Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels People who experience sustained hunger because of food insecurity aren’t thinking about checking their numbers, taking medication or getting to a doctor’s appointment, she said.…
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California bill would require state review of private equity deals in health care
by Bernard J. Wolfson, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A bill pending in California’s legislature to ratchet up oversight of private equity investments in health care is receiving…
Researchers leverage AI to help business provide nutritious choices in American food deserts
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Vast swaths of the nation, both urban and rural, are deemed “food deserts” due to their reduced access to a variety of healthy and inexpensive food.…
State-level, out-of-pocket insulin caps do not substantially increase utilization, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a first-of-its-kind study, a cohort of researchers, led by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, evaluated the effects of state-level insulin out-of-pocket costs across…
North Carolina Medicaid recipients can obtain OTC birth control pills at pharmacies at no cost
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain North Carolina Medicaid recipients can begin receiving over-the-counter birth control pills at no cost this week through hundreds of participating pharmacies. The oral conceptive Opill will…
Nurse practitioners can ease NZ’s health care pressures—why is the role not better recognized or funded?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New Zealand’s health system is grappling with a severe workforce shortage. Media reports frequently highlight individuals and families being unable to access timely health care, exacerbated…
Oregon senator proposes criminal charges and fines for rogue Obamacare agents
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Health insurance agents who fraudulently enroll consumers in Affordable Care Act health plans could be subject to criminal charges—and civil penalties of $10,000 to $200,000—under legislation…
‘State of health care for women is in a fragile place’—Florida women are dying from preventable causes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Florida women are dying from causes that are preventable, including breast and cervical cancer, pregnancy complications and mental health conditions, according to a new national scorecard…
Single women in Australian aged care need more funding as new data show widows living longer
Temporal plots of average lengths of stay at an aged care across various covariates: uncensored data over 2008–2018. a Year. b Sex. c Age. d State. e Preferred language. f…
New figures reveal more Americans struggling to afford health care
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The percentage of Americans who can afford and access prescription drugs and quality health care stands at a new low of 55%, a six-point decline since…
