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By Fran Kritz  Published on October 26, 2024  Key Takeaways A new report from the Rutgers Program for Disability Research estimates that 40.2 million people with disabilities will be eligible to vote in November. This represents a 5.1% increase from 2020, largely due to an aging population and medical advances that have extended the lives of…

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the airline “provided unsafe and undignified physical assistance to passengers” that at times resulted in injuries. Oct. 23, 2024, 5:11 AM CDT / Updated Oct. 23, 2024, 5:40 PM CDT By Phil Helsel The U.S. Transportation Department announced a $50 million fine Wednesday against American Airlines over allegations it mistreated passengers with disabilities, which the…

By  COLLEEN LONG, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and NADIA LATHAN Updated 11:03 PM CDT, October 25, 2024 HOUSTON (AP) — Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that it was “time to sing a new song” as Harris warned that her GOP opponent…

‘The A-Word’, a new documentary by The Independent, investigates the state of reproductive rights two years after the Supreme Court revoked a constitutional right to abortion, sending shockwaves through American healthcare Wednesday 23 October 2024 11:14 The decision was decades in the making. Anti-abortion lawmakers and legal groups fought for years for the chance to take…

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Updated 11:16 PM EDT, Sat October 26, 2024 Michelle Obama issued a scathing indictment of Donald Trump on Saturday at a rally in Michigan for Kamala Harris, calling the former president an existential threat to women’s rights and telling men that a vote for Trump “is a vote against us.” The former first lady,…

October 26, 2024 7:00 AM ET By Katia Riddle, Julie Luchetta After the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022, many states that banned the procedure did so with the promise that it would still be legal in some circumstances, including in the event of rape. One study estimates that over 64,000 pregnancies have occurred due…

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Oct 21, 2024 11:08 AM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday. Right now, health insurers…

October 24, 2024 11:57 AM ET By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four years after catching COVID-19, still is too weak to drive. Louvenia McKinney, 77, arrived…

Experts worry older patients could be exposed to ‘catastrophic’ costs and interrupted access to care. By: Anna Claire Vollers – October 23, 2024 4:20 am HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Libby and Andrew Potter usually ignore the avalanche of Medicare Advantage ads that land in the mailbox at their home in Huntsville, Alabama, each fall as Medicare’s open enrollment period…

October 19, 2024 7:00 AM ET By Lesley McClurg Emery Tahy of San Francisco knows firsthand the struggles of addiction and recovery — a journey that, for him, is intertwined with his experience as a Native American. In his twenties, Tahy landed on the streets of Phoenix battling severe depression and alcohol-induced seizures. About four years…