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4 Factors Driving Healthcare Transformation in 2022 to Watch

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the opposite of a simple price tag. A predicted increase in high-risk pregnancies as a result of abortion access restrictions puts more pressure on a strained maternal health system, as OB wards are shuttering across low-income and rural areas. That includes improving price transparency. About Anish Sebastian.

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Telehealth and mail-order abortion possible in some states during pandemic

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"Receiving reproductive health care, including early pregnancy termination care, through telehealth is no different." And abortion's price tag isn't always covered by insurance, which could put it out of reach financially. Of course, the ruling doesn't remove all barriers to abortion via telemedicine.

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CEO gets nearly 19% raise How this Triangle drugmaker secured $45M amid brutal funding environment Morrisville public company looks to divest subsidiary after CEO tried to buy it New endowment created from assets of foundation dissolved after Randolph Health bankruptcy North Carolina distributing $2.6B

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The Beginning of a Bad TRIP – Alabama’s Embryonic Personhood Decision and Targeted Restrictions on IVF Provision

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Thoughtful scholars have argued that existing state laws do not sufficiently redress mistakes and accidents that occur in the process of fertility care, pregnancy, and birth. Time is of the essence for many fertility care patients, since the ability to produce viable eggs diminishes with age. A single cycle of IVF costs an estimated $30,000.

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Mary’s hospital seeks state funds to cover part of its financial deficit, fund new program 2 Maine bills want to limit medical debt Central Maine Healthcare urges blood donations amid regional shortage Why nursing homes are still shutting down in aging Maine Commission proposes program to integrate foreign-trained physicians into Maine’s medical (..)

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Safe Haven Laws and Anti-Abortion Politics

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It is likely that the hypothetical Supreme Court Justice dreamed up by the drafter of safe haven laws would be much like Justice Coney Barrett, herself an adoptive mother and an advocate for safe haven laws as a socially acceptable, desirable option to unintended pregnancy. Barrett’s connection to safe havens was unsurprising to me.

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Three More Signposts on the Road to Retail Health – Weight Loss Drugs, OTC Birth Control and Fashion-Meets-the-Flu

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. “Opill consists of 0.075 mg norgestrel, which has been used to prevent pregnancy in millions of women in the U.S. Nearly 50 years of use and scientific evidence show that progestin-only pills such as Opill are effective at preventing pregnancy and are safe for most women to use,” Perrigo explained in the press release.

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