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Telehealth Payment Parity Laws Boosted Odds of Virtual Care Visits
By Anuja Vaidya On June 15, 2023 The likelihood of telehealth use in states that implemented payment parity for in-person and virtual care services was higher than in states that did not, new research shows. States with telehealth payment parity laws had a 23 percent higher likelihood of telehealth use among residents compared to…
Unmet supportive care needs linked to worse outcomes among ambulatory patients with cancer
By Jennifer Southall On June 21, 2023 Unmet supportive care needs appeared associated with worse clinical outcomes among a cohort of ambulatory patients with cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open. In addition, patients from racial or ethnic minority groups, as well as those with more significant emotional or physical burdens, had a higher likelihood…
‘A target on my back’: New survey shows racism is a huge problem in nursing
By Usha Lee McFarling On May 31, 2023 A family nurse practitioner in New York City, Jose M. Maria has come to expect overt racism from patients. “I’ve been called the N-word, I’ve been called, you name it,” he said. A triple minority in nursing — Black, Latino, and male — he often gets mistaken…
Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2020
By Liu GS, Nguyen BL, Lyons BH, Sheats KJ, Wilson RF, Betz CJ, and Fowler KA On May 26, 2023 Abstract Problem/Condition: In 2020, approximately 71,000 persons died of violence-related injuries in the United States. This report summarizes data from CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) on violent deaths that occurred in 48 states, the…
Discrimination prevents some in US from getting COVID-19 vaccine
By Stephen Feller On May 6, 2023 U.S. adults who reported negative health care experiences because of discrimination based on their race or ethnicity were less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a study found. CDC director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, has previously noted what she called “striking” inequity in the U.S. during the pandemic, including that Black…
America Looks at Poverty All Wrong
By Mark R Rank On June 1, 2023 Poverty in America has, for decades, been framed as an issue of “them” rather than “us.” The poverty stricken are routinely thought to reside far outside of mainstream America. Central to this understanding is the belief that the poor haven’t worked hard enough to pull themselves up…
The fourth leading cause of death in the US? Cumulative poverty
By Reverend William Barber and Gregg Gonsalves On June 22, 2023 We hear so much about crime rates, opioids, and gun violence in America, but so little from our elected leaders about the poverty crisis. Can you name the top 10 causes of death in America? Without too much trouble, most Americans could likely come…
Biden administration launches effort to address cancer disparities stemming from poverty
By Alejandra O Connell Domenech On June 26, 2023 The Biden administration announced Monday it’s launching a new initiative to improve cancer outcomes in low-income communities. The administration is funneling $50 million to the new effort, dubbed the Persistent Poverty Initiative, which will be evenly distributed to five cancer research centers with the goal of addressing the “structural and…
Do SNAP Benefits Actually Work to Address Hunger?
By Björn Ólafsson June 15, 2023 Despite its status as the richest country on Earth, the U.S. still has a massive problem with poverty and hunger. The land of opportunity is home to nearly 40 million impoverished people and 12 million children struggling with hunger, all of whom are disproportionately likely to be people of color. One…