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Personal Crusades for Public Health

Bill of Health

By Katherine Macfarlane Public health in the U.S. This essay describes the cost of casting aside what is best for the public’s health in favor of individual choice, especially to those who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19. It explores how they must negotiate public health measures on their own.

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HHS Aims to Strengthen Anti-Discrimination Rules for Disabled Patients in New Proposed Rule

C&M Health Law

Section 504 covers all health care and human services programs and activities funded by HHS, from providers, like hospitals and doctors that accept Medicare or Medicare, to state child welfare programs, as well as Medicare Advantage Plans, and Medicaid Managed Care Plans. Comments may be submitted until November 13, 2023.

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Long COVID and Physical Reductionism

Bill of Health

Ironically, these problems for plaintiffs may be traced to amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that were intended to expand coverage for plaintiffs claiming disability discrimination. These as-yet-unclear long COVID employees may not receive ADA protections, such as protection from wrongful termination.

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Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill of Health

Activists, legal professionals, scholars, and policymakers must critically examine the limitations of our current disability laws and policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to elucidate why disabled people continue to endure these inequities, including those related to economic insecurity. In July 2021, the U.S.

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A Patient’s Right to Masked Health Care Providers

Bill of Health

Following patient protests, the hospital updated its policies with an imperfect fix, announcing that “ patients can ask, but providers determine when and if masking in a particular situation is clinically necessary.” health care leaves little room for individualized accommodation and self-advocating patients vulnerable to retaliation.

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Mobilizing Long COVID Awareness to Better Support People with Acquired Disabilities

Bill of Health

Success is benchmarked by statistics that quantify mortality and clinical complications that occur during patients’ hospital stays. Physicians and nurses lack tools to help patients return to work, and comprehensive programs dedicated to supporting patients from hospital discharge to employment reentry are rare.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 382 rural hospitals cut chemotherapy, breakdown by state 1 year after Amazon-One Medical deal finalized: What’s happened since ACOs want increased participation of long-term and post-acute care providers ‘Behind the times’: DC tries to catch up with AI’s use in health care CMS finalizes DSH payment cuts for some safety-net hospitals: (..)