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In Fight Over Medicare Payments, the Hospital Lobby Shows Its Strength
In the battle to control health care costs, hospitals are deploying their political power to protect their bottom lines.
The point of contention: For decades, Medicare has paid hospitals — including hospital-owned physician…
¿Ofrecer vivienda gratis es atención médica? Programas de Medicaid dicen que sí
Estados están invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares en un experimento de atención médica de alto riesgo: utilizar fondos ya escasos de seguros de salud públicos para proporcionar vivienda a los estadounidenses más pobres y…
GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility
Elisabeth Rosenthal
GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, “for life’s important moments.” In the early years, it…
States Target Health Insurers’ ‘Prior Authorization’ Red Tape
Christopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year. The 40-year-old truck driver from Kansas City, Missouri, said his average blood sugar reading…
Senators Weigh Whether Health Care AI Needs a Leash
The Senate Finance Committee contemplated the future yesterday: artificial intelligence and its potential applications to health care.
And it turns out the future looks an awful lot like the past and present: Democrats want…
Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?
Judith Graham
The covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the elderly predicted: incontrovertible proof that the nation wasn’t doing enough to care for vulnerable older adults.
The death…
Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741.
Philadelphia police officers…
FDA’s Plan to Ban Hair Relaxer Chemical Called Too Little, Too Late
Ronnie Cohen
In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the chemical in…
Colorado avanza con proyectos para conectar a trabajadores agrícolas con servicios de salud mental
Legisladores de Colorado han propuesto un par de medidas que, dicen, mejorarán el acceso a recursos de salud mental para la industria agrícola del estado, donde el estrés, la ansiedad y la depresión entre trabajadores en…
Even in Bright-Blue California, Abortion Is on the Ballot
The race to replace the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is in full swing in California. Although the state enshrined abortion rights into its constitution, the prospect of a national abortion ban has the candidates vying…