Tag: Opinion

Durango Herald: Healthy Kids survey results invaluable | Opinion

June 18, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The every-other-year Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which for years has provided crucial insights into middle- and high-schoolers’ physical, mental, social and behavioral health, has been in conservatives’ cross hairs before. Now the anonymous, voluntary survey is even more politicized. Students are asked about sexual activity, consent, drug and alcohol use, suicide, weapons, bullying, gender identity…

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Teacher to Parent: Five strategies schools can use to improve students’ mental health | Opinion

June 15, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Schools are doing their best to help kids with mental health, but I wonder if they’re on the right track. My district uses SEL (Social Emotional Learning) lessons, surveys and counselors, but a lot of parents see the SEL techniques as controversial. Without parents on board, will it work? If not, what will? You’re right….

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Opinion | Democrats are facing a ticking time bomb on health-care costs

May 25, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Placeholder while article actions load You might call it a disastrous “October surprise” for Democrats in this year’s crucial midterm campaign — except it wouldn’t be a surprise at all, and it is completely avoidable. The governing party’s inability thus far to reach some kind of agreement on a scaled-back version of President Biden’s Build…

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Opinion | When Health Care Workers Are Protected, Patients Are, Too

May 9, 2022 Sharika Soukup

America was in a health care crisis before Covid, and the stresses of the pandemic have made it worse. Since the pandemic began, the health care work force — the country’s largest industry by employment — has shrunk by nearly 2 percent. That may seem like a small amount, but historically, the health care work…

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Medical insurance still costs too much. ‘Medicare for All’ can fix this crisis. | Opinion

May 7, 2022 Sharika Soukup

By Brady Rivera We’ve heard this line before — our medical system, as it currently stands, is very unreliable and expensive for the average person. You pay thousands to for-profit insurance companies, and you still have to pay hundreds out-of-pocket for medications and services not covered by our plans. With so much money coming out…

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Opinion | Americans on Medicaid Could Soon Lose Health Insurance

April 6, 2022 Sharika Soukup

If there has been a silver lining to this terrible Covid-19 pandemic, it is that the rate of Americans without health insurance dropped to a near historic low, thanks to various federal initiatives connected to the government-declared public health emergency. Now, with the pandemic’s acute phase seemingly drawing to an end, millions of low-income and…

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Opinion | When the Parenting Never Stops

February 21, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Jessica Grose: I was so struck by the point that you made about how for mothers of children with mental illness who are in danger, that often their only option is to call the cops. Most parents do not want to call the police on their children. You also talk about the very limited options…

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Health clinic helps women prepare for a new start in life | Opinion

February 7, 2022 Sharika Soukup

By Ande Richards Inside a three-story building nestled in an industrial area in Kearny is a celebration for the grand opening of the Francine A. LeFrak Wellness Center at the New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC). A congregation of state senators, assembly members, mayors, physicians, medical directors, a commissioner and a judge were all on hand…

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