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‘No one can see you now’: What states are doing to boost primary care

Association of Health Care Journalists

Evidence abounds that access to primary care improves health and lowers costs. And yet, only 5% of health care spending in this country goes to primary care, less than in any other Western democracy. Freyer is a health care journalist based in Rhode Island. Prior to that, he was CEO of Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island.

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4 ways to diversify your beat as a freelance health journalist

Association of Health Care Journalists

At that point, I’d had at least a dozen years of experience translating complex medical topics for both highly educated health professionals (including graduates of the George Washington University’s medical and public health schools and Ph.D.-level Long story short: No.

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Contemplating Health Data Rights as Civil Rights

The Health Care Blog

The commercial practice of aggregating health and consumer data crosses the borders of healthcare, retail, marketing, communications, transportation, and others. Dr. Rockeymore Cummings spoke about how she had shared parts of her health journey story online to provide support to others on similar journeys.

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“All Men Would Be Tyrants.” History Reverberates!

The Health Care Blog

Her concern and advocacy for “particular care and attention” reflected a sense of urgency and vulnerability that women faced, and in many respects continue to face until today, as a result of financial dependency, physical and mental abuse, and the complex health needs that accompany pregnancy, birth, and care of small infants.

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What RFK Jr. could do: Reporting on U.S. vaccine policy and the powers of the HHS Secretary

Association of Health Care Journalists

President-elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Whether he or any of Trump’s other vaccine-skeptical nominees receive Senate confirmation, signs suggest the incoming administration may attempt to change long-established vaccine policy in the U.S. Kennedy Jr., The post What RFK Jr.