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After ambitious single-payer health care plans sputter, a new California bill tries an incremental approach

A new bill introduced in the California state Senate aims to lay the groundwork for a state universal health care system, proposing an incremental approach that departs from recent sweeping, and unsuccessful, efforts to reshape how Californians receive care.

Los Angeles Times

Mobile clinics really got rolling in the pandemic. A new law will help them cast a wider safety net

Nearly 12 years ago, a nonprofit centered on substance abuse prevention in Lyon County, Nevada, broadened its services to dental care.

Tribune News Service

The Best Places to Retire in the World

When it comes to the best places to retire in the world, which country is at the top of the list? And where does the U.S. feature on the leaderboard? We investigate.

Kiplinger

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The criminalization of abortion

Efforts to criminalize abortion care have spread across the country

Salon

Why does Texas labor market just keeps surging in 2023?

The hiring spree just keeps on going.

Tribune News Service

Clinics on wheels bring doctors and dentists to health care deserts

Health care vans that provided COVID testing and vaccines in the pandemic are now providing a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. New access to federal funds could expand the trend.

WEKU

Commentary: Tennessee abortion law is stopping me from having more children

Over the New Year’s holiday, my husband and I received the surprise of our lives: a positive pregnancy test. The pregnancy was unplanned, but very welcome. Getting pregnant with our first two children had been somewhat of a grand undertaking, so the idea that I could just get pregnant was…

Los Angeles Times

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2 counties square off with California over mental health duties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties — a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness.

Tribune News Service

Last-minute move revives ban on gender-affirming care for Kentucky youth. House OKs it

FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a last-minute switch Thursday, Republicans revived an omnibus anti-LGBTQ bill, which includes a ban on gender-affirming health care for Kentucky’s transgender youth.

Tribune News Service

Military moves to cut suicides, but defers action on guns

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a number of improvements in mental health care to try to reduce suicides in the military

The Independent UK

She risked coming to Colorado for an abortion. Now she wants to protect others from Texas 'bounty system'

DENVER — When Lauren Miller found out she was pregnant at the end of July, she wrote a journal entry about how she hoped her pregnancy would be as uncomplicated as her last, especially because of the fall of Roe v. Wade.

The Denver Post

Nurses, paramedics reach pay deal to end England strikes

Leaders of unions representing hundreds of thousands of nurses, ambulance crews and other health care workers in England have reached a deal to resolve months of disruptive strikes for higher wages during a punishing cost-of-living crisis

The Independent UK

Why health care is still hard to access in rural towns near Texas’ bigger cities

Bigger cities like Lubbock can unintentionally suck health care resources and professionals from smaller towns, creating what one local expert calls the “doughnut effect.”

The Texas Tribune

These Japanese mothers banded together through a support group to talk about mental illness

LOS ANGELES -- When Chiaki's son was diagnosed with schizophrenia, she longed for a support network to help her find care for her son. As a first-generation Japanese mother living in America, navigating the U.S. health care system in an unfamiliar language and culture left her feeling isolated.

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Ex-Regional Official Investigated in Campaign Against Graft in Health Care

Wang Zhongping, a former party chief and ex-director of the medical security bureau of Guangxi, falls under probe for ‘serious violations of discipline and law,’ authorities say

Tribune News Service

Biden speaks in Las Vegas on prescription drug costs

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to work together to lower drug prescription costs for Americans.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Anti-trans rally set for Missouri Capitol on Monday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A conservative political action committee is organizing a rally at the Missouri Capitol on Monday to push state lawmakers to enact strict limits on transgender health care for minors.

WEKU

This safety-net hospital doctor treats mostly uninsured and undocumented patients

Many of Ricardo Nuila's patients at Houston's Ben Taub Hospital are dealing with serious illnesses as a result of not being able to access basic preventive care. His new book is The People's Hospital.

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Axios

Google flexes its health care AI muscle

A Google chatbot now consistently passes medical exam questions with a score of 85%.

Newcastle Herald

Stockton aged care facility sells for $10.55 million

The facility at Stockton was sold to the Moran Health Care Group.

WEKU

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again

As the White House and Republicans in Congress gear up for negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling, how to pay for senior health care could be a sticking point, even if cuts are "off the table."

The Conversation

Health care workers are frazzled – and poor sleep may turn stress into poor mental health

Health care workers often put the health and safety of their patients first, neglecting to take care of themselves. By providing continuous services around the clock, many experience short and poor-quality sleep, risking not only their own health and safety but also increasing the risk of making errors that can…

Newcastle Herald

Is it hard to access mental health treatment in the Hunter?

'There are long wait lists. Demand outstrips supply.'

Orlando Sentinel

Kamala Harris slams Florida’s proposed 6-week abortion ban

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris blasted Florida’s proposed six-week abortion ban on Monday, calling it an “extreme” attack that will put the government in charge of health care decisions and effectively wipe out abortion access throughout the South.

ABC News

Inequity in mental health care is widening, with treatment 'out of reach' for many Australians

The cutting of Medicare-subsidised mental health sessions sparked fierce debate. But for many lower-income earners, it ignored a bigger, more important picture.

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