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1 million+ patients lose coverage as insurers, hospitals drop Medicare Advantage
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Medicaid will cover traditional healing practices for Native Americans in 4 states
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More Mobile Clinics Are Bringing Long-Acting Birth Control to Rural Areas
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Racially balanced workplaces may protect employees against cardiovascular disease
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Voting is good for your health. These doctors want to help.
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Trump vs. Harris: Who Would Benefit Black Americans’ Health Care?
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Need to go to the hospital? Texas and Florida want to know your immigration status
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Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Get Birth Control on Some College Campuses
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Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients
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At Supreme Court, Tennessee Seeks to Expand Reach of Dobbs to Ban Health Care for Transgender Youth
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Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KEVIN S. VINEYS Updated 12:47 PM CST, December 28, 2024 Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and…
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For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes January 2, 2025 BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small…
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The Amazon One Medical lawsuit paints a troubling picture of the future of telehealth
A wrongful death case case serves as a reminder that we cannot afford to sacrifice patient safety for the sake of rapid innovation. Dec. 28, 2024, 11:00 AM CST By Dr.…
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Federal health care dollars are helping to house homeless Californians. Trump could stop that
By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters Published Dec 15, 2024 5:00 AM Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration unveiled a new plan to help solve the homelessness crisis: It began using health…
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Maternal mortality factors highlighted in federal agency map
FCC Chairwoman on crisis: ‘If we want to solve this problem, the first thing we have to do is measure it.’ By: Lorena O’Neil – December 14, 2024 5:14 am The Federal Communications…
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‘It’s a Crisis’: Criminalizing Medication Abortion Is Already Creating Problems in Louisiana
In October, Louisiana became the first state to classify mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled, dangerous substances.” Susan Buttenwieser Dec 13, 2024, 9:10am Abortion, including medication abortion, has been completely banned in Louisiana…
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Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government owes
Tribal leaders, health officials, and a new federal report say patients are routinely billed anyway as a result of backlogs or mistakes from the Indian Health Service, financial middlemen, hospitals,…
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Texas sues New York doctor for telemedicine prescription of abortion pills
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor who allegedly provided abortion pills to a pregnant woman in Collin County, Texas. Dec. 13, 2024, 7:36 PM CST By Zoë…
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Oregon clinics see rise in long-term birth control demand
By Meira Gebel, Tina Reed Dec 3, 2024 Several Oregon clinics and hospital systems are seeing a flood of patients seeking long-term birth control — such as IUD replacements, backup contraception and…
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Michigan Democrats move to protect reproductive health data before GOP takes control of House in 2025
Updated on: December 6, 2024 / 7:59 AM EST / AP Michigan Democrats are pushing this month to pass legislation they say will improve reproductive health care, in particular the safety…
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