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An unlikely pair: Why a labor union joined hospitals to weaken seismic standards

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California hospitals have long sought to weaken legally required — and costly — seismic upgrades meant to ensure their doors can remain open to patients after a major earthquake.

Los Angeles Times

As COVID vaccination rates stall, Philly mobile clinics find new purpose

PHILADELPHIA — Under a white tent about four blocks north of Temple Hospital, a nurse checked Robert White’s blood pressure, as cars and delivery trucks rumbled past.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Doctors stay in Ukraine's war-hit towns: 'People need us'

Ukraine’s health care system already was struggling due to corruption, mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

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Biden bill to help millions escape higher health care costs

Millions of people in the United States will be spared from big increases in health care costs next year after President Joe Biden signed legislation extending generous subsidies for those who buy plans through federal and state marketplaces

The Independent UK

Maine May Mandate Vaccines for Health Care Workers with No Religious Exemption (but with Medical Exemption)

So Judge Jon Levy (D. Me.) held today in Lowe v. Mills. An excerpt: In this case, the amended complaint and the properly considered documents, information, and facts before me show that the purpose of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers is solely to protect public health. Exempting individuals whose…

Reason

States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

WEKU

Illinois is failing to provide adequate health care for prisoners

The state committed itself to change by entering into a consent decree in the Lippert vs. Jeffreys class action lawsuit on prison medical care in 2018, but an acceptable plan to provide care has never been submitted to the court.

Chicago Sun-Times

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After wiping out $6.7 billion in medical debt, this nonprofit is just getting started

Soon after giving birth to a daughter two months premature, Terri Logan received a bill from the hospital. She recoiled from the string of numbers separated by commas.

Tribune News Service

Indian Medical Association seeks withrawal of 5% GST on health care sector

“Health care industry is in a deep financial crisis with the unprecedented maintenance cost. In this background, the government’s support is needed for the industry. We are hopeful that the government would respond positively over the issue of GST exemption”

The Hindu

PACT Act providing health care to burn pit victims caps decades of denied benefits for veterans

During a 13-month stint in Iraq that began in 2006, Heath Robinson served as a medic with the Ohio National Guard. Like thousands of others soldiers stationed there, he was routinely exposed to toxic smoke emanating from what are known as burn pits.

The Conversation

Congress isn’t done with messy health care fights

Congress isn't finished with health care this year

Axios

‘Still a lot of pain’: Four years after mass shooting, Texas community grapples with fallout

If you or someone you know is in crisis, dial “988” for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741. (The previous phone number, 800-273-8255, will continue to function indefinitely.)

Tribune News Service

Medicaid expansion sees new life in longtime Republican holdout states

12 states with GOP-led legislatures still have not expanded Medicaid coverage since the ACA was passed.

Axios

Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation

The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change — some $375 billion over the decade.

Chicago Sun-Times

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WEKU

Biden signs sweeping climate, health care, tax bill into law

The legislation has been a year in the making, with tense negotiations leading to a narrower spending package that focuses on climate investments and health care costs.

The Independent UK

‘Joe, I never had a doubt’: Biden gives credit to Manchin for major bill’s success

US president acknowledges Democratic senator’s efforts after months of negotiations

Axios

Biden signs Democrats' $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill into law

The Inflation Reduction Act includes provisions that increase taxes on large corporations and lower prescription drug costs.

The Independent UK

Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law: ‘The American people won’

The climate, health care and tax law caps a remarkable string of legislative wins for the Biden administration

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Roll Call

Biden signs major climate, health care and tax bill into law - Roll Call

President Joe Biden signed major legislation aimed at fighting climate change and lowering health care costs.

The Independent UK

NHS fails on mental health care targets as waiting list rises to 1.2 million

‘We are now seeing the cumulative result of years of underfunding combined with overwhelming demand for mental health’ warns charity Mind

The Independent UK

Powerful reactions pour in as FDA clears way for hearing aids to be available over the counter

Close to 30 million adults in the US could stand to benefit from hearing aid use

WEKU

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

WEKU

Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies

Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, they're selling for next to nothing. One company is snapping several distressed or closed hospitals in rural Tennessee, hoping to turn a profit.

Tribune News Service

Community health centers’ big profits raise questions about federal oversight

DARLINGTON, South Carolina — Just off the deserted town square, with its many boarded-up businesses, people lined up at the walk-up pharmacy window at Genesis Health Care, a federally funded clinic.

Tribune News Service

For medically vulnerable families, inflation’s squeeze is inescapable

ROSAMOND, Calif. — Deborah Lewis rose from bed before dawn and signed in to her phone so she could begin delivering fast food, coffee, and groceries to residents in this western patch of the Mojave Desert where test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier generations ago.

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