Illinois officials are poised to slash a pair of state-funded health insurance programs that cover non-citizens and illegal immigrants, citing soaring costs that have surpassed their estimated projections. In a statement last week, the state announced changes would be coming to the eligibility requirements for the Healthcare Benefits for Immigrant […]
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Vaccine-skeptical mothers say bad health care experiences made them distrust the medical system
Why would a mother reject safe, potentially lifesaving vaccines for her child? Popular writing on vaccine skepticism often denigrates white and middle-class mothers who reject some or all recommended vaccines as hysterical, misinformed, zealous or ignorant. Mainstream media and medical providers increasingly dismiss vaccine refusal as a hallmark of American […]
Bills on book bans, corporate health care at risk as Oregon legislative session nears adjournment
Oregon state Representative Ben Bowman, D-Tigard, introduced a bill this year to restrict corporate ownership of some health care practices. The bill is in jeopardy as the legislative session nears an end. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB With Oregon lawmakers speeding toward adjournment, two of the legislative session’s more contentious bills […]
Bias against older people in health care settings is common and harmful : Shots
Dr. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and author, speaks with a patient at UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Health in San Francisco. /Julia Burns hide caption toggle caption /Julia Burns Dr. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician and author, speaks with a patient at UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Health in San Francisco. […]
How AI Will Help the World’s Top Hospital CEOs Transform Health Care
Leaders at some of the world’s best hospitals find themselves at a unique moment. Just a few years after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed global health care systems to a breaking point, many of these top hospital executives are now on the leading edge of what promises to be one of […]
Rental assistance is health care, according to Medicaid
For more than a decade, researchers and advocates have argued that housing is a fundamental part of health care. Beginning this fall, for the first time, federal Medicaid dollars will start going toward paying some people’s rent. It’s a significant policy development. Congressional regulations have long barred Medicaid funds from […]
US defense secretary in hospital critical care unit – World
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington, US, Jan 29, 2024. [Photo/Agencies] WASHINGTON — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was admitted into the critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for supportive care […]
Is Apple’s new Vision Pro a health care machine? Sharp Healthcare thinks so
Only just released to the public, Apple’s new Vision Pro headset can already be used to display medical records, filling a doctor’s field of view with anything from graphs of a patient’s blood pressure over time to the results of their latest chest X-ray. The expensive new technology, with its […]
Racism is rampant in health care and a new memoir reveals how deadly the consequences can be
When Dr. Uché Blackstock left her faculty position in academic medicine four years ago, she had no way of knowing she was making a life-or-death decision. After enduring years of racism and sexism in a toxic work environment, she’d had enough and decided to prioritize her own mental health and […]
Maine lawmakers kill bill on gender health care accused of trampling parents rights
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Plastic chemicals linked to $249 billion in US health care costs in 2018 alone, study says
Forever. Chemicals including P fa S, phenols and parabens are all around us and enter our bodies through ingestion. These chemicals are prevalent in food and beverage packaging, cosmetics, textiles and water with over 200 million Americans likely exposed through drinking water. Huffpost highlights that few regulations exist to curb […]
Market likes AI technology for advertising, not health care
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday shared what he learned from his two days at JPMorgan‘s health-care conference. He marveled at the myriad of uses for generative artificial intelligence in health care, but concluded that Wall Street is more concerned with using that new technology for advertising. Cramer told investors that […]
CA lawmaker proposes ending health care for undocumented
A child holds up a #Health4All poster at an event about expanding Medi-Cal coverage to undocumented children at Clinica Sierra Vista in Fresno in 2016. SILVIA FLORES Fresno Bee file Days after California became the first state in the nation to offer Medi-Cal to all low-income undocumented residents, a Republican […]
Hospital for Endocrine Surgery Celebrates Two Years of Exceptional Care and Unprecedented Growth
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Hospital for Endocrine Surgery, a groundbreaking institution specializing in tumors and cancers of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, marks its two-year anniversary with a remarkable achievement: exceeding 20,000 new patient consults. This achievement, reached in just under two years since its […]
Morgan Stanley positive on managed care in election year
Panuwat Dangsungnoen/iStock via Getty Images With Congress ratcheting down saber-rattling over broader healthcare reforms into 2024, Morgan Stanley has taken a more constructive view on the managed care and retail pharmacy space, mainly due to the biosimilar/GLP-1 opportunity. However, the analysts led by Erin Wright highlighted the implications of rising […]
Private equity is buying up health care, but the real problem is why doctors are selling
Who owns your doctor’s office? More and more often nowadays, the answer is a private equity firm — a type of investment fund that buys, restructures, and resells companies. Over the last decade, private equity firms have spent nearly $1 trillion on close to 8,000 health care deals, snapping up practices that […]
Republican Presidential Candidates on Health Care
On the Issues Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Health Care The Republican presidential candidates all oppose the Affordable Care Act, though not all of them have indicated that they would try to repeal it. Confronting a health care system that is much more expensive than those of other wealthy […]
A migrant mother struggles to find health care in Chicago
Para leer en español, haga clic aquí. Esperanza Mendez worries she may be dying, though she doesn’t say it out loud to her two young children. There is a cyst on her neck, which she said feels like it’s putting pressure on her brain and causing pain in her head. […]
Now Open, the Verstandig Pavilion at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Providing World-Class Care in a World-Class Facility
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Health proudly announce the opening of the new Verstandig Pavilion, a transformative project for the region. This facility enables MedStar Georgetown to continue providing world-class care now in a world-class facility unlike anywhere else in the metropolitan area. […]
Stamford Hospital is Recognized by U.S. News & World Report for Maternity Care
Only two hospitals in Connecticut were named a Best Hospital for Maternity in 2024 STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — This week, U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) named Stamford Hospital as a High Performing Hospital for Maternity in its “Best Hospitals for Maternity in 2024” ratings. This is […]