Category: Health Care
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Big Medicine and Newsom square off in battle over billions in health care tax dollars
California’s budget was hemorrhaging red ink 15 years ago as the Great Recession clobbered personal income tax revenues and then-Gov. Arnold…
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The effect of the Inflation Reduction Act on health care in Virginia, two years later
TUCKAHOE, VIRGINIA – Friday marked the second anniversary of the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe…
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Portage County Board will again consider health care center funding referendum
STEVENS POINT – The Portage County Board of Supervisors will consider another referendum to fund the future of its county-owned…
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Behavioral health care is making a difference.
It was nice to read a positive commentary about behavioral health care (“Investing in mental health recovery helps everyone in…
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Getting creative in the competition for health care workers
Last week’s jobs numbers overall were on the “meh” side, but if there was a bright spot, it was health…
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Column: On health care, the contrast between candidates is stark
From a communications perspective, this year’s Republican presidential campaign is a little on-the-nose. It features chants of “Fight, fight, fight”…
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Tulane venture fund makes its first investment in New Orleans health care startup
Tulane University’s new $10 million innovation fund has invested in New Orleans startup Nest Health, a fast-growing company specializing in…
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CCBHCs extend mental health care to more Michiganders despite challenges
“I believe that a CCBHC system is necessary to move mental health care forward especially in rural communities.” Wil Morris…
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OPINION: Pharmacy benefit managers are maximizing profits, not keeping health care costs down
New Mexico took a big step forward this year in health care when the governor signed a drug pricing transparency…
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One way to control health care costs: crack down on dubious diagnoses
Older adults worry about paying insurance premiums. Government officials have long worried that Medicare, the public insurance plan for those…