Indiana Hospitals Pull Merger Application After Pushback Over Monopoly Concerns
Two Indiana hospital rivals withdrew their application to merge after facing pushback from the Federal Trade Commission and the public.
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Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections
A private immigration detention center contractor has sued to block a California law allowing local public health officials to inspect facilities in response to allegations of medical neglect or unsanitary conditions.
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Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight
For nearly 15 years, the feds have had oversight of Georgias treatment of people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Observers say the state still jeopardizes some of its most marginalized residents by not meeting the terms of its settlement with the Justice Department.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis Canadian Drug Import Plan Goes Nowhere After FDA Approval
Florida sued the FDA over what it said was a reckless delay in approving its drug importation plan. Now, nearly a year after the FDA gave the state the green light, the program has yet to begin.
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Washington Power Has Shifted. Heres How the ACA May Shift, Too.
With a new Trump administration poised to move into the White House and Republicans set to control both chambers of Congress, party leaders are making a to-do list for the Affordable Care Act.
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Nationwide IV Fluid Shortage Could Change How Hospitals Manage Patient Hydration
Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say the shortage accelerated their plans to change IV fluid hydration protocols altogether.
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Journalists Examine Health Care for Native Americans and Recent Food Recalls
窪蹋勛圖厙 News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
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Pay First, Deliver Later: Some Women Are Being Asked To Prepay for Their Baby
Pregnant women are being asked to make large cash payments months before they deliver their babies. Some patient advocates worry this billing practice allows providers to hold treatment hostage.
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Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans Health
窪蹋勛圖厙 News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black health.
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Maryland Is Training More Health Workers To Offer Abortion Care
After the fall of Roe v. Wade, thousands of out-of-state patients traveled to Maryland for abortion care. The state is trying to diversify who can offer that care. Providers in the first training class say their new skills are especially needed in rural areas.
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7 of 10 States Backed Abortion Rights. But Little To Change Yet.
Voters in 10 states weighed in on abortion rights this election. Despite the results supporting abortion rights in seven of those states, much of the abortion landscape on abortion wont change much immediately, as medical providers navigate the legal hurdles that remain.
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Dentists Are Pulling Healthy and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn
Americans are getting dental implants more than ever and at costs reaching tens of thousands of dollars. Experts worry some dentists have lost sight of the soul of dentistry: preserving and fixing teeth.
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For People With Opioid Addiction, Medicaid Unwinding Raises the Stakes
Medications such as methadone can cut the risk of a fatal opioid overdose in half. Medicaid covers the medication. But as state Medicaid programs reevaluated coverage of each enrollee following a pause in disenrollments during the covid-19 pandemic, some patients lost a crucial pillar of their sobriety.
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Vance Wrongly Blames Rural Hospital Closures on Immigrants in the Country Illegally
Experts disputed the claim by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, noting that a range of other issues from low reimbursement rates to declining patient use combine to cause these facilities to shutter.
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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Heres Why Theres So Little Progress.
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers Lives
Laborers have suffered in extreme heat triggered by climate change. Deaths arent inevitable, researchers say: Employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks.
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PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51.
Criticism of prescription drug middlemen has intensified recently in the wake of a federal agencys actions and legislative reform attempts. Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, though, vetoed a related bill that would have helped independent pharmacies, citing the unfunded cost of the move.
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Marylanders To Vote on Expansive Right to Reproductive Freedom
The Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment would enshrine in the state constitution a right to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one's own pregnancy.
By Sarah Varney