| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.09.2024 | New Directions Mental Health Supports the Local Community with New Mental Health Clinic in Fox Chapel, PA | Take a look inside the clinic!
New Directions Mental Health opens a new clinic in Fox Chapel, PA this fall, offering comprehensive mental health services with a dedicated team.
I’m so proud to be a part of the skilled team we are building h... |
| 14.09.2024 | Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence | Gun violence is a leading cause of death for young people in America, and the possibility of shootings has influenced costly decision-making in school systems as administrators juggle fear, duty, and dizzying statistics in efforts to keep s... |
| 13.09.2024 | The Balancing Act of Innovation: Privacy and Safety in Fall Detection Technology | In a world where technology is advancing at breakneck speed, the intersection of privacy and safety is becoming a battleground. Startups are stepping into this arena, particularly in the realm of fall detection for the elderly. Imagine a sc... |
| 12.09.2024 | Health | Thanks to Reddit, a new diagnosis is bubbling up across the nation | The inability to belch can cause bloating, pain, gurgling in the neck and chest, and excessive flatulence as built-up air seeks an alternate exit route. One Reddit user described the gurgling sound as an “alien trying to escape me,” and pai... |
| 11.09.2024 | Health | US uninsured rate was stable in 2023, even as states’ Medicaid purge began | The Medicaid unwinding has been completed in most states, and more than 25 million people have been disenrolled, according to KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News. The Census report, based on surveys conducted e... |
| 11.09.2024 | Health | ACA enrollment platforms suspended over alleged foreign access to consumer data | Still, the larger issue of fraudulent ACA enrollment by rogue insurance agents seeking commissions will continue to pose a headache for regulators, with more than 200,000 complaints filed by consumers in the first six months of 2024. And it... |
| 10.09.2024 | Health Agencies Brace for New Mpox Strain Amid Aging HIV Population | Health agencies are on high alert. A new strain of mpox, known as clade 1b, looms on the horizon. This strain is endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and poses a significant threat. Clade 1b is more virulent than its predecessor, cla... |
| 10.09.2024 | Health | Errors in Deloitte-run Medicaid systems can cost millions and take years to fix | “People will go without care,” Edwards said, and until there’s a fix or a workaround, “you will continue to have the harm over and over again.”
Kenneth Smith, a Deloitte executive who leads its national human services division, previously t... |
| 09.09.2024 | Health | Patients suffer when Indian Health Service doesn’t pay for outside care | Eligible patients aren’t guaranteed funding or timely help, however. Some of the Indian Health Service’s 170 service units exhaust their annual pool of money or reserve it for the most serious medical concerns.
Referred-care programs denied... |
| 09.09.2024 | Health | Breast cancer rises among Asian American and Pacific Islander women | The rate of new breast cancer cases among Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 grew by about 52% from 2000 through 2021. Rates for AAPI women 50 to 64 grew 33% and rates for AAPI women 65 and older grew by 43% during that peri... |
| 06.09.2024 | Inaugural 988 Day kicks off with message of 'No judgment, just help' | Content warning: Suicide and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988, or text MHA to 741741.
It's been two years since the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline... |
| 06.09.2024 | Health | Health agencies scramble to prepare for new mpox strain | Clade 1b is endemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the strain is more widespread than any other outbreak. Clade 1b usually causes a higher percentage of people with mpox to get severely sick and die, compared to clade IIb, accordi... |
| 05.09.2024 | National Politics | Disability rights activist pushes government to let him participate in society | His voice is soft, but he makes sure it’s heard.
Frey was paralyzed in an accident at age 4. He uses sip-and-puff controls to drive his wheelchair into courtrooms and through the halls of the Iowa Statehouse and the U.S. Capitol, where he d... |
| 03.09.2024 | Northeast Health Services to Address Mental Health Needs in Haverhill with New Clinic Now Open | Northeast Health Services opens a new Haverhill clinic in August, offering comprehensive mental health services and innovative treatments for all ages.
I am excited to see greater accessibility for mental health services in the community wi... |
| 31.08.2024 | A teen’s murder, mold in the walls: Unfulfilled promises haunt public housing | The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that $115 billion is needed to fund a backlog of public housing repairs. But, two years ago, money to fund those repairs became a casualty of negotiations between the Biden a... |
| 30.08.2024 | The Silent Struggle: Farmworkers and Opioid Settlement Decisions | In the heart of America, two crises unfold. One is the silent struggle of farmworkers facing health risks from bird flu. The other is the opioid epidemic, where settlement funds meant for healing are often decided behind closed doors. Both ... |
| 30.08.2024 | Health | Her life was at risk. She needed an abortion. Insurance refused to pay | A year later, the 1849 abortion ban still in place in Wisconsin, Ashley was pregnant again.
“Everything was perfect. I was starting to feel kicking and movement,” she said. “It was the day I turned 20 weeks, which was a Monday. I went to wo... |
| 29.08.2024 | The Fentanyl Crisis: A Misguided Narrative and a Call for Clarity | The opioid epidemic in the United States is a tragic saga, marked by soaring death tolls and political rhetoric that often misses the mark. Recently, former President Trump claimed that fentanyl deaths have reached a staggering 300,000 annu... |
| 29.08.2024 | Health | Public voices often ignored in states’ opioid settlement money decisions | “It’s another moment where folks not connected to this community are making decisions for this community, and I think that’s inappropriate,” said Bill McKinney, a Kensington resident whose nonprofit is involved in some of the city’s settlem... |
| 29.08.2024 | With only gloves to protect them, farmworkers say they tend sick cows amid bird flu | But so far, many farms aren’t taking them up on it: According to numbers provided by the state health department in late August, fewer than 13% of the state’s dairies had requested and received such PPE.
The virus is known to infect mammals... |
| 28.08.2024 | The Crossroads of Life and Death: Medical Tourism for Assisted Dying | In the quiet corners of Vermont and Oregon, a profound shift is taking place. People are traveling across state lines, not for vacation or adventure, but for a final act of autonomy. They seek assisted dying, a choice that has become a cont... |
| 27.08.2024 | Business | For pharma, Trump vs. Harris is a showdown between two industry foes | The shift in their political standing shows up in pharmaceutical companies’ contributions to candidates. An industry that gave three or four times as much to GOP candidates as to Democrats in the 1990s and early 2000s is now hedging its bet... |
| 27.08.2024 | National Politics | Fact Check: Trump drastically inflates annual fentanyl death numbers | Trump’s figures appear to have no basis in fact. Government statistics show the number of drug overdose deaths per year is hovering around 100,000 to 110,000, with opioid-related deaths at about 81,000. That’s enough that the government has... |
| 27.08.2024 | The Importance of Between-Visits Appointments and Mental Health | Loren Larsen, CEO, Videra Health
The causes and effects of America’s mental health crisis are well-documented. Easing access to necessary clinical help has not grown in tandem.
A study by the National Council for Mental Well-Being reveals t... |
| 24.08.2024 | Health | ‘Scared to death’: Nurses and residents confront rampant violence in dementia care facilities | Dan Shively died five days later at age 73.
Police did not charge Dowd, then 66. He stayed at Canyon Creek for nearly three more years, during which time he repeatedly clashed with residents, sometimes hitting male residents and groping fem... |
| 23.08.2024 | Health | Traveling to die: The latest form of medical tourism | At least 26 people have traveled to Vermont to die, representing nearly 25% of the reported assisted deaths in the state from May 2023 through this June, according to the Vermont Department of Health. In Oregon, 23 out-of-state residents di... |
| 23.08.2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention | But he hasn’t been definitive about that. In an April interview with Time, Trump was asked if that blanket 10 percent tariff was his plan. He responded, “It may be more than that. It may be a derivative of that.”
At a recent rally in North ... |
| 22.08.2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention | Abortion ban
After predicting that Trump and Vance would “gut Social Security and Medicare,” Walz repeated the outdated claim that “they will ban abortion across this country with or without Congress.” Trump used to support that position, b... |
| 21.08.2024 | Health | The FDA calls them ‘recalls,’ yet the targeted medical devices often remain in use | “It’s very oxymoronic,” said Rita Redberg, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco and former editor in chief of the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. “A recall makes it sound like it’s recalled. But that is not actually... |
| 21.08.2024 | National Politics | Fact check: Harris did not vote to ‘cut Medicare,’ despite Trump’s claim | Trump gave no further explanation for which vote he was referring to or how he arrived at that figure. A campaign spokesperson told KFF Health News in an email that Trump was referring to a statistic from a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Toma... |
| 21.08.2024 | National Politics | New lines of attack form against the Affordable Care Act | The enhanced subsidies are set to expire in late 2025. Without them, millions of Americans would likely see their premiums go up.
But the debate will also likely draw in other issues, including Trump-era tax cuts, which also must be address... |
| 21.08.2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention | “In dollar terms, the biggest winners would be those in the top 0.1 percent of income, who make nearly $5 million or more,” Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, wrote on Aug. 2. “They’d get an average tax cut of nearly... |
| 20.08.2024 | The Battle for Trans Rights: Misinformation and Medical Necessity | The debate over gender-affirming care in the United States has become a battleground, rife with misinformation and political maneuvering. As states push for restrictive laws, medical professionals and advocates stand firm in their belief th... |
| 20.08.2024 | BeneLynk Enhances Lynk360™ Platform to Address National Challenges of Medicaid Disenrollment | SUNRISE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, August 20, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- BeneLynk, a national provider of social care solutions for managed care plans, is excited to announce significant enhancements to its Lynk360™ platform. These improvemen... |
| 19.08.2024 | The Economic Tightrope: Navigating Policy Promises and Market Realities | In the ever-shifting landscape of American politics, economic promises often dance on a tightrope. Politicians, like acrobats, make bold claims, hoping to catch the public's eye while balancing on the thin line between feasibility and fanta... |
| 19.08.2024 | PayZen: Revolutionizing Healthcare Payments with AI | In the vast landscape of American healthcare, a storm brews. Rising costs, staggering medical debt, and an intricate web of billing practices create a perfect storm for patients. Enter PayZen, a fintech company that aims to change the game.... |
| 19.08.2024 | Revolutionizing Healthcare: Moximed and PayZen Lead the Charge | In the evolving landscape of healthcare, two companies are emerging as beacons of innovation: Moximed and PayZen. Both are tackling significant challenges in the medical field, albeit from different angles. Moximed is addressing the physica... |
| 17.08.2024 | Health | How little Denmark got homegrown giant Novo Nordisk to lower Ozempic prices | In Denmark, with prescriptions for the drugs gobbling up 18% of regional drug budgets in 2023, officials were considering the unthinkable in a system that prides itself on free cradle-to-grave coverage: forcing patients to pay out-of-pocket... |
| 17.08.2024 | Health | Small-town patients face big hurdles as rural hospitals cut cancer care | For rural patients, getting cancer treatment close to home has always been difficult. But in recent years, chemotherapy deserts have expanded across the United States, with 382 rural hospitals halting services from 2014 to 2022, according t... |
| 16.08.2024 | The Absenteeism Epidemic: Schools Struggle to Reconnect with Students Post-Pandemic | The pandemic was a storm that swept through schools, leaving chaos in its wake. Attendance rates plummeted, and millions of students vanished from classrooms. The aftermath is still felt today. Schools are grappling with a new reality: chro... |
| 16.08.2024 | Health | Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help | For children of color and LGBTQ+ young people — and others who may not see themselves represented broadly in society — social media can reduce isolation, according to Charmaraman’s research, which was published in the Handbook of Adolescent... |
| 16.08.2024 | National Politics | FACT FOCUS: A look at Harris’ economic agenda | Most economists do expect it would raise prices on many goods. The Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, estimates it would reduce average incomes in the top 60% of earners by 1.8%. And the... |
| 16.08.2024 | National Politics | Trans care debate influenced by misinformation, doctors say | Most major medical and mental health associations in the United States, including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychiatric Association, say gender-affirming care, which includes a wide ra... |
| 14.08.2024 | States vs. Federal Law: The Battle for Drug Price Regulation | In the heart of America, a battle brews over prescription drug prices. States are eager to take control, but a federal law looms large, casting a shadow over their efforts. This clash centers on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the regu... |
| 14.08.2024 | Health | ‘I feel dismissed’: People experiencing colorism say health system fails them | Jonnae Thompson, an actress, a singer and a stand-up comedian, performs in the “Ladies Love Comedy” show at the Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena, California, on April 27, 2024. She says anxiety about her skin complexion has negatively affe... |
| 13.08.2024 | Using AI to help patients pay their medical bills, PayZen takes $232 million | The round included $32 million in equity and new $200 million credit warehouse
PayZen is a company that allows patients to pay off their debt in installments, rather than all at once. This comes as health spending in the U.S. increased by 7... |
| 13.08.2024 | Decision 2024: Harris & Trump Both Support Prescription Importation | "Remarkably, both candidates agree on one thing - allowing Americans to access affordable prescription medications through importation”
In this age of contentious politics, it is worth spotlighting when the major party presidential can... |
| 13.08.2024 | Health | States want to lower drug prices. A federal law stands in their way | That could change if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a PBM law enacted by Lackey’s home state of Oklahoma.
Five years ago, Oklahoma tried to rein in PBMs by approving a measure barring them from forcing pharmacies to pay certain fees or requ... |
| 10.08.2024 | Health | Native American public health officials are stuck in data blind spot | Federal investigators and tribal epidemiologists have documented a litany of obstacles keeping state and federal public health information from tribes, including confusion about data-sharing policies, inconsistent processes for requesting i... |
| 08.08.2024 | I'm Beside You uses AI to improve our emotional well being | Video analysis and AI-supported therapists available to patients 24/7
Behavioral health services have skyrocketed in the last decade thanks to remote monitoring, telehealth and data analytics, which together help address a disturbing and gr... |
| 07.08.2024 | The Rising Star: Tim Walz and His Impact on the 2024 Election | Tim Walz is not just a name; he’s a force. The Minnesota governor is stepping into the spotlight as the vice-presidential pick for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. This decision is more than a political maneuver; it’s a strategic play th... |
| 07.08.2024 | Politics | Harris’ California health care battles signal fights ahead for hospitals if she wins | For decades, the health industry has undergone consolidation despite government efforts to maintain competition. When health systems expand, adding hospitals and doctor practices to their portfolios, they often gain a large enough share of ... |
| 03.08.2024 | Health | Maternity care in rural areas is in crisis. Can more doulas help? | Clark said she’s grateful the physicians and nurses who delivered both her babies were kind and caring during her labor and delivery. But looking back, she said, she wishes she had had a doula for one-on-one support through pregnancy, child... |
| 02.08.2024 | 9/11 Heroes Deserve Better: A Call for Accountability in Healthcare | In the heart of New York City, a storm brews. The NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees is raising its voice, demanding accountability for the healthcare of 9/11 first responders. These heroes, who rushed into chaos, now find themselv... |
| 02.08.2024 | Health | Fact check: GOP charge that Harris backed taxpayer-funded care for all immigrants overlooks details | The claims are misleading. It’s true that Harris supported allowing immigrants residing in the U.S. to obtain public health insurance regardless of legal status. During the first 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate in Miami, Kamala ... |
| 01.08.2024 | Bird flu cases are going undetected, new study suggests. It’s a problem for all of us | But testing for bird flu among farmworkers remains rare, which is why Gray’s research stands out as the first to look for signs of prior, undiagnosed infections in people who had been exposed to sick dairy cattle — and who had become ill an... |
| 01.08.2024 | The CDC’s test for bird flu works, but it has issues | The problem came to light in April as the agency prepared to distribute its test to about 100 public health labs around the country. CDC officials detected the issue through a quality control system put in place after the COVID test catastr... |
| 30.07.2024 | Marketplace Health Insurance Premium Costs to Arkansas Consumers Could Jump 84% if Enhanced Subsidies Expire | A new KFF analysis finds that health insurance premium payments for Arkansans buying coverage through the health insurance marketplace could increase by an average of 84% — or $828 in annual payments, an increase from $984 to $1,812 — if Co... |
| 29.07.2024 | Standing Out Amid Election Noise: Anti-PR Keys to Handle Media Frenzy | JOTO PRS 8
As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, businesses face increasing pressure to navigate the political landscape. Karla Jo Helms highlights the delicate nature of this scenario for businesses trying to increase their outr... |
| 29.07.2024 | National Politics | Harris mobilizes grassroots activists, sorority sisters. But not all Black women are on board | Though she had still planned to vote for Biden and had campaigned for him in 2020, the 40-something trauma-informed yoga teacher felt let down, she said, after he failed to deliver on voting rights. This year she decided she would vote earl... |
| 27.07.2024 | Health | Rural hospitals built during baby boom now face baby bust | These days, many Americans choose to have small families or no children at all. Modern birth control methods help make such decisions stick. The trend is amplified in small towns when young adults move away, taking any childbearing potentia... |
| 26.07.2024 | The Long Shadow of Long COVID and the Medicaid Gap | The pandemic has left a complex legacy. Long COVID and the Medicaid coverage gap are two pressing issues that continue to haunt millions of Americans. Each presents a unique challenge, yet both share a common thread: the struggle for health... |
| 26.07.2024 | The AI Dilemma: Navigating the Landscape of Innovation and Regulation**
** | ** The landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) is a wild frontier. It promises innovation, efficiency, and transformation. Yet, as the dust settles, the reality is stark. The AI boom is not the golden age many envisioned. Companies are st... |
| 25.07.2024 | The 911 System: A Ticking Time Bomb in Crisis Response**
** | ** The 911 system is the lifeline of emergency response in the United States. It’s the first call made in a crisis, the bridge between chaos and help. Yet, this vital service is teetering on the edge of a crisis itself. The system, designed... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Silent Scream of Social Security: A Looming Crisis for Seniors**
** | ** In the land of the free, a silent crisis brews. Social Security, a lifeline for millions of American seniors, is losing its grip. The buying power of benefits has plummeted. In 2024, it stands at a mere 80 cents on the dollar compared to... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Bird Flu Dilemma: A Call for Action in the U.S. Dairy Industry**
** | ** The bird flu is knocking at the door of the U.S. dairy industry. It’s a silent threat, creeping in with the stealth of a shadow. Colorado is ground zero, grappling with an outbreak that has already claimed millions of chickens and raised... |
| 25.07.2024 | The TMJ Treatment Crisis: A Painful Divide in American Healthcare**
** | ** In the United States, a silent epidemic is gnawing at the jaws of millions. Temporomandibular joint disorders, or TMJ, affect an estimated 33 million Americans. This condition, which causes debilitating pain and stiffness in the jaw, oft... |
| 25.07.2024 | Health | In the 10 states that didn’t expand Medicaid, 1.6M can’t afford health insurance | “This is not a conservative or liberal issue. This is about the people that we represent in the state of Mississippi, whether they be Black or white,” Johnson said in an interview. “This is a life-or-death issue for not just individuals, bu... |
| 24.07.2024 | The nation’s 911 system is on the brink of its own emergency | 911 is typically supported by fees tacked on to phone bills, but state and local governments also tap general funds or other resources.
“Now there are haves and have-nots,” said Jonathan Gilad, vice president of government affairs at the Na... |
| 23.07.2024 | Health | How to find a good, well-staffed nursing home | Find your area agency on aging and ombudsman through the federal government’s Eldercare Locator website or by calling 1-800-677-1116. Identify your ombudsman through the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, an advocacy group.... |
| 23.07.2024 | Health | Angry patients spur new state watchdogs to bring down drug prices | “Drug pricing is an extremely complex system, and you need experts in the space that understand how everything works,” said Andrew York, executive director of Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board. “Every state is proposing diffe... |
| 22.07.2024 | Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots. Some experts say the US should, too | “Now is the time to offer the vaccines to farmworkers in the United States,” said Nahid Bhadelia, director of the Boston University Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Even more urgent measures are lagging in the U.S., she added. Testin... |
| 21.07.2024 | AI regulation in peril: Navigating uncertain times | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
The Supreme Court recently took a sledgehammer to federal agencies’ powers, as noted by Morning Brew.
Less than a... |
| 20.07.2024 | Why millions are trying alternatives to Big Pharma's weight loss drugs | Pharmacist Mark Mikhael has lost 50 pounds over the past 12 months. He no longer has diabetes and finds himself "at my ideal body weight," with his cholesterol below 200 for the first time in 20 years. "I feel fantastic,"... |
| 20.07.2024 | These vibrant, bigger-than-life portraits turn gun death statistics into indelible stories | On June 25, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis, noting: “Every day that passes we lose more kids to gun violence. The more children who are witnessing episodes of gun violence, the more children w... |
| 19.07.2024 | At Trump's GOP Convention, there's little to be heard on health care | No talk of Obamacare. No abortion.
At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, where delegates officially nominated Donald Trump as the party's 2024 presidential candidate, health care issues received little attention from... |
| 19.07.2024 | Health | ‘A bottomless pit’: How out-of-pocket TMJ costs drive patients into debt | Jonna Tallant, a longtime TMJ patient, displays a pile of medical records and billing documents at her home in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has spent a small fortune on TMJ treatment over three decades, but remains in agony and is unable to ea... |
| 18.07.2024 | Emergency responders turning to drones to try to get people help faster | The drones are coming.
Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report a cardiac arrest, the first responder on the scene may be a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator, or AED.
"The idea... |
| 18.07.2024 | Health | Despite past storms’ lessons, long-term care residents again left powerless | “There has been some movement, but I think it’s been way too slow,” said David Grabowski, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School. “We keep getting tested and we keep failing the test. But I do think we are going to have... |
| 17.07.2024 | Health | If lawsuit ends federal mandates on birth control coverage, states will have the say | And that perplexity surrounding coverage may get more complicated.
An ongoing federal lawsuit aims to strike down the ACA’s preventive care coverage requirements for private insurers. If the case knocks out the mandates, state-level laws — ... |
| 17.07.2024 | In deal with DOJ and ACLU, Tennessee agrees to remove sex workers with HIV from sex offender registry | The Tennessee government has agreed to begin scrubbing its sex offender registry of dozens of people who were convicted of prostitution while having HIV, reversing a practice that federal lawsuits have challenged as draconian and discrimina... |
| 17.07.2024 | Americans spend more on health care than any other nation. Yet almost half can't afford care. | Protest outside UnitedHealthcare headquarters ends in arrests
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Americans spend more money on health care on a per capita basis than people in any other developed nation, yet... |
| 15.07.2024 | Health | From Dr. Oz to heart valves: A tiny device charted a contentious path through the FDA | The MitraClip story is, in many ways, a cautionary tale about the science, business, and regulation of medical devices.
Manufacturer-sponsored research on the device has long been questioned. In 2013, an outside adviser to the FDA compared ... |
| 12.07.2024 | Health | Commentary: Pain doesn’t belong on a scale of zero to 10 | To be fair, in an era when pain was too often ignored or undertreated, the zero-to-10 rating system could be regarded as an advance. Morphine pumps were not available for those cancer patients I saw in the ’80s, even those in agonizing pain... |
| 11.07.2024 | Health | Beyond PMS: A poorly understood disorder means periods of despair for some women | “When I felt better, it was like I was looking back at the experience of someone else, and that was incredibly confusing,” Lint said.
Then, in 2022, clarity pierced through. Her symptoms, she realized, were cyclical. Lint recognized a patte... |
| 11.07.2024 | Health | Lack of affordability tops older Americans’ list of health care worries | In fact, five of the top 10 issues identified as very concerning were cost-related. Beyond the top three, people cited the cost of health insurance and Medicare (52%), and the cost of dental care (45%). Financial scams and fraud came in fou... |
| 11.07.2024 | How TMJ's out-of-pocket costs drive patients into "a bottomless pit" of debt | Over three decades of relentless pain, Jonna Tallant has tried about every TMJ treatment: mouthguards, six sets of braces, dental crowns and appliances, drugs, physical therapy, Botox, massage, acupuncture, chiropractic care and surgery.
No... |
| 08.07.2024 | Health | Fake therapist fooled hundreds online until she died, state records say | The alleged ruse has not been previously reported and its details and scope were only recently glimpsed in a few pages of public documents released by the state agencies. The Tennessee settlement, released in May, states that Randolph was s... |
| 08.07.2024 | Health | The concierge catch: Better access for a few patients disrupts care for many | “Concierge medicine potentially leads to disproportionately richer people being able to pay for the scarce resource of physician time and crowding out people who have lower incomes and are sicker,” said Adam Leive, lead author of a 2023 stu... |
| 06.07.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Céline Gounder and Craig Spencer: The decline in American life expectancy harms more than our health | In 1842, Edwin Chadwick argued in his landmark “Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain” that public health investments are crucial not only from a moral perspective, but also for economic productivity... |
| 05.07.2024 | Insurance wouldn't pay for his vasectomy. Such birth control coverage may become more elusive. | David Engler had been pretty sure he didn't want children. Then a frustrating school day two years ago helped seal the deal for the now 43-year-old substitute teacher.
"It was wild. I had to call the office seven times to get kids pull... |
| 05.07.2024 | Health | Rate of young women getting sterilized doubled after Roe was overturned | After Roe was overturned in June 2022, doctors said a wave of young people like Ferst started asking for permanent birth control like tubal ligations, in which the fallopian tubes are removed, or vasectomies.
New research published this spr... |
| 03.07.2024 | Health | Closing of rural hospitals leaves towns with unhealthy real estate | In Jellico, the town owns the building that housed the medical center, and Mayor Sandy Terry said it is in decent condition. But the last operator, Indiana-based Boa Vida Healthcare, holds the license to operate a medical facility there and... |
| 03.07.2024 | Planned Parenthood to blitz GOP seats, but will abortion sway California's conservative voters? | Planned Parenthood is preparing a seven-figure campaign blitz to oust GOP incumbents from California congressional seats, part of a larger national effort by the reproductive rights group to prevent a Republican majority from passing aborti... |
| 03.07.2024 | National Politics | Analysis: Republicans are downplaying abortion, but it keeps coming up | Eight in 10 Democratic women in states with possible ballot measures said they were “absolutely certain” they would vote — and also said they were more likely to back Biden compared with Democratic women in other states, KFF found.
So far, ... |
| 02.07.2024 | The Supreme Court just limited federal power. Health care is feeling the shockwaves | Groups that oppose a regulation could search for and secure partisan judges to roll back agency decision-making, said Andrew Twinamatsiko, director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at Georgetown University’s O’Neill Institute. On... |
| 02.07.2024 | Fake therapist fooled hundreds online until she died, state records say | Hundreds of Americans may have unknowingly received therapy from an untrained impostor who masqueraded as an online therapist, possibly for as long as two years, and the deception crumbled only when she died, according to state health depar... |
| 01.07.2024 | National Politics | Battleground Wisconsin: Voters feel nickel-and-dimed by health care costs | Prelipp was serving beer at the Birnamwood Polka Days festival on a muggy June day. Pro-Trump hats peppered the crowd, and against the backdrop of cheerful polka tunes, peppy dancing, and the sweet smell of freshly cut hay, candidates for l... |
| 29.06.2024 | Therapists learn how to help farmers cope with stress before it’s too late | The tragic trend has caught the attention of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which sponsors training sessions like the one in Grinnell to help health care professionals learn how to talk to farmers about the pressures they face in wring... |
| 29.06.2024 | Health | Medicaid for millions in America hinges on Deloitte-run systems plagued by errors | Medicaid beneficiaries bear the brunt of system errors, said Steve Catanese, president of Service Employees International Union Local 668 in Pennsylvania. The union chapter represents roughly 19,000 employees — including government casework... |
