Public Health
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Feds Join Ranks of Employers with Generous Fertility Benefits
Michelle Andrews Companies have increasingly offered generous fertility benefits to attract and keep top-notch workers. Now, the federal government is…
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End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access
For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands. It’s also…
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Weight loss, diabetes drug ad spending tops $1 billion
Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams…
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The GOP Keeps Pushing Medicaid Work Requirements, Despite Setbacks
Work requirements in Medicaid expansion programs are back on the agenda in many statehouses — despite their lackluster track record.…
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La deuda médica afecta a gran parte de EE.UU., pero en especial a inmigrantes en Colorado
DENVER, Colorado. — En febrero, la hija adolescente de Norma Brambila le escribió una carta que ahora lleva en su…
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Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties
Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room. Physical violence is less common, she said,…
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Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard
Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline DENVER — In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her a letter…
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From Miami to Melbourne, a quiet revolution is underway
Firefighters work on the zone of a forest fire in the hills in Quilpue comune, Valparaiso region, Chile on February…
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Health insurer stocks slide as Medicare Advantage rates disappoint
Signage is displayed on a Humana Inc. office building in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Humana is…
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ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan…
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