Category: Health Care
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
