Experts worry a lack of access could lead to death and chronic illnesses, and worsen economic disparities.
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But accessing the technology can be a challenge and virtual appointments aren’t a viable long-term solution.
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Immigration Raids and Fear of Deportation Push Patients Into Telehealth Read Post »
It cares for those with rare or life-threatening diseases, and has faced mass firings and the gutting of research.
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NIH Hospital Sees “Manufactured Crisis” as Patient Numbers Plummet Under Trump Read Post »
As the GOP erodes the ACA, people who reach the cutoff age hit an insurance cliff if their jobs don’t provide coverage.
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Health Insurance Laws Have Led to a Grim Milestone for Young People: Turning 26 Read Post »
“Big Medicine will profit at the expense of vulnerable hospice patients,” one health care analyst said.
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DOJ Allows UnitedHealth to Expand Its Conglomerate by Buying Up Competitor Read Post »
Two months after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, in June 2022, Idaho’s trigger ban outlawing most abortions—one of the strictest nationwide—took effect. The fallout soon made headlines. The Biden-era Department of Justice sued, alleging that the Idaho ban violated a federal law that required hospitals to stabilize people who arrived in their emergency […]
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Idaho Lost One in Three OB/GYNs After Its Abortion Ban Read Post »
In January 2021, 70-mile-per-hour winds ripped through the High Plains, from Eastern Colorado to Western Kansas, and enveloped a portion of Interstate 70 in a deluge of dust and debris that suddenly blinded drivers. The result was predictable: multiple pileups of cars and semi-trucks, with more than two dozen people injured amid tons of crushed […]
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This $50 Billion Band-Aid Won’t Save Rural Health Care Read Post »
Hospitals argue the deals bring in support, but critics question the use of public money amid nursing shortages.
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Nonprofit Hospitals Spend Millions to Name Stadiums as Workers Face Shortages Read Post »
The new lawsuit argues Trump is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict care nationally while skirting state laws.
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Over a Dozen States Sue Trump Administration to Protect Gender Affirming Care Read Post »
The GOP budget bill slashes nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, which is the largest payer of long-term care in the US.
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60 Years After Creation of Medicaid, GOP Cuts Threaten the Lifeline for Millions Read Post »
For decades, the default feminist position on hysterectomy has been skepticism—and with good reason: The history of gynecology is replete with stories of unethical doctors and gruesome experimentation, of deeply ingrained misogyny and horrific racism. But when Hunter College medical sociologist Andréa Becker started doing research on hysterectomies in 2019, she discovered that many women […]
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The Surgery That Reveals Everything That’s Wrong With Women’s Health Care Read Post »
Long before he became secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services under President Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was laying the groundwork for his war on vaccines. As the head of the anti-vaccine nonprofit Children’s Health Defense, Kennedy amplified once-fringe conspiracies about vaccine safety and joined a larger crusade against the Vaccine […]
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A Non-Exhaustive Timeline of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s War on Vaccines Read Post »
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