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Employers are concerned about covering workers’ mental health needs, survey finds

Almost three years after the covid-19 pandemic upended workplaces, mental health coverage remains a priority for employers, according to an annual employer survey fielded by KFF.

Tribune News Service

Knoxville’s Black community endured deeply rooted racism. Now there is medical debt

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Dr. H.M. Green opened his new medical office building on East Vine Avenue in 1922, Black residents of this city on the Tennessee River could be seen only in the basement of Knoxville General Hospital. They were barred from the city’s other three medical centers.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The health of our nation’s health care system is under attack

The life expectancy of Americans has dropped for two consecutive years. The first year, attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, was consistent with other countries. The second year was not.

Chicago Tribune

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Uncomfortable truth about US health care

Racism, not just poverty and access to care, makes Americans sicker

Salon

Employers worry about mental health care

A third of surveyed employers say their health plan’s network didn’t have enough behavioral health care providers

Salon

'His brain is dying' Man who can't eat, speak or walk told daily care would be revoked by NHS

In January, Robin’s condition began rapidly spiralling and he was granted free care but earlier this month, wife Kathleen was shocked to learn his care package had been reviewed and was to be revoked

Wales Online

Arizona tests a progressive take on medical debt relief

An Arizona ballot initiative addressing medical debt collection could provide an important test next week of whether a populist progressive approach to health care costs can fly in conservative-led states.

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Montana backs away from innovative hospital payment model. Other states are watching

Montana is signaling it might step away from an innovative way of setting the prices its public employee health plan pays hospitals for services, an approach that has saved the state millions of dollars and become a model for health plans nationwide.

Tribune News Service

Women's clinic in South Sudan a casualty of distracted world

In a country where the maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world, a small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down

The Independent UK

Gov. Jay Inslee, lawmakers aim to keep anti-abortion 'tentacles' out of Washington

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and state Democratic lawmakers revealed details Friday about a push to enact a "shield law" that would protect abortion patients and providers from out-of-state legal action, and announced two more bills in the works designed to ensure to reproductive health care access.

Tribune News Service

Woman told husband unable to walk, talk or eat was to have NHS care axed

The NHS was providing continuing health care for Robin Mills, who suffers superficial siderosis, before his wife Kathleen Mills received notice that the care would be stopped in error

Daily Mirror

Could polio and measles make a comeback in Ky.? School vaccination rates say kids are vulnerable

WEKU

10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities. Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Benzinga

Man who can't eat, speak or walk because of NHS treatment told his care would be revoked

'We shouldn’t have to live like this. This illness has taken everything from him already.'

Manchester Evening News

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Salon

Montana's 'Born Alive" proposition

Montana voters will soon decide when a fetus receives personhood — and doctors responsibilities towards them

The Conversation

With over-the-counter birth control pills likely to be approved, pharmacists and pharmacies could play an ever-increasing role in reproductive health care

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is set to review a drugmaker’s application for the first over-the-counter birth control pill in November 2022, with a decision expected in the first half of 2023.

WEKU

In Knoxville, the burden of medical debt reinforces a long history of segregation

Black communities in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from health care debt. The reasons go back to segregation and a history of racist policies that have limited Black wealth.

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1 Health Care Stocks Insiders Are Buying up Right Now

CVS Health (CVS) insiders have been scooping up its shares lately, indicating the company’s better prospects. Moreover, Wall Street analysts see a more than 30% upside potential in the stock. Given its strong fundamentals, CVS might be an ideal investment now. Keep reading….

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Labor tries city-by-city push in California for $25 minimum wage at private medical facilities

A class of health care facility support staff, including nursing assistants, security guards, and janitors, has worked alongside doctors and nurses throughout the covid-19 pandemic keeping patients and medical buildings safe and clean. It’s an unassuming line of work that some people consider a calling.

Tribune News Service

Menopause awareness and education should start earlier in life

For many women, having uncomfortable conversations with their mothers or a health care professional about menstruation was a rite of passage. Today, there is a lot of education available for girls, but what still is lacking is education around menopause.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: What parents can do as RSV spikes among children

A surge in cases of a common respiratory virus is filling up pediatric hospital beds around the U.S. The early and swift arrival of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is stretching the limits of an already exhausted health care system. Layer on COVID and the flu, and you’ve got the…

The Texas Tribune

Inside a bus, East Texans get the health care they can’t afford or find anywhere else

Access to health care is limited in rural Texas. The mobile clinic operated by Beaumont-based TAN Healthcare aims to close that gap.

Tribune News Service

Mayo Clinic Minute: Why people with breast cancer should ask their health care team about clinical trials

Treatments for breast cancer have improved over the years, but much research still needs to be done.

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2 Health Care Stocks You Can Always Count On

With inflation showing no signs of slowing down, the chances of another 75-bps rate hike are increasing. Investing in healthcare stocks tends to help investors hedge against economic downturns. And given the sound prospects of the healthcare sector, fundamentally sound healthcare stocks Pfizer (PFE) and Humana (HUM) could be good…

Benzinga

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