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Warren Has Own Plan for Everything, Though Not Health Care
Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that. But on health care, she’s with Bernie. Warren, a Massachusetts senator and a leading liberal Democratic presidential candidate, has stood out in the 2020 race for her extraordinary focus on detailed plans to address the nation’s most pressing issues. Her website lists specific policies for 43 topics, from gun […]
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University of Missouri Receives Grant for Rural Health Care
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri has received $5 million in federal funds to address a shortage or primary care physicians. The university said it is the largest award for rural medicine in the school’s history. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a federal analysis predicts Missouri will have a shortage of 1,220 primary […]
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Joe Biden Holds Health Care Town Hall at Dartmouth College
The Democratic presidential candidate hosted a health care town hall in the afternoon at Dartmouth College in Hanover. Biden took questions from voters on a number of issues, but he spent the majority of his time talking about why he believes the Affordable Care Act must be protected. While Republicans and some Democrats want to […]
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University Health Services Bracing for Ripple Effect From Mass Shootings
The back-to-school shopping spree in El Paso, Texas, was hundreds of miles from the Richmond area. So were the calm summer bar scene in Dayton, Ohio and the fun-filled garlic fair in Northern California. Yet, the impact of the dramatic turn of events at those gatherings rippled across Virginia in every neighborhood and home. Those […]
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Democratic Debates Didn’t Do Much to Clarify Candidates’ Plans for Health Care — 2020′s Most Important Issue
Democrats argued about their health care plans for more than an hour during both nights of last week’s presidential primary debates. In 15- and 30-second bursts, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris sparred over their similar health-care plans. They wrangled over the cost of expanding insurance coverage. They argued over how long […]
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Bill Would Require College Campuses to Offer ‘Abortion Pill’
Along with visiting legislators, a bishop in California urged people to collectively pray for the defeat of a bill that would require college campuses to offer medication abortions. California State Senator Connie Leyva sponsored Senate Bill 24, which awaits consideration by the Assembly Appropriations Committee. If signed into law, California State University and University of […]
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Kamala Harris Sets Up Debate Showdown on Health Care With New Plan
Senator Kamala Harris of California, who is increasingly seeking to carve out an ideological lane separate from the most progressive Democrats running for president, laid out a new plan Monday for providing Medicare for all Americans, with a twist that stops short of the complete overhaul of the health insurance system that Senator Bernie Sanders […]
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Administrators Eye Tweaks To Pharmacy College
Enrollment at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy is expected to decline this fall, university officials say. Enrollment at the pharmacy college has fluctuated over the past several semesters, but has generally been on the decline from the fall 2016. Read More
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Lehigh’s College of Health Welcomes Halcyon Skinner As Associate Dean For Research
Halcyon G. Skinner, a highly respected leader in the fields of population health, epidemiology and health data analytics, has joined Lehigh’s College of Health as associate professor and associate dean for research. Skinner will bring to Lehigh an extensive background in both academia and industry, and joins the College after most recently serving as director […]
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America To Face A Shortage Of Primary Care Physicians Within A Decade Or So
Despite hospital systems and health officials calling out the need for more primary care doctors, graduates of U.S. medical schools are becoming less likely to choose to specialize in one of those fields. A record-high number of primary care positions was offered in the 2019 National Resident Matching Program — known to doctors as “the […]
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Even Researchers Don’t Know Which Doctors Medicare Advantage Covers
If you try to use Medicare Advantage, figuring out which doctors are available (and where) can be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible. Medicare Advantage is the government-subsidized, private alternative to the traditional public Medicare program. It has had strong enrollment growth for years. Read More
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What Philadelphia Is Losing When It Loses Hahnemann Hospital
As a physician, I recently have been devastated by the news that the hospital in which I practice and teach is closing. Philadelphia Academic Health System, LLC, the owner of Hahnemann University Hospital, announced on June 26th that the 171-year old institution would close in about 70 days. Immediate steps toward closure then decreased the number […]
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