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Section: Health
Health
Experts: Cut to NIH Funding Would be ‘Devastating’
Experts say the White House’s proposed $5.8 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health would be “devastating to the American people” and a “dramatic setback to medical progress.”
April 19, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
GOP: Fake vs. Real
The most interesting policy argument in America right now is the debate between conservatives’ real position on health care and their fake position. The fake, but popular, position goes something like this: Conservatives think everyone deserves affordable health insurance, but they disagree with Democrats about how to get everyone covered at the best price. This […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
“Standards of Care” Can Help Diabetes Patients
POLSON — People diagnosed with diabetes can achieve a normal life if they adopt “Standards of care,” as promoted at Tribal Health Department’s annual Diabetes Care Day. Interactive booth displays featuring topics in healthy eating, exercise, foot care, and prescription management educated guests on health care standards required to prevent or manage diabetes. “Taking care […]
April 19, 2017
Other News
W.Va. Allows Opioid Antidotes at Schools
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Schools in West Virginia will be able to give drugs to students who overdose on opioids without having to first contact parents under a new law approved this week. The measure passed unanimously by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Jim Justice comes as West Virginia recorded 844 overdose deaths last […]
April 19, 2017
Other News
Colleges Can Get Free Narcan
LOWELL — As the United States continues to grapple with the opioid crisis, a new program is targeting college campuses with an effort to deliver 40,000 doses of Narcan in an effort to save more lives. The program was initiated by the Clinton Foundation and Adapt Pharma, the maker of Narcan nasal spray. And the […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
U.K. Gets $11M for Research on Obesity and Cancer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky says it has received an $11.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a center to study links between obesity and cancer. Leaders at the school in Lexington announced details of the grant on Monday, saying it will fund the UK Center for Cancer […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
Data Show Disparities in Medicare Advantage
Significant gender, racial and ethnic differences exist in care received by beneficiaries of Medicare Advantage, according to two reports released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. One report compared quality of care for women and men while the other report looked at racial and ethnic differences in healthcare experiences and clinical care in […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
Study: Mental Health Care System Is Broken
The state of health care in the US may arguably be improving – partly thanks to the imperfect addition of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and partly due to the deserved collapse of the catastrophic American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017 – but it is still rife with problems. Mental health care, in particular, […]
April 19, 2017
Policies
Health Insurers Respond to Threat
President Donald Trump is trying to bring the Democrats to their knees with respect to the Affordable Care Act through devious means. He has recently issued threats to health insurers, suggesting that his government would not reimburse the companies for their coverage of low-income individuals. Meanwhile, a representative body of the health insurers has sent […]
April 19, 2017
Health
Penn State Launches New Research Effort to Help Abused Kids
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new research program at Penn State is aiming to improve the health of neglected and abused kids and to test a new way to screen children for head injuries. The university said Tuesday it will be establishing the Center for Healthy Children at its main campus. The initiative is supported by […]
April 18, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Making Americans Sick Again
The Trump administration came into office promising to fix things. Donald Trump promised to vastly improve the affordability and availability of health insurance (and, therefore, health care) for all Americans. He has also promised to cut domestic government spending in a series of sweeping reforms that include drastically cutting the budget of the Environmental Protection […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
Foes of Assisted-Suicide Bill Rally in Nevada
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Frustrated after Democratic lawmakers cancelled debate for the second time in a week, patients and doctors rallied April 12 at the Nevada Legislature against a proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide. University of Nevada, Reno medical professor Kirk Bronander and Republican Sen. Joseph Hardy of Boulder City were among the physicians who […]
April 17, 2017
Other News
VA Unveils Website for Data on Care
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has unveiled a new website aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers, touting new accountability even as it grappled with fresh questions of patient safety in its beleaguered health system. The VA website, www.accesstocare.va.gov, is a work in progress. It provides preliminary […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
Md. Black Lawmakers Seek Session on Pot
BALTIMORE — Black lawmakers in Maryland have called for a special session of the state legislature, after a bill designed to create diversity ownership in the state’s developing medical marijuana industry failed to pass in the regular session’s chaotic closing minutes this week. Del. Cheryl Glenn, a Baltimore Democrat who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus […]
April 17, 2017
Other News
No Bias in Inmate’s Death, Court Rules
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court has cleared Hill and Blaine county officials of discrimination in the slow, painful death of a teenager suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms while in jail for more than four days. The court on Tuesday overturned one district judge’s ruling and upheld another’s that the discrimination claim filed with […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
President Signs Bill Targeting Planned Parenthood
President Trump on Thursday signed a bill to nix an Obama-era rule that blocked states from defunding healthcare providers for political reasons. The bill, which Democrats say is really an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, passed the Senate last month after Vice President Pence had to cast a tie-breaking vote. Trump signed the measure behind […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
Administration Issues Final ACA Rules
The Trump administration on Thursday issued a final rule that will shorten the Obamacare enrollment period and give insurers more of what they say they need in the individual insurance market, likely making it harder for some consumers to purchase insurance, healthcare experts said. It could also raise out-of-pocket medical expenses, the experts said, because […]
April 17, 2017
Policies
Trump May Halt Pay to Force Democrats’ Hand
U.S. President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that he might consider withholding billions of dollars of Obamacare payments to health insurers to force Democrats back to the negotiating table on healthcare. Insurers and major medical groups have warned that not funding the payments, called cost-sharing reduction subsidies, which help cover out-of-pocket […]
April 17, 2017
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