International Journal of Epidemiology Blog
AUGUST 12, 2021
In our research recently published in the IJE, we found that the gap in life expectancy would be even wider today if declines in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality had not dramatically slowed around 2010. However, around 2010, this decline stagnated. more in men compared with rural life expectancy. years more in women and 0.86
The Health Care Blog
AUGUST 19, 2022
Our rural health care system has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It entered the pandemic with severe structural weaknesses, including magnified health disparities and inequities, lower rates of vaccination in the general population, and high risk of rural hospital closures. BY ERIC LARSEN and TOMMY IBRAHIM.
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Association of Health Care Journalists
JANUARY 10, 2025
Maternal unit closures that put women and their babies in rural areas at heightened risk of complications and death arent a new trend. who co-directs the University of Minnesotas Rural Health Research Center. in 2010 to 52.4% ProPublica covered the dilemma in a 2017 interview with Katy B. Kozhimannil , Ph.D.,
NC Health News
MARCH 14, 2025
The Medicaid uncertainty at the federal level is a concern across rural communities because of the impact on rural health care, Carter said. Martin County is far from the only rural community to lose its local hospital in recent years. According to the Sheps Center, 152 rural hospitals across the U.S.
KFF Health News
JANUARY 24, 2025
Wilson, who has been an advocate for sponsorship since the ACA was approved in 2010 and led the effort to establish the program in Nevada, said she is happy with the tribal sponsorship program but wishes it would have happened sooner. “We’ve lost so much in Indian Country over time,” she said.
KFF Health News
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Promulgada en 2010, ACA incentivó a los estados a ampliar los programas de Medicaid para cubrir a más estadounidenses de bajos ingresos que no recibían seguro médico a través de sus empleos. Los estados son Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, New Hampshire, Carolina del Norte, Utah y Virginia.
Association of Health Care Journalists
APRIL 9, 2025
Health program cuts The ACA, which was signed into law on March 23, 2010, has already been hampered under the Trump administration. Addressing the ACAs flaws Rather than weaken the ACA, Congress and the states could improve health insurance by fixing defects in the landmark law. Reports focus on consumer harm Between Nov.
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