A federal district court judge in Little Rock has struck down and permanently enforced an Arkansas law banning gender-affirming assistance for transgender youth according to an ACLU news release. In its judgment today (Tuesday 20 June) in Brandt et al vs Rutledge et alUS District Judge James M. Moody Jr. found that the law violates […]
State lawmakers testify in the State House Tuesday in support of legislation that would impose new rules on hospitals seeking to close. Front row, right to left, representatives John Cronin, Natalie Higgins and Mike Kushmerek. In the second row, from right to left, representatives Kimberly Ferguson and Jonathan Zlotnik. (Chris Van Buskirk/Boston Herald) The Senate’s
On June 16, President Biden announced that Mandy Cohen, MD 05, MPH, is his choice to be the next director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, succeeding Rochelle Walensky, MD, after Walensky he resigned on 30 June. Since she was a student at the Yale School of Medicine, graduating in 2005, Cohen
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Should immigrants without permanent legal status who arrive in Chicago in large numbers receive free state-paid health care? It makes sense to provide at least basic medical services to refugees and others in need. Immigrants without permanent legal status are often refugees with children who have faced strenuous journeys and have few resources. Paying attention
More than 11,600 Maryland elderly and disabled people with Medicaid have been waiting for help at home for a year. Some are hospitalized, institutionalized or even die in the process. These medically vulnerable residents who need help with tasks like bathing, dressing, cooking, cleaning and running errands are part of a huge backlog of home
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Hal Dempsey wanted to escape from Missouri. Arlo Dennis is fleeing Florida. The Tillison family cannot stay in Texas. They are part of a new migration of Americans who are uprooting their lives in response to a series of laws across the country restricting healthcare for transgender people. Missouri, Florida, and Texas are among at
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WASHINGTON Though the retirement of top US servicemen begins in less than a month, Sen. Tommy Tuberville refuses to budge on his block on hundreds of armed services promotions to protest the Pentagon’s reproductive care policy instituted after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Alabama’s first Republican term is causing concern among members of his
Mary Zhelyazkova was surprised when pharmacists at Florida’s largest safety-net hospital said they couldn’t fill her prescription. Zhelyazkova, 40, lived in a homeless shelter and needed Suboxone, a drug to manage opioid withdrawal symptoms. He said he received Suboxone for free at the Jackson Memorial Hospital pharmacy through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides
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A Calgary doctor is planning to go to court to stop Alberta Health Services from abandoning its continued masking policy. On Thursday, the provincial health authority said after Monday there will be no need to continue masking at AHS facilities, continuing care facilities and contracted sites. This includes Alberta Precision Laboratories, Covenant Health, CapitalCare and
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June 16, 2023 Opioid Use Disorder Medication (MOUD) is an evidence-based treatment that is critical to addressing the current overdose crisis in the United States. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, people with opioid use disorder (OUD) had to make in-person visits to qualified and licensed prescribers to initiate buprenorphine MOUD and often daily in-person visits
The plans require members to ask for charitable treatment before submitting bills. A new report has provided the first nationwide tally of Americans who rely on shared health care plans — arrangements through which people agree to pay each other’s medical bills — and the number is higher than previously realized. The Colorado Division of
Gov.Ron DeSantisit did not radically veto health care projects as part of the nearly $511 million in spending items eliminated from the new state budget. DeSantis vetoed $14.55 million directly from the health care portion of the new $116.5 billion budget. The largest single article cut from that section was nearly $3 million for a
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By Kelsey Waddill June 15, 2023 – The CMS Office of the Actuary has reported that average annual growth in national health care spending between 2022 and 2031 will exceed average annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP). The average growth in national health expenditure is expected to increase by 5.4% each year during the
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KFF survey shows complexity, bureaucracy, denials, confusion rivaling affordability as an issue for insured consumers, with some saying it has led them to opt out or delay care The majority (58%) of people with health insurance say they have experienced at least one problem using their coverage in the past year, with even higher shares
