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2023-07-25 Everything Old Is New Again? The Latest Round of Health Policy Proposals Reprises Existing Ideas Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Forget “repeal and replace,” an oft-repeated Republican rallying cry against the Affordable Care Act. House Republicans have advanced a package of bills that could reduce health insurance costs for certain businesses and […]
Organic Coffee vs. Regular Coffee: Does it Matter? By Anesa Kratovac Coffee is grown and produced through a process that involves picking the green beans by hand, drying them out before milling, and then going through a wet or dry process. The two major species of coffee plants are Coffea arabica […]
2023-07-25 Medications for opioid use disorder — MOUD — and adolescents Treatment with drugs such as buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone is deemed the gold standard for youth with opioid addictions. Why isn’t it used more often? By Tammy Worth In two decades as a pediatrician, Jason Reynolds has had no success treating patients […]
2023-07-24 Medical Debt Is Making Americans Angry. Doctors and Hospitals Ignore This at Their Peril. Noam N. Levey For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took four years to pay off. For Mary Curley, it was the threatening collection letters from a lab […]
New Thoughts New thoughts can come from taking a new perspective on things. One way to do that is to challenge the assumptions that exist. For example, is love really a feeling of desire or attachment? This is a common assumption, but what if we challenge this? New Thoughts on Love Desire and attachment can […]
Mind the Gap: An Analysis of Mental Health Treatment Availability Across Strata of American Society By Editorial Team Mental health is a critical aspect of overall well-being, yet access to adequate treatment remains a significant challenge for many Americans. This report delves into the disparities in mental health treatment availability across […]
2023-07-23 Industry Groups in California Vie for New Medicaid Money Angela Hart and Samantha Young SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s powerful health care industry just notched a historic win: The state is going to give it an $11.1 billion infusion to improve care for millions of low-income Medicaid patients. But the intense jockeying over […]
Recipe Sunday 2023-07-23 We feel, and studies suggest, that cooking can be a form of therapy for many. On Sunday, we post recipes for those looking for new ways to diversify their cookbooks (we do not get paid for this). —Editorial Team. Flavorful Grape Recipes to Take Summer Gatherings to the […]
Studying poverty through a child’s eyes Q&A — Psychologist Seth Pollak Research on early-life adversity should pay more attention to the perspective of children themselves By Alla Katsnelson Poverty affects nearly one in seven American children — about 10.5 million kids in total — and it has a long reach. Children living in poverty […]
2023-07-22 Congress Considers Easing Regulations on Air Transport of Donated Organs Colleen DeGuzman What do kidney and pancreas transplants have to do with airplane regulations? Tucked into the hundreds of pages of legislative language to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration is a provision to change the life-or-death process by which human organs are […]