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‘Disheartening’ auditor report reflects experiences filing complaints about nursing homes

NC Health News

Department of Health and Human Services pointed to a lack of resources and inadequate staff hampering their ability to keep up with complaints. But taxpayer money, such as the federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid, shouldnt be used to reimburse facilities where people arent taken care of, she said.

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Readers Offer Solo Agers Support and Reflect on Ancestors

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I live in Los Angeles with famously poor public transportation. 2), more Americans are living on their own as they age, relying on a patchwork of health care services to get by. 2), more Americans are living on their own as they age, relying on a patchwork of health care services to get by. So, I have prepared food delivered.

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Older and disabled Medicaid recipients, advocates ‘extraordinarily worried’ about potential Medicaid cuts 

NC Health News

But the law that expanded North Carolinas Medicaid program contains a trigger law that says if the funding match from the federal government decreases , North Carolinas Medicaid expansion program automatically ends. However, most of the Medicaid expansion population works already in low-wage jobs where health insurance is not offered.

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Scientist Whose Work Led FDA To Ban Food Dye Says Agency Overstated Risk

KFF Health News

. “If I thought there was a problem, I would have stated it in the paper,” Joseph Borzelleca , 94, a professor emeritus of pharmacology and toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University, told KFF Health News after the FDA’s announcement. But federal law is clear: No amount of cancer risk is acceptable in foods.”

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With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In

KFF Health News

health official, Robert F. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. Last fall, before being named the senior U.S.

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Trump administration health policies may target ultra-processed foods

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Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. For years, the federal government has steered clear of regulating junk food, fast food, and ultra-processed food. Nutrition and health leaders are optimistic that a reckoning is already underway. Now attitudes are changing.

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What To Know About RFK Jr.’s Stances on Key Health Issues and What He Could Do at HHS

KFF Health News

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is coming into the nomination process in an unusual position, with a long list of his own policy priorities separate from the president-elect’s, and a public promise by Trump to let him “go wild” on his ideas.