Daily Briefing: Ebola Outbreak, Doc Shortage and Blood Supply Low
Obamacare will intensify the doctor shortage, blood supplies low, babesiosis spreading and more from our Daily Briefing.
View ArticleUganda’s Health System – Victim of Corruption and General Institutional Malady
It comes as no surprise that health facilities in Uganda are in a sorry state, medicines are not in hospitals, doctors are complaining and need a bare minimum of salary to sustain their livelihoods and...
View ArticleWhat Context Should Reporters Have in Order to Assess Competing Medicare...
The Medicare NewsGroup asked its newly formed Medicare Leaders Advisory Board – a group of prominent former leaders of the federal program and political veterans – this question: “What context should...
View ArticleOctober Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
President Clinton declared October as Domestic Violence Awarness Month and in 1994 signed into legislation the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as authored by Sen. Joe Biden. It addresses various...
View ArticleUnmentionables at Health 2.0: Is Your Bank Balance Making You Sick?
What are the "unmentionables" in healthcare and technology? A public health doctor weighs in from this week's Health 2.0 conference.
View ArticleGoing Beyond Guns: More Questions About Newtown, CT, Massacre
The last 15 years of research on how adverse childhood experiences cause adult onset of chronic disease, mental illness, violence and being a victim of violence is unequivocal. To understand what...
View ArticleWith Second Term Underway and Budget Battle Ahead, Obama’s Medicare Legacy Is...
As the deficit reduction discussions heat up again in Congress, Medicare will certainly come under the microscope. What happens to the federal program could impact President Obama's legacy as it...
View ArticleMore Means-Testing to Hurt Middle-Class Seniors
It’s a Medicare reform idea that seems pretty straightforward, and for proponents on both sides of the political aisle, a fair-minded approach to solving the entitlement program’s funding woes -- make...
View ArticleSome Native Americans could lose coverage under Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act is stirring up confusion and anger among the patients who visit a Los Angeles clinic dedicated to serving urban-based Native Americans. That's because President Barack Obama's...
View Article'Unhealthy' ads common in poor neighborhoods
A city zoning law could help curb the number of advertisements for cigarettes and sugary drinks in Philadelphia.
View ArticleClaims Drop Under State-Run Women's Health Program
A Texas GOP plan to exclude 40 Planned Parenthood clinics from the state's Texas Woman’s Health Program has lead to fewer claims for birth control and wellness exams as well as lower overall enrollment...
View ArticleA family's never-ending cycle
Deputy David Frost, who oversees a California county jail’s two mental health wings, said it’s not uncommon for seriously ill inmates to wait there for months, even after a judge orders them...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Freedom of Information Act!
President Johnson may not have intended to sign the Freedom of Information Act on Independence Day, but July 4th is a fitting birthday for FOIA.
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