Association of Health Care Journalists

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

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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National Council on Urban Indian Health

DECEMBER 17, 2024

On December 6, 2024, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) and 35 health care advocates sent a letter to Congressional Leadership requesting the inclusion of 100% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for Urban Indian Organizations (100% FMAP for UIOs) to be included in the end-of-year public health extenders package.

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NC Health News

JANUARY 20, 2025

She left behind her career as a health unit coordinator in Florida. While thats partly due to voluntary retirement, some older adults are forced to retire due to health problems, skill requirements and age discrimination. An older worker losing their job unexpectedly often ends up experiencing long periods without health insurance.

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NC Health News

MARCH 7, 2025

DW said he didnt know what he would have done if he hadnt gotten into the TambraPlace program, which he said is also helping him with his physical and mental health. Because we do have so many unaccompanied homeless youth in rural areas. (Chamberlain asked that residents names not be used to protect their privacy.)

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NC Health News

APRIL 3, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services. The medicine helped, and he agreed to begin regular treatment after Barrett introduced him to a physicians assistant at a nearby health clinic. The health department also provides the overdose reversal drug naloxone to communities that need it but cant afford it.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Many veterans health advocates say the updated number may still be underestimating the crisis. Dig deeper By broadening the scope of reporting, we can help the public understand that veteran suicide is not just a military issue, but a complex public health challenge that intersects with civilian life in numerous ways.

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National Council on Urban Indian Health

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The CR includes $100 billion for disaster relief in the wake of recent national disasters, a one-year extension of the Farm Bill to support agriculture, and extends all expiring health programs until March 31, 2025. Community Health Centers were funded at $4 billion per year from 2019 to 2023. Read the bill text here.

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Credit: Jaymie Baxley/NC Health News The market isnt much better for buyers. But it remains to be seen how long the publics compassion will last. This story was made possible through a collaboration with Blue Ridge Public Radio. The availability of housing is just zero at this point.

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The Health Care Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. By JEFF GOLDSMITH and IAN MORRISON. Forty years later, there were 700 fewer facilities generating about $1.2

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KFF Health News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Without electricity, their health is at risk. Fitzsimmons, Weaverville’s mayor, said he’s concerned about the impact of the storm on mental health. ” Richard Zenn, chief medical officer at North Carolina-based Vaya Health, said the recovery will be long. ” U.S. “Their nerves are frayed.”

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NC Health News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By Jennifer Fernandez When the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina , nurses based in schools and medical personnel from school-based health centers jumped in to help. The Hendersonville-based system supports more than three dozen school-based health centers in western North Carolina. As of Dec.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

MARCH 31, 2025

In response to the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the first Trump Administration put in several policies designed to be temporary, to keep people in their homes and out of health care settings when possible to stop the spread of the virus. It allows for the payment and provision of audio-only telehealth services.

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HEALTHBEAT

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. Heres a few public health priorities that Americans can agree on: making health care more accessible and affordable, ensuring the safety of food and water, and fighting chronic diseases. Some believe U.S.

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NC Health News

MARCH 21, 2025

Stein, a Democrat who served as attorney general for the past eight years and a legislator in the General Assembly before that, noted that such a commitment includes health care. Too many families cant afford bare necessities like groceries, housing, health care. So we have to lower costs whenever we can. Allocating $1.3

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NC Health News

MARCH 19, 2025

By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press Financial pressures on rural hospitals keep some North Carolina facilities from adequately serving pregnant women, new mothers and babies, but that isnt the full picture. Even so, they cant afford to lose too much money, or their ability to provide other services could suffer.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By Anne Blythe As executive orders and new policy directives come out of the White House at a dizzying pace, many health care workers have found themselves in a quandary. Now many doctors and other health care providers are uncertain what to do if immigration officers, often referred to as ICE, show up in their waiting rooms and clinics.

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