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Section: Health
Blogs/Opinion
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 […]
April 26, 2017
Other News
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 […]
April 26, 2017
Other News
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 […]
April 26, 2017
Disparities
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 […]
April 26, 2017
Policies
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 […]
April 26, 2017
Policies
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. […]
April 26, 2017
Policies
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 […]
April 26, 2017
Disparities
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 […]
April 26, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Fix the Healthcare System
Empathy for customers is perhaps the most powerful engine for success, but it is missing from many industries. When we experience the empathy gap in industries like air travel, it’s frustrating — but in other scenarios, like getting health care, it can be life threatening. Many Americans, including those with health insurance, cannot see the […]
April 24, 2017
Other News
Program to Prepare Detroit Residents for Healthcare Jobs
DETROIT— Three health systems will work with the city to train Detroit residents for entry-level healthcare jobs. Mayor Mike Duggan announced the partnership with the Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System and St. John Providence. Training for patient care associates and patient sitters will be provided by Focus: HOPE and Oakland University’s School of […]
April 24, 2017
Disparities
Rare, Deadly Mouse-Borne Virus Increases
As the weather warms and people turn to spring cleaning and outdoor activities such as camping and hiking, they need to beware of a rare but deadly virus that is spread through mouse droppings and kills up to 40 percent of people who become infected, public health officials said. The severe respiratory illness is known […]
April 24, 2017
Nursing
N.D. Nursing School Gets Reprieve
BISMARCK, N.D. — Dakotas-based Sanford Health has renegotiated a contract with state and higher education officials to keep a nursing program open in Bismarck. The action comes after legislators introduced an amendment in the higher education budget that would not allow any state money or private funds to be spent on the program. North Dakota […]
April 24, 2017
Disparities
Police Handling in Seizure Case Probed
LARAMIE, Wyo. — A University of Wyoming student claims campus police mistreated him, breaking his wrist and bruising him, by forcibly removing him from class while he was recovering from a seizure. Police removed senior petroleum engineering student Garret VonKrosigk from class and hospitalized him for the protection of himself and others, university spokesman Chad […]
April 24, 2017
Disparities
Connecticut Doctor Makes House Calls
STONINGTON, Conn. — For 87-year-old Bob Livermore and 88-year-old Malcolm Wheeler, having “Dr. Mike” come to their apartments in the StoneRidge Retirement Community has made the infirmities of old age easier to bear. “The last thing you want to do when you’re sick is get out of bed and get in a car and go […]
April 24, 2017
Policies
Trump Signs Healthcare Bill Vets
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a bill April 19 to temporarily extend a program that lets some veterans seek medical care in the private sector, part of an effort by the president to deliver on a campaign promise. The extension will give Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin time to develop a more comprehensive plan […]
April 24, 2017
Other News
Congress Returns to Healthcare Issue
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers returning to Washington this coming week will find a familiar quagmire on healthcare legislation and a budget deadline dramatized by the prospect of a protracted battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over his border wall. Trump’s GOP allies control Congress, but they’ve been unable to send him a single major bill […]
April 24, 2017
Health
Huntsman Slams University Officials Over Researcher’s Firing
SALT LAKE CITY — Wealthy philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr. escalated his public protests Friday over the firing of the chief executive officer at the cancer institute at the University of Utah that bears his name, taking out full-page newspaper ads that call university officials “inept and uncaring.” Huntsman’s ads in the Deseret News and Salt […]
April 23, 2017
Health
Anti-Trump Mental Health Professionals Convene at Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A group of mental health professionals that believe President Donald Trump is mentally unfit to be president is convening at Yale despite criticism from both Trump supporters and professionals working in their field. The Connecticut Post reports that the group, Duty to Warn, is holding its first conference Thursday at Yale […]
April 20, 2017
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