The Fair Fight Political Action Committee says its donation to the RIP Medical Debt nonprofit will benefit residents in 5 Southern states, part of Fair Fight Action’s advocacy for Medicaid expansion.
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A hospital hiked the price of their healthy baby’s birth by calling it an ’emergency’
“Obstetrical emergency departments” are a new aspect of some hospitals that can inflate medical bills for even the easiest, healthiest births. Just ask baby Gus’s parents about their $2,755 ER charge.
Black and Latino families continue to bear pandemic’s great economic toll in U.S.
A new poll finds more than 55% of Black and Latino households have faced serious financial problems in recent months. And more than a quarter have depleted their savings.
The U.S. needs more nurses, but nursing schools don’t have enough slots
Across the country, hospitals are desperate for R.N.s and specialty nurses. Yet, paradoxically, the nursing pipeline has slowed, with educators retiring or returning to clinical work themselves.
In Maine, a looming vaccine deadline for EMTs is stressing small-town ambulance crews
Statewide, the COVID vaccination rate for first responders is more than 95%. But it’s not as high in more rural areas, where ambulance crews can’t function if just a few people quit.
Why helping people pay rent can fight the pandemic
A family in Houston and a plumber in Maryland couldn’t afford rent, which pushed them into crowded living quarters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, that common predicament has increased viral spread.
Dr. Rachel Levine is sworn in as the nation’s first transgender four-star officer
Levine leads the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Patients say telehealth is OK, but most prefer to see their doctor in person
An NPR poll finds that while a large majority of people using telehealth during the pandemic were satisfied, nearly two-thirds prefer in-person visits. That may foretell telehealth’s future.
Patients say telehealth is OK, but most prefer to see their doctor in person
An NPR poll finds that while a large majority of people using telehealth during the pandemic were satisfied, nearly two-thirds prefer in-person visits. That may foretell telehealth’s future.
Kentucky’s backroad churches may be key to saving hospitals overwhelmed by COVID
Public health workers are going church to church and house to house in the state’s secluded valleys to dispel COVID myths, ease isolation, bring aid, and convince wary residents to get vaccinated.
