The use of telemedicine skyrocketed during the pandemic, transforming health care with a convenient alternative to in-person visits. Telemedicine can afford patients increased access to care and preventive services as well as an integrated digital experience. This was certainly a welcome and long-overdue development, for both patients and clinicians. But now, some health insurance companies…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place New York’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, turning away a challenge by a group of medical providers who sued because it does not include a religious exemption. Over the dissents of Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, the high court rejected…
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In summary State leaders should keep their promise and continue to support organizations that play a critical role in public health. By Jim Wood Assemblymember Jim Wood, a Democrat from Santa Rosa and a dentist, represents the 2nd Assembly District. Genoveva Islas, Special to CalMatters Genoveva Islas is executive director of Cultiva la Salud. When…
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The Supreme Court turned away two emergency requests Monday from health care workers, doctors and nurses in New York to block the state’s vaccine mandate. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented. The dispute arose when three nurses and a group called We the Patriots USA, Inc, challenged the mandate, arguing that it…
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The Build Back Better Act would make a number of changes to the way people get health insurance and how health care is financed, including by temporarily closing the Medicaid coverage gap. Under current law, 2.2 million uninsured people living in the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)…
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“Faced with an especially contagious variant of the virus in the midst of a pandemic that has now claimed the lives of over 750,000 in the United States and some 55,000 in New York, the state decided as an emergency measure to require vaccination for all employees at health care facilities who might become infected…
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The de Blasio administration missed a glaring math error when choosing a new health care insurance provider for 275,000 retired city workers that could cost taxpayers “tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars” in lost revenue, according to a bombshell claim filed by rival bidder Aetna, the state’s largest Medicare provider. Aetna has sued…
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Marking its 75th anniversary, the Philadelphia chapter of The Links Inc. has partnered with the Maternity Care Coalition and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to provide vaccinations and booster shots, as well as maternal and infant health care resources. The health services event recently drew a line of people outside the Dr. Ala Stanford Center…
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