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La inflaci贸n m茅dica ha superado de manera constante la inflaci贸n general durante a帽os, y las facturas de muchos procedimientos breves y de rutina llegan a decenas de miles de d贸lares.
Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay 鈥 And It Costs All of Us
Health care prices are on the rise, and patients are flummoxed that even insurance companies aren鈥檛 doing more to control costs.
Readers Lean On Congress To Solve Crises in Research and Rehab
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ICE, ALS, Addiction Medicine, and Robotic Ultrasounds: Journalists Sound Off on All That and More
麻豆女优 Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
En particular llegan a British Columbia, donde m谩s de 1.000 enfermeros y enfermeras formados en Estados Unidos han recibido autorizaci贸n para trabajar desde abril pasado.
鈥榊ou Aren鈥檛 Trapped鈥: Hundreds of US Nurses Choose Canada Over Trump鈥檚 America
More than 1,000 American nurses have successfully applied for licensure in British Columbia since April, a massive increase over prior years. Ontario and Alberta have also seen more interest from Americans.
Trump鈥檚 Transparent Hospital Pricing Pays Off for Industry 鈥 But Not So Much for Patients
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Wyoming Wants To Make Its Five-Year Federal Rural Health Funding Last 鈥楩orever鈥
State officials believe they鈥檝e found a way to extend the life of federal Rural Health Transformation Program money Wyoming is receiving as part of last summer鈥檚 One Big Beautiful Bill Act 鈥 by investing most of it.
Trump Required Hospitals To Post Their Prices for Patients. Mostly It鈥檚 the Industry Using the Data.
Politicians have pushed for price transparency in health care. But instead of patients shopping for services, it鈥檚 mostly health systems and insurers that are using the information, as fodder for negotiations over pay.
El pol茅mico plan de Alabama: usar robots para atenci贸n materna en zonas rurales
En 2024, el a帽o m谩s reciente con datos disponibles, la tasa de mortalidad infantil en Alabama fue de 7,1 muertes por cada 1.000 partos con reci茅n nacidos vivos.
Journalists Unpack Impact of ICE Arrests on Families and Caffeine’s Effect on Dementia Risk
麻豆女优 Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Alabama鈥檚 鈥楶retty Cool鈥 Plan for Robots in Maternity Care Sparks Debate
Alabama, a state with one of the nation鈥檚 highest infant mortality rates, is betting on robots to help fix its maternal care crisis. But the state鈥檚 plan for telerobotic ultrasounds in rural areas has raised doubts.
This Ballad Hospital, Flooded by Hurricane Helene, Will Be Rebuilt for $44M in a Flood Plain
Ballad Health, the nation鈥檚 largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, plans to rebuild Unicoi County Hospital on land that two climate modeling companies say is at risk of flooding.
Ponerlos al tanto de estos riesgos podr铆a disuadirlos de inscribirse en el Medicaid de Emergencia, que ofrece atenci贸n m茅dica de urgencias a inmigrantes que no califican para la cobertura regular de Medicaid.
With ICE Using Medicaid Data, Hospitals and States Are in a Bind Over Warning Immigrant Patients
The Trump administration鈥檚 move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is forcing hospitals and states to consider alerting immigrant patients that information from emergency medical coverage applications could be used in efforts to remove them from the country.
鈥業 Can鈥檛 Tell You鈥: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
Some hospitals are registering patients detained by federal immigration officers under pseudonyms and prohibiting staff from contacting family members. Attorneys and health care workers say the practices facilitate rights violations and create ethical concerns. Hospitals say they鈥檙e trying to protect patients.
Enfrentan grandes barreras para localizar a los pacientes, saber c贸mo est谩n de salud y brindarles apoyo legal y emocional.
Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans
Breakups between insurers and health systems, on top of plan cuts, left more than 3.7 million Medicare Advantage enrollees facing a tough choice last year: find new insurance or new doctors. But hospital systems say their Advantage plans can avert such upheaval, giving patients peace of mind.
States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
Every state will receive at least $100 million annually from the federal Rural Health Transformation fund, but some scored millions more based on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services judged the 鈥渜uality鈥 of their plans and willingness to pass policies embracing “Make America Healthy Again” initiatives.
Iowa Doesn’t Have Enough OB-GYNs. The State鈥檚 Abortion Ban Might Be Making It Worse.
Abortion bans like Iowa鈥檚 have put OB-GYNs under increasing strain and surveillance, complicating the standard medical treatments for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, premature membrane rupture, and other pregnancy problems. As many rural areas face worsening maternity care deserts, some physicians fear these laws could drive much-needed doctors out of state and dissuade others from moving in and establishing a practice.
