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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

In other words, both convicted individuals and those still presumed innocent are stripped of their access to the federal health insurance program for low-income individuals. Gamble (1976), affirmed that incarcerated individuals have the constitutional right to health care. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Estelle v.

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Calling Out Health Equity on Martin Luther King Day 2019

Health Populi

Rates of hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes are higher for Black women than for women in other racial/ethnic groups. The rate of hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations due to uncontrolled diabetes is higher for Black women than White women. AI can be used for good, to be sure. s, birthday. .

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How Can Healthcare Bring Patients Back? A Preview of Our ATA Session, “Onward Together” in the COVID Era

Health Populi

I’ll be midwifing a panel this afternoon at 440 pm Eastern time, initially focused on how health care can garner patient loyalty. That theme was given to us in the fourth quarter of 2019, when initial planning for ATA 2020 had begun. economy shed millions of jobs — many tied to health insurance coverage.

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Thinking About Dr. Martin Luther King and Health Equity in 2024

Health Populi

Underneath that statistic is a shameful state of health affairs: that people of color and the LGBTQ communities in the U.S. In 2019, an emerging concern is how the growth in adoption of artificial intelligence and cognitive computing among health care organizations – particularly, insurance plans, providers, and pharma.

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Of All Forms of Inequality, Injustice in Health Care is the Most Shocking and Inhumane: Listening to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Health Populi

Rates of hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes are higher for Black women than for women in other racial/ethnic groups. The rate of hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations due to uncontrolled diabetes is higher for Black women than White women. AI can be used for good, to be sure.

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Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Ensure Healthcare for All

Health Populi

But while there’s majority support for universal health care, we should think broadly about this concept at this moment. Now, in late 2018, we look toward 2019 and the 2020 Presidential elections and must also contemplate the lower darker green line. What happens to these patients’ financial health?

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Calling Out Health Equity on Martin Luther King Day 2020

Health Populi

Rates of hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes are higher for Black women than for women in other racial/ethnic groups. The rate of hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations due to uncontrolled diabetes is higher for Black women than White women. AI can be used for good, to be sure.