Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

Similarly, our health care system is a significant barrier to employment because most private health insurance companies do not cover critical supports for disabled people, such as personal assistant services. In other words, legal and policy responses must take a Disability Justice approach.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

The provisions also prohibit entities that receive federal funds from denying admission or discriminating against any applicant for training or study based on their reluctance or willingness to counsel, recommend, perform, or assist in certain health services or research activities because of their religious beliefs or moral convictions.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

The top-line of this national health scorecard is that “deaths of despair” are surging, due to suicide, alcohol, opioids, and other drugs whose use has grown by 50% since 2005 to 2016. The social determinants of health — income and good jobs, using tobacco, and having health insurance — bolster good health.

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Health Insurance Health Outcomes ACA Public Health 74

Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

He took a victory lap on recent accomplishments like capping prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare. He urged Congress to do more, including making permanent the boosted insurance premium subsidies added to the Affordable Care Act during the pandemic. But first, this week’s health news. Here is the tape.

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