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Democrats race to prep sweeping budget bill for weekend votes

WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to begin consideration of Democrats’ climate, tax and health care package on Saturday, leaving about two days for the party to shore up support for the bill.

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10 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities. Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

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More California cities are backing $25-an-hour minimum wages for these workers. Here's why

LOS ANGELES — Long Beach this week became the fourth city in Southern California to move forward with an ordinance to increase the minimum wage to $25 for health care workers in the private sector.

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GOP blocks bill to protect abortion docs

Bill would protect doctors from being thrown in jail in states where abortion is legal

Salon

Will California keep offering health care plans at $10 a month? It’s up to Congress

Two out of every three California residents qualified this year for a health insurance premium of $10 or less through Covered California, but those rates will skyrocket next year without congressional action.

Tribune News Service

Pope promotes Vatican nurse credited with saving his life

Pope Francis has promoted a Vatican nurse to be his “personal health care assistant” The Vatican announced the appointment of Massimiliano Strappetti on Thursday

The Independent UK

Volunteer networks in Mexico aid at-home abortions without involving doctors or clinics. They’re coming to Texas.

Before abortion was legal in parts of Mexico, an extensive “accompaniment” system grew to help women safely terminate pregnancies on their own. Its organizers are now moving abortion-inducing medication across the border and helping replicate the system in the United States.

The Texas Tribune

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We must use every legislative tool to defend abortion rights

I’ll be damned if I let my daughters grow up with fewer rights than their mom had. We must pass the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Healthcare Act.

Chicago Sun-Times

EXPLAINER: Does health care law protect emergency abortion?

The Biden administration has filed its first legal challenge to a state abortion ban since the end of Roe v. Wade with a case that could allow hospitals to keep giving women abortion-related medical care in serious medical situations

The Independent UK

The Top Financial Regret Of Retirees And How You Can Avoid It

It’s becoming more difficult to save a sufficient amount for a comfortable retirement these days because of increasing inflation, health care costs and other factors. A recent retirement survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) showed that about 70% of current retirees wished they had saved more or invested…

Benzinga

3 Health Care ETFs You'll Want to Own When the Market Recovers

Last month, the S&P 500 witnessed its best month in two years after suffering its worst-first half since 1970. However, the multi-decade high inflation and the GDP decline for two consecutive quarters could continue to impact investor sentiment. Therefore, one could invest in healthcare ETFs, ETFs First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals…

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Health care should be made accessible to all: Minister

‘It is our responsibility to make technology available and affordable for the needy’

The Hindu

‘You just do it.’ Health care workers keep working to save patients from E. Ky. floods

WHITESBURG, Ky. — By 10 a.m. on Monday, Dr. Van Breeding was already on the phone with Colleen Swartz, vice-president of operations at UK HealthCare, begging for supplies.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The debt crisis that sick Americans can’t avoid

President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to cancel student debt for the first $10,000 owed on federal college loans has raised debate about the fairness of such lending programs. While just over half of Americans surveyed in a June poll supported forgiving that much debt incurred for higher education, 82% said…

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Bupa patients worried Ramsay Health Care hospital dispute will leave them out-of-pocket

A breast cancer patient says trying to change health insurers is an unwanted stress as Bupa customers deal with the fallout of the company's dispute with one of Australia's largest private hospital operators.

The Guardian - AU

‘Grateful for restored vision’: eyesight-saving healthcare a reality for communities on Country

A Specsavers partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation has led to a huge uptake in vision-saving initiatives among Indigenous communities in rural and regional Australia, with ‘dramatic wins’ for patients otherwise facing limited access to health care

The Conversation

Health care is responsible for 7% of our carbon emissions, and there are safe and easy ways this can be reduced

While we think of carbon emissions coming from manufacturing and agriculture, we don’t often think of those arising from health care. In Australia, health care is responsible for 7% of national carbon emissions, while globally, health care is responsible for 4.4% of emissions.

Tribune News Service

Veterans toxic exposure bill clears Senate after tortuous path

WASHINGTON — More than 3.5 million veterans who were exposed to toxic substances on overseas deployments will gain easier access to health and disability benefits under a bill that cleared the Senate on Tuesday.

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Private emergency rooms are on the rise in WA. What does that mean for public health care?

There will likely be three private emergency rooms — which charge up to $295 to see a doctor — operating in WA by the end of 2025.

The Independent UK

Senate tees up vote on bill to aid vets exposed to burn pits

Legislation expanding health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans is nearing passage in Congress

Roll Call

Democrats confident about budget vote as GOP plans amendments

Senate Democrats are confident about passing their health care, climate and tax package, as Republicans plot amendments they’ll offer to it.

Roll Call

Veterans toxic exposure bill clears Senate after tortuous path - Roll Call

More than 3.5 million veterans will gain easier access to health and disability benefits under a bill that cleared the Senate Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

To avert a COVID crisis, Dallas must test more poop, experts say

DALLAS – With changing public health priorities and a shrinking willingness to take COVID-19 tests at a health care clinic, it could seem as if trying to get an accurate picture of local case counts is a futile exercise.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How health care for vets became fight in Congress

A bill that enhances health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate

Tribune News Service

Gov. Whitmer asks Oakland County judge to block prosecutors from enforcing Michigan abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked an Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Monday to issue an immediate restraining order against 13 county prosecutors who are in a position to enforce Michigan’s long-dormant ban on abortions being performed within their jurisdictions.

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