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What Cuba Can Teach Us
It was a rare moment in the health care debate. A Trump supporter, Drea Holbert of Kentucky, was explaining her opposition to Republican health care bills to an NPR reporter when she said this: “Hopefully, they can take a look at what Canada is doing, and even Cuba.” Inside the beltway, though, Canadian-style health care […]
September 20, 2017
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Disparities
Professor: Destigmatize Obesity
A University of Texas professor recently urged his colleagues to “remove the stigma associated with large body types.” Professor Robert Reece, who teaches sociology at the university, argued in a recent essay for Teaching Tolerance magazine that educators must fight against fat stigma because it causes “internalized stigma and destructive behaviors” among overweight people. Read […]
September 20, 2017
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Policies
Insurance Rates Drop 26% in Alaska
Alaskans buying health insurance on the individual market will see a decrease of 26.5 percent in rates next year, the sole insurer in the state announced Tuesday. Alaskans had been paying some of the highest premiums in the nation. Read More
September 20, 2017
Policies
Survey: Consumers and Congress Disagree on What’s “Affordable”
Consumers value health insurance but often have to make sacrifices to afford it. Consumers and lawmakers disagree about what exactly “affordable” healthcare means. And doctors favor a new model for how they’re paid. Those are just a few of the takeaways from a new survey the Texas Medical Center’s Health Policy Institute released today (Sept. […]
September 20, 2017
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Navy Removes Employees in Snapchat Incident
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Navy hospital in Florida has removed some employees from patient care after Snapchat photos showed a nurse giving the middle finger to a newborn with a caption that said, “How I currently feel about these “mini Satans.” Jeanne Casey, spokeswoman for the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, said in a statement released late […]
September 20, 2017
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Policies
Kimmel Takes on Latest Healthcare Bill
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim Tuesday at Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy’s new co-authored health care bill that would undo central components of ObamaCare and replace it with block grants — or federal funds — to the states. The host of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” who delivered a memorable monologue in May when […]
September 20, 2017
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Other News
Bipartisan Effort to Improve “Obamacare” Ends
A bipartisan attempt at shoring up the Affordable Care Act is officially over in the Senate. The development comes as the GOP has revived its partisan attack on “Obamacare,” with Senate leaders and President Donald Trump pushing repeal and replace legislation. GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander, who chairs the Senate’s health committee and had been working […]
September 20, 2017
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Other News
Report: Obamacare Ads Work
When Trump administration officials slashed the advertising budget for healthcare.gov, the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplace, they said it was because of efficiency. Advertising, they said, was showing “diminishing returns” and was no longer an effective way to boost enrollment. But research that the Department of Health and Human Services conducted and then distributed internally […]
September 20, 2017
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Community Engagement
Saray E. Lopez is expanding University of Phoenix’s outreach to Hispanics.
September 20, 2017
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Opinion
Facts Favor Jemele Hill Over Trump
The primary question at the center of the controversy is: Was Hill wrong in her assessment of President Trump as a White supremacist? Let’s examine the evidence.
September 19, 2017
Students
Organizations Call for DeVos to Halt Student Loan Policy Changes
The regulatory changes being pursued by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the student loan arena could “spell disaster for students of color who are too often exploited in consumer lending,” a group of 39 organizations said in a letter to DeVos.
September 19, 2017
Students
Report: Higher Ed Must Factor In Growing Single Mother Student Population
Even as more single mothers than ever are attending college, services for student parents have been reduced. Many schools have had to close childcare centers on campus due to funding issues.
September 19, 2017
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Students
Protests, Investigation Follow Georgia Tech Shooting
On Tuesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation released the recording of the 911 call made by 21 year-old Scout Schultz, the Georgia Tech engineering student who was shot and killed by campus police.
September 19, 2017
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Students
Attack on Black Cornell University Student Under Investigation
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University plans to form a task force to address what its president calls “persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance” at the Ivy League school in the wake of the beating of a Black student. Authorities in Ithaca say they’re looking into whether last week’s attack against the student was racially motivated. […]
September 19, 2017
Students
Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Debunked Rolling Stone Story
NEW YORK — A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was reinstated Tuesday by an appeals court in a manner that one judge says would allow any member of a school fraternity to join the lawsuit. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said […]
September 19, 2017
Leadership & Policy
University Head Ousted for ‘Lack of Leadership’ During Irma
PETERSBURG, Fla. — As the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus was preparing for a hit from Hurricane Irma, its leader suggested to her boss in an email that she was still there when she had actually left the state, a newspaper reported. Sophia Wisniewska, regional chancellor for the Tampa-based university, negotiated a resignation […]
September 19, 2017
Students
Wheaton College Football Players Accused in 2016 Hazing Face Felony Charges
WHEATON, Ill. — Suburban Chicago authorities say five members of a Christian college’s football team accused of hazing face felony charges. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office announced Monday that the five Wheaton College players are charged with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint. A judge signed arrest warrants and set $50,000 bonds for […]
September 19, 2017
Students
Czech Appeals Court Upholds Hijab Ban at Nursing School
PRAGUE — A Czech appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that went against a Somali student who accused a nursing school of discrimination because she wears a hijab. Ayan Jamaal Ahmednuur demanded an apology and 60,000 koruna ($2,750) in compensation but the Prague 10 district court ruled in January there was no evidence […]
September 19, 2017
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