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More States Offer Health Coverage to Immigrant Children

WEBA small but growing number of states are extending government health benefits to children regardless of their immigration status. Come January, Connecticut …

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Hawaii and Maine Have Scored Highest on Health Care During

WEBThe health systems in Hawaii and Maine have performed best of all the states during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new rankings that weighed such …

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10 Medicaid holdout states scramble to improve health coverage

WEBThree in 4 Americans say they have a favorable view of Medicaid, including a majority of Democrats, independents and even Republicans, according to a poll earlier …

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Insurers often shortchange mental health care coverage, despite a

WEBThe Biden administration is pushing insurers and state regulators to improve mental health care coverage. The move comes as overdose deaths rise and youth …

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Rural Hospitals Can’t Find the Nurses They Need to Fight COVID

WEBRural Hospitals Can’t Find the Nurses They Need to Fight COVID. By: Aallyah Wright - September 1, 2021 12:00 am. A veteran nurse in Shreveport, …

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Children’s nutrition program, revved up in the pandemic, faces …

WEBA federal program built to improve nutrition for new mothers and kids is growing for the first time in over a decade, thanks to changes made during the …

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Mobile Clinics Assume Greater Role in Preventive Care

WEBThe van has been operating since 1992, and mobile health clinics like it have been around for decades, but they are assuming a more prominent role as the …

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How Washington state is treating housing as health care

WEBWashington state is trying something new when it comes to housing: treating it as health care. Apple Health and Homes is a multi-agency state program launched …

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Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in more than a

WEBIf you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by …

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Many Patients Can’t Afford Health Costs Even With Insurance

WEBThe number of Americans with health insurance has climbed to historic highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but within that silver lining is a darker hue. Many …

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To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at

WEBLawmakers in more states are heeding that call. Since 2019, at least five states (California, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey) have enacted laws …

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Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be …

WEBIn 2022, about 448,400 people were released from prison, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. Under federal guidance released a year ago, states …

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New way for states to cover pricey gene therapies will start with

WEBThose with sickle cell disease have a life span more than two decades shorter than the U.S. average. The two gene therapy treatments for sickle cell disease …

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Private equity’s growing footprint in home health care draws scrutiny

WEBMonthly costs for in-home care average about $5,000 for 40+ hours per week, compared with $8,000-$9,000 at a nursing home, according to the most recent …

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Census change will lead to more data on health of Middle Eastern, …

WEBApart from independent studies by academic and nonprofit researchers, little is known about the health of Middle Eastern and North African people in the U.S. …

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Rural Midwives Fill Gap as Hospitals Cut Childbirth Services

WEBNationwide, midwives attend less than 10% of hospital births, but in rural hospitals the figure is 30%, according to a 2019 brief by the federal Centers for Medicare …

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Colorectal cancer is rising among younger adults. Some states …

WEBRates of colorectal cancer deaths have been slowly decreasing for all ages since 1968, when they were around 28 per 100,000, to around 13 in 2023. However, …

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Facing public backlash, some health care companies are …

WEBAfter a pandemic-era slowdown, health care mergers and acquisitions have risen steadily over the past two years. But some proposed hospital deals in Connecticut, …

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South Carolina Enacts Law Allowing Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth

WEBBy: Christine Vestal - May 25, 2022 12:00 am. Beginning in December, pharmacists in South Carolina will be allowed by law to prescribe hormonal birth control such as this …

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