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Six Opportunities to Use the Law to Support Harm Reduction

Bill of Health

Far too often, the public health imperative of harm reduction is blocked by federal policy, state laws, and other structural barriers anchored in the “war on drugs” that reduce the effectiveness of harm reduction efforts. 152.092, repealed by SF 2909) or, at the least, amend them to exclude testing strips (e.g.,

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Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail

Bill of Health

Carceral health care occurs within a regulatory vacuum. There are no national mandatory standards governing health care access or delivery behind bars. health law and policy is the exclusion of people in custody in prisons, jails, and detention centers from Medicaid.

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Addressing Ghost Networks in Mental Health Care

Bill of Health

By Hannah Rahim Many mental health provider directories for private and public insurance plans contain inaccurate or outdated provider information , which creates a misleading illusion of accessible care. These ghost networks result in many patients being unable to access essential mental health care.

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Financial Health Is On Americans’ Minds Just Weeks Before the 2020 Elections

Health Populi

Nearly 8 million workers losing jobs also losing their employer-sponsored health insurance, discussed in this research from The Commonwealth Fund. The threat of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act during the public health crisis. Two-thirds of people do not believe the U.S.

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How the Coronavirus is Reshaping Consumer Trust – The Edelman Trust Barometer Lens and Health Impacts

Health Populi

In Brand Trust and the Coronavirus Pandemic , Edelman focuses its trust lens on the pandemic and consumers’ shaken confidence in business and government institutions. These findings have special implications for health and health care. ” The medical community, our most-trusted human capital in the U.S.,

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What John Mackey of Whole Foods Said at the 2022 HIMSS Conference – and Why This is Important for the Whole Health Ecosystem

Jane Sarashon

” Four years later in 2013, promoting his (then) new book Conscious Capitalism, Mackey did an interview with NPR, morphing the word “socialism” to “fascism” when speaking about the Affordable Care Act. .” Yes, to health care access (especially primary care).

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Americans Grew Digital Health-Data Muscles in the Pandemic – New Insights from the Pew Charitable Trusts

Health Populi

Nearly one-half of consumers said the pandemic compelled them to support provider sharing of data, 4 in 10 people embraced downloading data to apps, and one-third supported government standards to improve patient matching. To build healthcare back better in the U.S.,

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