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Federal government pledges $100 million to address health care worker shortages : NPR

October 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Federal government pledges 0 million to address health care worker shortages : NPR

A doctor stands at a walk-up coronavirus testing site at West County Health Center in San Pablo, Calif., in April 2020. Pandemic burnout has affected thousands of health care workers. Jessica Christian/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jessica Christian/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images A doctor stands at a walk-up coronavirus testing site…

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The State Road to Universal Single-Payer Health Care

October 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

If you feel a little pessimistic about the prospects for winning Medicare for All, it’s understandable. Bernie Sanders lost the 2020 Democratic primary. A deadly pandemic has not convinced the ruling class of the cruelty of a privatized health care system. The presidency is occupied by Joe Biden, who has vowed to veto Medicare for…

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Age discrimination: Seniors say they feel devalued when interacting with health care providers

October 18, 2021 Sharika Soukup

There was the time several years ago when she told an emergency room doctor that the antibiotic he wanted to prescribe wouldn’t counteract the kind of urinary tract infection she had. He wouldn’t listen, even when she mentioned her professional credentials. She asked to see someone else, to no avail. “I was ignored and finally…

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17 health care professionals, citing religious reasons, seek to prevent New York State from enforcing vaccine mandate

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

The professionals — nine doctors, five nurses, a nuclear medicine technologist, a physician liaison and a rehabilitation therapist — are seeking a judgment declaring the mandate “unconstitutional, unlawful, and unenforceable,” according to the lawsuit. “The Vaccine Mandate emerges in the context of an atmosphere of fear and irrationality in which the unvaccinated are threatened with…

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Health care workers submitting “mass resignation letters” over state’s vaccine requirement, Republicans say

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – Republicans in the New York State Senate are warning that vaccine requirements for health care workers could drive many of them to quit, rather than get the shot. By September 27th, with limited exceptions, all staff at New York State’s hospitals and nursing homes will have had to receive at least…

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Thousands of San Diego County health care workers are seeking vaccine exemptions

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

President Biden’s new coronavirus vaccination mandate requires all federal workers and contractors, including all health care workers in the nation, to receive their shots or lose their jobs. But California’s evolving experience with its own vaccine mandate shows that there is another path to remain unvaccinated. This story is for subscribers We offer subscribers exclusive…

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