Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We know that incarcerated patients often present at younger ages with more advanced stages of disease when seen by external health care providers. And we know that our prisons, jails, and detention centers employ doctors with suspended and limited licenses as the exclusive source for health care for incarcerated people.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

” Growing out-of-pocket payments for copays and coinsurance for services and prescription drugs have also reshaped patients into consumers, increasingly facing a retail health environment that inspires many people to shop around for care and products when they are shoppable. To build healthcare back better in the U.S.,

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 14, 2023

The key safety implications here are lack of access to pediatric behavioral health providers, drug and alcohol use, gun violence, and other stressors. ages 12 to 17 presented to the emergency department for suspected suicide attempts in the winter of 2021 — 39% greater than in the same period in 2019.

Nurses 60

Nurses Health Care Access Hospitals Doctors 60

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

They conclude, “the US is consistently the wealthiest country in the world with subpar levels of coverage for a core set of health services; these findings provide additional evidence of the need to reduce disparities.” than on white people.

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COVID-19 Health Care Inequity COVID-19 Vaccine Medicare 133

Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Pandemic puts local health care to the ultimate test. County’s public health system. Public health director announces she’s leaving. Idaho House passes bill to guarantee in-person caregiver visits at health facilities. United Health Foundation Invests in Healthcare Nonprofit.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses 40

Hall Render

APRIL 1, 2022

Coalition of hospitals, health plans and others urge for stronger guidance around third-party apps. Hospital, long-term care groups again petition Becerra to extend COVID-19 public health emergency. Rural Alabama wastewater infrastructure ‘public health issue’ gets much-needed attention.

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COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Inman College of Nursing FDA clears Collierville startup CircumFix’s medical device for surgery, marketing FTC opposes Novant Health’s $320M hospital deal with Community Health Systems HCA CFO to retire HCA nets $5.2B

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40