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Senate Finance advances Oz nomination to lead CMS - Roll Call

If confirmed, Oz would be responsible for the agency that oversees health care coverage for 160 million Americans.

Roll Call

How Is Molina Healthcare's Stock Performance Compared to Other Health Care Services Stocks?

Despite Molina Healthcare’s recent underperformance relative to its industry peers, analysts remain moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

Barchart

Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers

Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers.

The Conversation

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‘Better than nothing’: clinicians and hospital heads accept lower standards of care outside metro hospitals

Seven million Australians live in rural and remote areas and many struggle to access the same quality of health care as those in metropolitan areas.

The Conversation

Pharmacare is now law in Canada, but negotiations with provinces could slow progress

Despite Canada’s commitment to universal health care, one in 20 Canadians cannot afford their prescribed medications, with people from Alberta, New Brunswick and British Columbia being the most likely to say they’re missing doses due to costs.

The Conversation

How Texas Republicans plan to keep cracking down on abortion

A flurry of bills aims to restrict the flow of abortion pills into the state and abortion seekers traveling out of the state.

The Texas Tribune

Misaligned incentives plague our health-care system. Here’s how to make America healthy again

Health care will become more preventative once providers have the right incentives and technology.

Fortune

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California has a $6.2 billion Medicaid funding gap partly due to expanding immigrant coverage

California faces a $6.2 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services

The Independent UK

Turns Out We’re All *Vastly* Overestimating How Much Our Govt Spends On Mental Health

“There is a deep silence from Canberra when it comes to youth mental health."

Pedestrian.tv

Medicaid cuts are maternal health crisis

Proposed Medicaid cuts will have ripple effects across society, worsening our maternal health crisis

Salon

A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people with disabilities. It also helps foot the…

The Conversation

The lessons we didn't learn from COVID

The pandemic accelerated economic disparity, revealing a disturbing acceptance of mass death. Did we learn nothing?

Salon

Simple strategies can boost vaccination rates for adults over 65 − new study

Knowing which vaccines older adults should get and hearing a clear recommendation from their health care provider about why a particular vaccine is important strongly motivated them to get vaccinated. That’s a key finding in a recent study I co-authored in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

The Conversation

‘I had no voice’: black mental health patients on surviving a care system they say is racialised

As a report into mental health care in England finds a sharp increase in people sent for urgent care, two people tell their traumatic stories of being hospitalised

The Guardian - UK

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Domino Effect: Calculating the Dangers Posed by Medi-Cal Cuts

California could face a cascade of troubles if federal funding for health care is slashed.

The Independent UK

Pilot, 2 health care workers killed in crash of medical helicopter in Mississippi are identified

Authorities on Tuesday identified the two health care workers and a pilot who all died in the crash of a medical helicopter in a wooded area of Mississippi

The Conversation

End-of-life planning can be hampered by misconceptions − but the process is easier than you might think

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones.

The Conversation

The FACE Act was enacted to protect reproductive health clinics − here’s why its history matters today

Soon after taking office for a second time, President Donald Trump pardoned anti-abortion activists who had blockaded and restricted access to the entrance of a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C., in October 2020.

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5 reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut 83,000 jobs, slashing employment by over 17% at the federal agency that provides health care for millions of veterans, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on March 5, 2025.

The Conversation

Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses

Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue impaired their judgment. Similarly, in 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in a massive environmental catastrophe. The official investigation revealed the third mate, in charge of steering the ship,…

Roll Call

Fighting a disease and a health care system - Roll Call

“Transplant: A Memoir” author Bernardine Watson joins Equal Time to talk about kidney failure, racial disparities and her own journey.

The Conversation

DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration. This access has sparked fears about cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy violations. Another concern has received far less attention: the potential use…

Salon

Where did U.S. public health go wrong?

The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles

The Independent UK

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for retired military members

Roll Call

Fact check: The war of words over Medicaid cuts - Roll Call

Democrats and Republicans are accusing one another of “lying” about what a House Republican budget resolution means for Medicaid.

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