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Michigan Senate OKs $1.2 billion plan for COVID-19 testing, health care worker retention

© Annie Barker, Detroit Free Press Librarian JoAnn Mannino guides cars to pick up free COVID-19 tests at the Detroit…

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D.C. announces massive public education budget with more mental health funding

© Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee make remarks before cutting…

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At mobile clinics, Connecticut health care workers provide ‘a clinic for the whole person,’ using lessons learned during pandemic

© Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant/TNS Hartford, Ct. – 02/02/2022 – Hartford HealthCare client Cynthia Hudson (left) hugs nurse Jacqueline Bengston after…

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The average retiree spends 30% of their Social Security income on health care

If you’re anticipating that Social Security benefits are going to help cover most of your expenses as a retiree, you’re…

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Fact-check: How much is health care coverage due to American Rescue Plan changes?

© Chrissy Suttles/BCT President Joe Biden President Joe Biden: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care…

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Overnight Health Care — Biden looks to jumpstart cancer moonshot

Welcome to Wednesday’s Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest moves on policy and news affecting your health. Subscribe…

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Calm acquires health care technology company Ripple Health Group

Meditation app Calm is acquiring Ripple Health Group, a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company. The terms of the deal were…

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California’s Universal Health Care Failure Is a Wake-Up Call for Democrats

© Axel Koester/Corbis/Getty Images The Campaign for a Healthy California, a coalition of health reform, labor, and civic groups performs…

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Why inflation hasn’t hit health care the same way

Data: Altarum; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios Economy-wide inflation has outpaced health care inflation by a wide margin since last April, but…

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Did Newsom, infighting among Democrats derail California’s single-payer health care bill? Here’s San Jose lawmaker’s take

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, discusses his bill that would pay for the universal health care…