S. Senator has formally requested an audit of the finances of the Indian Health Service. South Dakota’s U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds has asked the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to conduct the audit. Rounds’ request on July 6 comes at a time when the […]
July 7, 2016
Policies
Louisiana Expands Medicaid; First in Deep South
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana is becoming the first state in the Republican-dominated Deep South to expand its Medicaid program, with more than 233,000 people already enrolled in the government-financed insurance coverage that began July 1. Medicaid expansion fulfills one of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ main campaign promises, embracing the health law championed by […]
July 5, 2016
Policies
Abortions Totals Fell Under Overturned Texas Law
AUSTIN, Texas — Abortions in Texas plummeted about 15 percent during the first year after approval of tough restrictions that the U.S. Supreme Court has since struck down — a decline that activists say shows how hard it had become to get an abortion in America’s second-largest state. The health department released the statistics June […]
July 5, 2016
Policies
New Mexico Will Cut Less from Medicaid Fees
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico is cutting Medicaid payments by less than originally planned in response to concerns raised by Native American tribal leaders, hospitals and other health care providers. The Human Service Department that oversees Medicaid health care for the poor and disabled also is easing cuts to dentists and the University of […]
July 5, 2016
Policies
911 Calls for Toilet Needs Reveal Gaps in Home Care
TAMPA, Fla. — Paralyzed from the waist down, Khalid Mahmud spends most of his time in a hospital bed in his living room. For the most part, Mahmud and his wife are able to meet his daily needs. But when the 72-year-old needs to use the portable toilet at his bedside, they summon help. They […]
June 27, 2016
Disparities
House Republicans Present Obamacare Alternatives
WASHINGTON —House Republicans are unveiling new proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Speaker Paul Ryan sought to showcase a GOP governing agenda amid the tumult of the presidential campaign. The plan, revealed Wednesday, (June 22) relies on individual tax credits to allow people to buy coverage from private insurers, […]
June 22, 2016
Policies
NC Program Helps Farmworkers Get Health insurance
DUNN, N.C. — Seasonal agricultural workers were just finishing a meal after a long day of planting sweet potato seeds when Julie Pittman pulled up to their camp. Pittman, a paralegal with the Farmworker Unit of Legal Aid of North Carolina, worked to get their attention. The health care law that passed in 2010 requires […]
June 20, 2016
Policies
Philadelphia Soda Tax Strategy : Stress Needs, Not Health
PHILADELPHIA —In the city of cheese steaks and soft pretzels, a soda tax that regulates people’s behavior is a hard sell. But Philadelphia is on the verge of becoming only the second city in the country to pass a tax on soft drinks, thanks to the mayor’s creative approach to push the plan as a […]
June 15, 2016
Policies
Blacks & Latinos Raise Concerns About Aided-Death Law
SAN DIEGO — California became the latest state to allow the terminally ill to legally choose to end their lives on June 9, raising worries among some people in the state’s large Latino and African-American communities that poor people with serious illnesses could be pressured to take lethal drugs as a cheaper option to long-term […]
June 13, 2016
Policies
Reports on Deaths of 9 Disabled Went to Defunct Private Email Address
MINEOLA, N.Y. — There may be a reason a prosecutor’s office says it never received nine reports of suspicious deaths of developmentally disabled people in state care over the past three years: A state oversight agency acknowledged on May 20 that it sent them to an assistant prosecutor’s personal email, an account that apparently had […]
May 31, 2016
Policies
72 percent of Americans in Poll Support Paid Family Leave
CHICAGO — Time off from work to care for a child or relative is codified in federal law. Now, an overwhelming majority of Americans 40 and older want that time away from the job to be paid. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released May 20 said 72 percent support paid family […]
May 31, 2016
Policies
Pet Peeves: Complaints About Fake Service Dogs on the Rise
HOMOSASSA, Fla. — Cassie gets plenty of stares as she walks down the aisles of Home Depot, taking an occasional sniff at some of the items on the shelves or standing still while people stroke her long black hair. Her handler, Lorraine Clark, maintains a firm grasp on Cassie’s leash. Sometimes she gently tugs it […]
May 18, 2016
Policies
U.S. Hires Contractor to run ER at 3 Reservation Hospitals
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The emergency room at the only hospital on a Native American reservation in South Dakota could reopen after federal health officials hired a contractor on May 17 to provide emergency services at that and two other government-run hospitals. The Indian Health Service awarded a one-year contract to Arizona-based AB Staffing Solutions […]
May 18, 2016
Policies
Ex-Official Gets 10 Years for Theft of Health Funds for the Poor
PHOENIX — A former state official who acknowledged stealing $5.9 million from Arizona’s health care program for the poor was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for his part in a years-long fraud scheme. Michael John Veit, the former chief procurement officer for the state’s Medicaid program, was ordered to pay full restitution as […]
May 11, 2016
Research
Myanmar Factions Bond to Fight Malaria
WASHINGTON — Setting aside decades of animosity and suspicion, senior Myanmar government and military officials have held unprecedented discussions with representatives of the main opposition party and ethnic minorities in Washington on fighting a common enemy — malaria. In a meeting, Monday (Aug. 3), also attended by the U.S. government and military, scientific researchers and […]
August 6, 2015
Policies
SC Democrats Back Medicaid Expansion
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrats plan to renew efforts next year to expand Medicaid eligibility in South Carolina, saying that’s the most important way to continue the work of their slain colleague, Sen. Clementa Pinckney. It will be a tough sell in a state where Republican opposition hasn’t budged since a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling […]
July 28, 2015
Nursing
Nurses Union Names “Systemic Racism” as a Health Threat
Linking racism to issues of public health, National Nurses United has issued a statement “urging all presidential candidates to address the pervasive problems of racial and economic justice that have so stained our nation.” NNU is the largest union of registered nurses in the country with 185,000 members. In the statement issued Thursday (July 23), […]
July 27, 2015
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