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Older Adults Seek Less Emergency Care Due To Potential Costs: Research

A recent study reveals that some older persons have resisted seeking medical help even when they felt they might need it because of concerns about how much emergency care might cost them. Read on for details:

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New Texas maternal mortality report shows disparities persist

The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee report, delayed by more than three months, estimates that up to 90% of the deaths may have been preventable. Severe complications from pregnancy and childbirth also increased significantly.

The Texas Tribune

Maternal and infant mortality rates are higher in states with anti-abortion laws, report finds

Maternal death rates are 62 per cent higher in states with restrictions, newly published research finds

The Independent UK

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Ballot measures on weed and abortion won in 2022. Now they're fueling a backlash

Right-leaning states moved to make ballot measures tougher to pass after success of voter initiatives on abortion rights, marijuana and Medicaid expansion. That's led to pushback from state lawmakers.

WEKU

KHN investigation: The system feds rely on to stop repeat health fraud is broken

The federal system meant to stop health care business owners and executives from repeatedly bilking government health programs fails to do so, a KHN investigation has found.

Tribune News Service

US workers sue Georgia for transgender healthcare discrimination

Three employees call for Georgia’s state health insurance to cover gender-confirming healthcare and other procedures.

Al Jazeera

Dobbs decision is "devastating" U.S. maternal health, Biden administration says

Maternal death rates in 2020 were 62% higher in states that ban abortion than in states where it is still accessible.

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2 Top Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in December

Inflation is expected to have eased further in November, and that will strengthen the central bank’s case to slow down interest rate hikes hereon, thus easing recession concerns. Therefore, buying quality stocks Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Molina Healthcare (MOH) could be wise. Read on….

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More states to consider extending postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond two months

Lawmakers in several conservative-led states — including Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, and Mississippi — are expected to consider proposals to provide a year of continuous health coverage to new mothers enrolled in Medicaid.

Tribune News Service

What happens when the COVID national emergency ends

What happens if the COVID national emergency ends

Axios

3 Bold Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist Right Now

While the impact of further rate hikes has been majorly factored into the stock market, it could be wise to invest in fundamentally sound stocks AbbVie (ABBV), AT&T (T), and Molina Healthcare (MOH) to tide over any possible the turbulences. Continue reading….

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A new drug appears to slow Alzheimer’s. Here’s what to know

An experimental drug appears to slow cognitive decline in people with early onset Alzheimer’s.

Tribune News Service

Michael Hiltzik: The Child Tax Credit is our greatest antipoverty program. Why is Congress letting it wither?

Here are some documented truths about the federal Child Tax Credit:

Los Angeles Times

More states offer health coverage to immigrant children

A small but growing number of states are extending government health benefits to children regardless of their immigration status.

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The Independent UK

Biden's efforts to protect abortion access hit roadblocks

The Biden administration is actively searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women

Tribune News Service

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she’s becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

Salon

Overcoming addiction in rural America

Health care workers are being encouraged to prescribe buprenorphine for patients overcoming opioid addiction

Tribune News Service

Racial disparities in lung cancer start with research

During a routine visit to the Good Samaritan Clinic in Morganton, North Carolina, in 2018, Herbert Buff casually mentioned that he sometimes had trouble breathing.

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Trickle of COVID relief funds helps fill gaps in rural kids’ mental health services

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — The Mary Hill Youth and Family Center’s building has long been at a crossroads overlooking this rural Appalachian city, but its purpose has evolved.

Salon

Medicaid in South Dakota sees resistance

South Dakota's Medicaid expansion faces a difficult rollout due to political pushback and outdated technology

Tribune News Service

Older adults face Medicare hurdles for substance use treatment

For the staff at the Senior Recovery Center in Maplewood, Minnesota, helping older adults overcome substance use disorders is a calling, said Christine Martinek, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor there.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma citizen-led initiative would codify abortion access

An Oklahoma man is preparing to try to gather over 173,000 signatures and millions of dollars in fundraising to put abortion access up for public vote in a state with one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws

The Conversation

More than 4 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths are preventable in the US, and mental health is the leading cause

Preventable failures in U.S. maternal health care result in far too many pregnancy-related deaths. Each year, approximately 700 parents die from pregnancy and childbirth complications. As such, the U.S. maternal mortality rate is more than double that of most other developed countries.

Roll Call

Older adults face Medicare hurdles for substance use treatment - Roll Call

Only 6 percent of Medicare beneficiaries 65 and up reporting alcohol or substance use disorder received treatment, according to research.

Ballotpedia

Georgia moves forward with plan to implement work requirements for Medicaid coverage

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) announced that the state will begin a work-for-Medicaid program, called Georgia Pathways, in July 2023. The program will require low-income individuals to complete 80 hours of work or volunteering in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage.

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