Tag: Health

Potential Costs and Impact of Health Provisions in the Build Back Better Act

December 31, 2021 Sharika Soukup

The Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, (BBBA), adopted by the House of Representatives on November 19, 2021 with the support of President Biden, includes a broad package of health, social, climate change and revenue provisions. The total package includes $1.7 trillion in spending, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which also projects that…

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First Night public vaccination clinic, in addition to other public health and safety measures

December 31, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Public COVID-19 vaccination clinics in partnership with Whittier Street Health Center and BPHC to be held as part of First Night festivities Mayor Michelle Wu joined City leadership to share the city’s preparations for First Night, Boston’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration, and announced a COVID-19 vaccine and booster clinic in partnership with Whittier St….

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SoftBank-Backed Mental Health Unicorn Cerebral Reneged On Salaries And Health Insurance For Hundreds Of Therapists

December 30, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Kyle Robertson, Cerebral cofounder and CEO. Cerebral The company, which raised $300 million at a $4.8 billion valuation this month, changed the status of more than 200 employees from salaried to hourly workers in August and made their health insurance contingent on quotas in 2022. In October, online mental health startup Cerebral named Olympic gymnast…

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The Pandemic Shows Why We Need Universal Health Care

December 30, 2021 Sharika Soukup

People wait in long lines at a Covid-19 testing center within the Lincoln Park Recreation Center, Los Angeles, California. (Xinhua/Xinhua via Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation,…

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Hospital Prices Are Unpredictable. One Type of Health Coverage Often Gets the Worst Rates.

December 29, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Newly public data show that hospital prices vary in unpredictable ways that seem out of patients’ control. A Wall Street Journal analysis has identified a kind of health coverage that leaves patients with especially high bills. Hospitals’ highest rates often aren’t for a specific insurance plan, but rather a type of healthcare provider network that…

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Local health care leaders weigh in on new CDC guidelines

December 29, 2021 Sharika Soukup

DENVER (KDVR) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines Christmas week, to help health care workers return quicker to work following COVID isolation. “I think to change it from 10 to seven days could be helpful,” Dr. Carrie Horn, the chief medical officer at National Jewish Health said. According to the…

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Woman charged more than $500,000 after giving birth despite having health insurance

December 28, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Woman charged more than 0,000 after giving birth despite having health insurance

A Florida woman ended up with a hospital bill for more than half a million dollars after giving birth — despite having health insurance. She switched health insurance plans while her newborn was in intensive care, and she says that led to major confusion over billing. Her son Dorian is a healthy 1-year-old now, but…

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Deflated health care workers and desperate patients clash over alternative Covid treatments

December 28, 2021 Sharika Soukup

But now, faced with hostility just for trying to save his patients’ lives, he says that, sadly, those days are long gone. Lyons is one of the many doctors and nurses tackling the rise in Covid-19 cases that are flooding hospitals as the Omicron variant rapidly spreads throughout the country. Now health care workers fighting…

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