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Section: Health
Policies
Senate Staffers Will Draft Healthcare Bill
Maybe, in the end, the safest stance for beleaguered House Republicans would be emulate the aggressive truth-defying approach of Trump himself: “What health care bill?” “That means the House has to come back with a new bill and vote again”, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from NY, said Wednesday. Additionally the bill would […]
May 30, 2017
Policies
Trump Tweet Contradicts His Budget
President Trump urged spending more on health care, in a tweet Sunday night — to “make it the best anywhere” — even as his administration’s budget proposal last week called for broad cuts to health programs, including Medicaid, public health, and medical research funding. It’s unclear what, if anything, Trump’s tweet means for his administration’s […]
May 30, 2017
Other News
23 million fewer people would have insurance under GOP Obamacare repeal bill, CBO says
The current Republican bill to repeal and replace major parts of Obamacare will lead to 23 million fewer Americans with health insurance coverage by 2026 if it becomes law, the Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday. That is only 1 million fewer uninsured people than had been projected for an earlier version of the GOP bill. […]
May 24, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
The Jimmy Kimmel Test
On May 12th, Jimmy Kimmel gave an emotional monologue on his late night TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! about his newborn son’s health complications. In the week since, the video has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube. It’s easy to dismiss it as just another feel good story, but there are several important […]
May 24, 2017
Nursing
Arkansas University Restores Nursing Program
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Arkansas State Board of Nursing has approved the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s request to bring back its pre-licensure nursing program. The university’s approval for the program, which extends through 2020, is the final step before accreditation, the Pine Bluff Commercial reported. “The action of the Arkansas State Board […]
May 24, 2017
Other News
Famine in Africa Increases Risk of HIV Epidemic
No one should ever have to choose between starving to death and exposure to HIV, however millions of women and children struggling to survive in the drought-stricken countries of southern Africa aren’t being given a choice. When both Somalia and South Sudan declared states of emergency due to severe drought and conflict in February, humanitarian […]
May 24, 2017
Disparities
University Aims to Improve Tribes’ Education, Healthcare
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State University president Barry Dunn says he can see a future in which reservation hospitals and health centers across South Dakota employ pharmacists and lab scientists educated at his school, with doctors and administrators also trained at institutions in the state. The land-grant university is pursuing a new initiative […]
May 24, 2017
Disparities
Texas Law Clears Path to Expand Telehealth
Telehealth companies are gearing up for some Texas-sized business following passage of telemedicine legislation earlier this month. Senate bill 1107 was passed May 11 and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott within weeks. Teladoc said Friday that it is set to expand its video services in the state as soon […]
May 24, 2017
Other News
Delay Extends Uncertainty Over Healthcare
Uncertainty over the future of health care is growing deeper for millions of Americans who buy their own policies. While insurers released a blueprint Monday for stabilizing wobbly markets, the Trump administration is leaving in limbo billions of dollars in federal subsidy payments. The administration and House Republicans have asked a federal appeals court for […]
May 24, 2017
Policies
9 Healthcare Issues in Trump Budget
President Donald Trump’s first full budget proposal will include $3.6 trillion in spending cuts to balance the budget in the next decade. Although the full $4.1 trillion budget plan, titled “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” will be released Tuesday, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney briefed White House reporters Monday on the […]
May 24, 2017
Policies
GOP Rallies Behind Plan to End Care for Poor
On Tuesday, the White House is expected to roll out a budget that includes hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid — proposing cuts on top of the ones included in the Trumpcare bill that passed the House a few weeks ago. Trump’s budget blueprint seeks to dismantle the social safety net in dramatic ways. When it […]
May 24, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Repeal Obamacare Taxes
When it was signed into law in 2010, ObamaCare imposed roughly one trillion dollars in taxes on the American people. The nearly 20 new or higher taxes hit middle class families and small businesses, raised the cost of healthcare, and reduced access to care. These taxes must be repealed in healthcare reform legislation. The House-passed […]
May 22, 2017
Other News
Abortion Gag Order Has Wider Effects
President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that media reports say could obstruct nearly US$8.8 billion the U.S. spends annually to fight deadly diseases abroad. Here, Maureen Miller, a Columbia University Medical Center professor and infectious disease epidemiologist with training in medical anthropology, answers five questions about this move, including what it has to […]
May 22, 2017
Other News
How Bad Is the Healthcare Act for Women?
“Across the board, this is a terrible bill for women,” said Jamila K. Taylor, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, speaking about the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the bill on May 4, without waiting for a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, whose economic analysis […]
May 22, 2017
Other News
Opioid Epidemic: Treatment Not Punishment
Second of three parts. Read part one: A Personal Look at a National Problem. Opioid addiction takes a personal toll, but it also has countrywide consequences. On an average day in the U.S., someone begins nonmedical use of opioids every 22 seconds; someone starts using heroin every two and a half minutes; and someone dies […]
May 22, 2017
Nursing
Center Convenes Global Summit on Indigenous Care
Indigenous peoples across America and around the globe often struggle with diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and substance abuse. Finding solutions for those health care issues requires closer interaction between those affected communities and health care professionals like nurses, who work on the frontlines daily. Five months after it was established, Florida State University’s Center for […]
May 22, 2017
Policies
State Attorneys Seek Role in Obamacare Case
More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general on Thursday sought to intervene to defend a key part of the Obamacare healthcare law – subsidy payments to insurance companies – which is under threat in a court case. The 16 attorneys general, led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, […]
May 22, 2017
Policies
Majority of Doctors Disapprove of Trumpcare
Fifty-eight percent of U.S. physicians disapprove of the president’s healthcare plan, according to an InCrowd survey of 1,003 physicians. Here are five insights: Of the surveyed physicians, 56 percent disapprove of President Donald Trump’s overall performance. Twenty-eight percent of physicians support the American Health Care Act, compared to 54 percent who approve of the ACA. […]
May 22, 2017
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