Category: Health Care
Texas adds 570,000 to affordable health care plans, leading all states in newly insured
© Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News/TNS Over 2.4 million Texans signed up for 2023 insurance coverage on HealthCare.gov, a record…
Franciscan Health Hammond closure leaves care gap in NWI’s largest city
© Michael Gard / Post-Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Franciscan Health Hammond closed at the end of 2022 after more than a century…
Health Care — Dems eye another go to pass cannabis banking bill
Did anyone have “Balloon causes international diplomatic crisis” on their 2023 bingo card? In health news, seasonal flu levels continue…
Health care workers should look for signs of human trafficking, Michigan doctor says
Nearly 88% of human trafficking survivors report accessing health care services during their trafficking situation, according to a nonprofit advocacy…
While undergraduate enrollment stabilizes, fewer students are studying health care
Undergraduate college enrollment fell 0.6% this past fall from the year before. That’s after two years of bigger declines, according…
Britain’s health care system overwhelmed due to aging population, stagnant investment, COVID-19
In April 2021, Garry Cogan felt a slow, burning pain move steadily higher through his right arm. It was the…
Bernie Sanders Has Some Big Health Care Plans — And It’s Not Just Medicare For All
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. One of this year’s more intriguing political…
Weight Bias Is a Problem in Health Care. Here’s What Doctors Can Do
© Catherine McQueen—Getty Images Aubrey Gordon still recalls going to the doctor and having her blood pressure checked three times—because…
Mr. Beast’s latest charity stunt draws criticism of the American health care system
Mr. Beast, a YouTuber known for his extravagant gifts and philanthropic stunts, paid for 1,000 surgeries to treat “curable blindness”…
Final Reading: Legislators try to revive universal health care plan
From left, Rep. Mari Cordes, D-Lincoln; Rep. Saudia LaMont, D-Morristown; Rep. Esme Cole, D-Hartford; Rep. Ela Chapin-D East Montpelier; Rep….
