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Private Insurance and Government Programs Drive Up Health Care Costs

Letting third parties pay our bills pushes prices higher and limits our options.

Reason

Mayo Clinic Minute: Why Black women should consider screening for breast cancer earlier

Age recommendations for when women should start yearly mammograms to screen for breast cancer vary. However, Mayo Clinic health care professionals have been firm for more than a decade that women should start breast cancer screening at age 40. Starting mammograms early is especially important for non-Hispanic Black women, who…

Tribune News Service

At least 1.7M Americans use health sharing arrangements, despite lack of protections

The report from the Colorado Division of Insurance found that more than 1.7 million Americans rely on sharing plans and that many of the plans require members to ask for charity care before submitting their bills.

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Mississippi GOP governor and Democratic challenger spar over crime, courts and trans care

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and the Democrat who is trying to unseat him this year, Brandon Presley, are trading barbs about crime, courts and transgender health care

The Independent UK

Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?

Many states have imposed sweeping restrictions that all but ban abortion since the June 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 50-year-old constitutional right to the procedure. These laws have created new obstacles for pregnant patients facing life-threatening complications like severe fetal anomalies, cancer diagnoses and ectopic pregnancies – when…

The Conversation

Medical debt is a human rights violation

Hospitals are trapping patients in medical debt and cycles of abusive billing and debt collection practices

Salon

‘It’s anxiety, it’s fear, it’s emotional stuff’: Doctors confront poor youth mental health

DALLAS -- Abigail McGowan went numb the day after the music stopped.

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Republicans in Oregon Senate end six-week walkout that blocked bills on abortion, trans health care

Enough Republican members showed up in the Oregon Senate to end a six-week walkout that halted the work of the Legislature and blocked hundreds of bills, including some on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety

The Independent UK

After patient abuse investigation at state-run Choate center, stiffer possible penalties for health care workers who cover up

The change in Illinois law follows reports of rampant abuses and coverups at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, a state-run institution in southern Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oral Care for Native Health

A new dental clinic takes on tooth decay and diabetes in California’s largest Native American community.

Capital & Main

First Nations women don't always access health care after head injuries from family violence. Here's why

Please be advised this article contains details of family violence.

The Conversation

We are in a loneliness epidemic. Where you live can make a difference for your health and happiness

The cities ranked in this year’s edition of the Fortune 50 Best Places to Live for Families share a range of qualities that can act as antidotes to loneliness.

Fortune

VA hospitals are outperforming private hospitals, latest Medicare survey shows

Veterans rated VA hospitals higher than private facilities for things like patient satisfaction, hospital cleanliness and communication with nurses and doctors.

WEKU

Nurses blame outdated Medicare for restricting skills

Many frontline nurses say their skills are not being used enough, prompting calls to change Medicare protocols on what they can do without a doctor present.

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Calls for restorative justice after ‘dehumanising’ incidents in Victoria’s mental health care system

‘I chewed my way through the restraints in front of two security guards who were laughing at me’, one woman says

Fortune

The Fortune 500's youngest female CEO bucks Big Health Care's M&A trend

At 42, Centene CEO Sarah London is the youngest female Fortune 500 chief executive.

Salon

No one-size-fits-all for addiction

Addiction is a chronic illness requiring constant vigilance and relapses are part of the journey to recovery

Capital & Main

In North Carolina, the Uninsured Say Medicaid Expansion Will Be Life-Changing

After years of contentious battles amid a rural health crisis, the state voted to expand the program.

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The Conversation

Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the deep need that people feel for human touch and connection in hospital settings. Having relatives peering through windows at their loved ones or unable to enter hospitals altogether exacerbated the lack of human intimacy that is all too common in health care…

Fortune

The CEO of one of Medicaid and Medicare’s biggest insurers is bullish on A.I., and thinks it could bring down costs

As big healthcare gets bigger, CEO Sarah London sees a narrower, more focused path for the Medicaid and Medicare insurer Centene.

Roll Call

Life in review: Ondi Timoner’s ‘Last Flight Home’ - Roll Call

Good documentaries tell stories that work on multiple levels. Filmmaker Ondi Timoner’s “Last Flight Home” does this by portraying a family as it prepares for the loss of its patriarch, who has chosen to end his life, and documenting a very specific time in our history, when the most personal…

The Independent UK

Romanian health care workers protest for higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions

Thousands of health care workers have protested in Romania’s capital on Thursday, demanding higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions amid what they say are shortfalls that will lead to declining medical service standards

The Conversation

Title 42 didn't result in a surge of migration, after all – but border communities are still facing record-breaking migration

U.S. government officials and media alike made widespread predictions that there would be a surge of migration across the U.S.-Mexico border in May 2023.

The Texas Tribune

This year, Texas lawmakers zeroed in on existing health care programs, leaving bolder measures by the wayside

Pregnant moms on Medicaid will get health care coverage for a year, patients will get more detailed billing and nurses will get help with school loans. But efforts failed to gain steam for legalizing fentanyl test strips, increasing the pool of mental health professionals who accept Medicaid and expanding Medicaid…

Roll Call

Once cushioned from lawmaker scrutiny, hospitals see a shift - Roll Call

The shift follows the COVID-19 pandemic, when Congress poured $178 billion into helping hospitals offset financial losses and care for more patients.

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