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Consumer Health: What is mental health?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about mental health and mental illness.

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023

Immigrants, advocates push for expansion of state’s affordable health care program

Illinois legislators hammering out the state budget could expand affordable health care access to noncitizens ages 19 to 41.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2023

3 Medical Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio

Healthcare costs have been rising over the years, and the need for health insurance is paramount. Given the long-term growth prospects of the medical-health insurance industry, it could be wise to buy fundamentally strong medical stocks UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Cigna (CI), and Molina Healthcare (MOH). Keep reading.

StockNews.com · May 18, 2023

To prevent burnout, health care workers need more self-care — and a life outside work

Self-care benefits us, our patients and the communities we serve. We owe it to ourselves to find hobbies and joyful activities, and to set boundaries with work, social worker Padraic Stanley writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023

Hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff

Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.

WEKU · May 15, 2023

What Medicare beneficiaries need to know about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency rules

Whether Medicare will or won’t cover certain health care costs may now depend on whether you are in Traditional Medicare or a private insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan.

Fortune · May 12, 2023

The real cost of the ‘supermom’ myth. Here’s the toll motherhood takes on your mental health

Many women with postpartum health conditions fear their conflicting feelings about motherhood make them less fit to be a good mother.

Fortune · May 12, 2023

When California Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Overworked Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes Followed

Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.

Capital & Main · May 12, 2023

LOCALIZE IT: Federal funding at risk for health care worker recruitment program

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The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk

Thousands of doctors and nurses signed on to work in the country’s most desperate regions during the COVID-19 pandemic in exchange for forgiveness of medical school debt

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023