Category: Health Care
Huge boost for Native American health care left out of federal spending bill
One section of the $1.5 trillion spending bill passed by Congress shocked tribal health care providers. Lawmakers in both chambers…
VA chief to recommend hospital closures and expansions in restructuring of the country’s largest health-care system
© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Veteran John Caruso, center, talks with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough during President Biden’s visit to…
N.J. lawmakers pledge to improve mental health care. Here’s how.
New Jersey lawmakers are calling for a coordinated effort to improve access and affordability for mental health care, just days…
How the pandemic may fundamentally change the health-care system
Welcome to Friday’s Health 202, where today we have a special spotlight on the pandemic two years in. Send us…
Nonprofit Feed the Frontlines NYC works with local restaurants to provide free meals to health care workers and New Yorkers in need
NEW YORK — We are approaching the two-year anniversary of New York City restaurants shutting down because of COVID. One…
High health care expenses might keep Cumberland employees from seeing lower deductibles
Cumberland County commissioners Larry Lancaster (left) and Jeannette Council (right) hold a discussion on the side during an agenda session…
Biden names member of Navajo Nation to serve as head of tribal health care
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he is nominating veteran health administrator Roselyn Tso to oversee the federal…
Why U.S. drugmakers and other health care companies aren’t leaving Russia
Even as the war in Ukraine has prompted an exodus of international companies — from fast-food chains and oil producers…
More States Are Proposing Single-payer Health Care. Why Aren’t They Succeeding?
The Democratic presidential primary might feel like a lifetime ago, but one important storyline in that race was health care…
First it was pizza and nightly applause. Now, hospitals look at longer-term solutions to support exhausted health care workers
© Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS Eve Poczatek, director of the Center for Clinical Wellness, distributes flyers with information about employee access…
