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Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail

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COVID-19 is not the first pandemic within prisons. Like these earlier carceral pandemics, the over 620,000 COVID-19 infections and 3,100 related deaths among incarcerated individuals to date simply expose how U.S. health law and policy fails to protect people in custody. By Andrea C.

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Health Provider News – March 25, 2022

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Here are the top health systems by patient reviews. Hospital stays for nursing home residents down nearly 9%, federal data shows. Hospitalist talks tech innovation for staffing shortages and patient access. OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule. What’s next?

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Health Provider News – April 1, 2022

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