The Latest Breaking News from Health Care

Court Refuses to Block California Ban on COVID "Treatment or Advice" That's "Contrary to the Standard of Care"

The law bans doctors from providing "treatment or advice" "to a patient" "related to COVID-19" when that treatment or advice includes (1) "false information" (2) "that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus" (3) "contrary to the standard of care." The law regulates only speech to patients, not to the public…

Reason · Dec 29, 2022

Republicans move beyond repeal-and-replace to other health care priorities

WASHINGTON — The Republican health care agenda was dominated for years by the all-consuming goal of repealing former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act but that singular focus seems to have faded.

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022

Backward districts, health infra: What mainstream media reportage can help change in 2023

The end of the year usually leads to reflections on the year gone by. But let me break with tradition and instead set out a wish list for the kind of coverage we can hope for in the coming year. This could be wishful thinking given that 2023 is an…

Newslaundry · Dec 29, 2022

5 nursing industry predictions for 2023

The past few years have been rough for health care workers, with 84% of nurses believing they were underpaid, and 83% reporting their mental health suffered, according to the State of Nursing Survey from 2021

Tribune News Service · Dec 27, 2022

Immigrant health care workers tend to migrants arriving in Chicago from Texas, planting a seed of hope for their future

On a cold December day, a little over 50 years ago, Pilar Guerrero arrived in this country from Mexico with her parents by her side. She was 9 years old, she recalled, and didn’t know a bit of English.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 27, 2022

Upended: How medical debt changed their lives

Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. Debtors are from all walks of life and…

Tribune News Service · Dec 27, 2022

Howard Brown Health workers poised for three-day strike after the holidays

Howard Brown Health Workers United announced the January 3-5 strike Friday evening after resounding support in a vote from the union’s members.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 24, 2022

Spending bill secures funds for Native American health care

Access to health care for Native Americans across the U.S. will be bolstered with funding included in a government spending bill approved by Congress

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

How China Botched the End of Zero-COVID

Other countries have successfully transitioned from strict lockdowns. Beijing has wasted the last three years.

Foreign Policy · Dec 22, 2022

Centene, under siege in America, moved into Britain’s National Health Service

LONDON — In the final days of 2020, the U.S. health insurer Centene made a swift incursion into Britain’s prized National Health Service, one of the world’s largest employers.

Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022