Michael HinsleyHealth Put communities at the center of universal health coveragestatnews.com - Gunilla Carlsson The Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage, adopted recently at the United Nations General Assembly, could set the stage for a fairer …
Michael HinsleyDeductible Here's What the Average Health Insurance Deductible Looks LikeThe Motley Fool - Maurie Backman Healthcare is a major burden for working Americans, and a big part of that boils down to high deductibles. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates …
Michael HinsleyWorld Economic Forum The world's 10 fastest growing cities are going to be in Africa within 16 yearsweforum.org During the next 16 years, all of the world’s 10 fastest growing cities are going to be in Africa. If this growth is a process of people voting with …
Michael HinsleyHealth Care Congress Is Abandoning Health Care for the PoorBloomberg - Mattie Quinn For the second time in two years, Congress is about to abandon millions of Americans who depend on community health care. And President Donald Trump …
Michael HinsleyEthics Language and Hierarchy in MedicineAmerican Medical Association Barret Michalec, PhD, Maria Athina Martimianakis, PhD, Jon C. Tilburt, MD, MPH, and Frederic W. Hafferty, PhD Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, Vonessa Phillips …
Michael HinsleyHealth This Is How Your Father's Mental Health Might Have Affected Yoursmindbodygreen.com - Kelly Gonsalves Many studies tell us how a mother's mental health, stress levels, and behavior can affect her children's health and well-being. But we don't spend a …
Michael HinsleyLong-form Journalism When Medical Debt Collectors Decide Who Gets Arrestedpropublica.org - By Lizzie Presser Welcome to Coffeyville, Kansas, where the judge has no law degree, debt collectors get a cut of the bail, and Americans are watching their lives — …
Michael HinsleyGermany How Germany averted an opioid crisisNBC News - Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health NewsUnlike in the U.S., opioids have never emerged as a front-line medical treatment in Germany. HAMBURG, Germany ― In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly
Michael HinsleyPersonal Finance This nurse worked more than 30 years at the same hospital. Then the pension plan went bust.The Washington Post - By Michelle SingletaryImagine that you’ve worked decades for the same company, choosing not to take another job for higher pay because your employer offers an increasingly rare benefit — a pension plan. Juanita Aikens-English,
Michael HinsleyHealth ‘Health care will keep us from going back to the U.S.,’ says Texas couple who retired to Spain on about $2,000 a monthMarketWatch - By Catey Hill Kevin and Susan Bryant, 55 and 48, spent most of their lives in Texas, recently in retiree hot spot Austin. But “when Austin became a mini Silicon …
Michael HinsleyCleveland Clinic Hey, Democrats, why not talk about health-care delivery, not just about costs?The Washington Post - By Megan McArdleA few things have changed in the health-care debate since the Great Health Care Wars of 2007-2013. For one thing, advocating a government-run, single-payer system was a distinctly minority view a decade
Michael HinsleyHome Care A Shortage Of Paid Caregivers Is Raising The Cost Of Home CareForbes - Howard GleckmanThe growing shortage of paid caregivers has become increasingly apparent over the past several months. Now, we are seeing evidence of the most direct consequence of that scarcity: The cost of care, especially
Michael HinsleyDementia The chief science officer of the Alzheimer’s Association recommends cognitive health tests every yearWell+Good - by Kells McPhillips An estimated 5.5 million Americans age 65 or older live with Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists haven’t yet found a proven way to slow its progression …
Michael HinsleyBose Bose is the latest tech company to expand into healthcareFast Company - Ruth ReaderThe company is trying to solve persistent issues around sleep deprivation and hearing loss. Bose, known for its speakers and noise-cancelling headphones, doesn’t just want to make cool audio products About
Michael HinsleyUnitedHealth UnitedHealth steering patients away from hospitals to cheaper careAxios - Caitlin Owens Insurance giant UnitedHealth is strengthening its effort to steer patients receiving outpatient surgery away from hospitals and toward cheaper …
Michael HinsleyInsulin Nurses who kill: Medical murderers and the mystery of the Clarksburg VA hospital in West VirginiaUSA TODAY - Ken AlltuckerNurse Charles Cullen worked at nine hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, killing dozens of patients by spiking saline IV bags with deadly doses of drugs physicians did not order and patients did need.
Michael HinsleyNews (U.S.) Border Patrol's growing presence at hospitals creates fearAssociated Press - By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated PressMIAMI (AP) — An armed Border Patrol agent roamed the hallways of an emergency room in Miami on a recent day as nurses wheeled stretchers and medical carts through the hospital and families waited for to
Michael HinsleyMichael Jordan Emotional Michael Jordan unveils first of two medical clinics in CharlotteESPN CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An emotional Michael Jordan unveiled the first of two medical clinics he and his family funded to provide care to underprivileged …
Michael HinsleyHumidity This Inexpensive Action Lowers Hospital Infections And Protects Against Flu SeasonForbes - Leah BinderHarvard Medical School graduate and lecturer, Stephanie Taylor, is something of an Indiana Jones of medicine. She’s a determined scientist who can’t seem to sit still. Along with a resume full of accolades
Michael HinsleyAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Suicide rate among young Americans soars by more than 50% over 10 yearsMarketWatch - By Quentin Fottrell The suicide rate among young Americans aged 10 to 24 years old soared by 56% between 2007 and 2017, according to new data from the Centers for …
Michael HinsleyRetirement Planning 67% of Older Americans Wish They Understood Medicare Better. Here Are 5 Key Things You Need to Know About ItThe Motley Fool - Maurie Backman Unclear about Medicare? These quick points will give you a basic education. Medicare provides critical health benefits to millions of seniors today, …
Michael HinsleyImmigration What ‘Border Wars’ Book Reveals About Trump, Miller And ImmigrationForbes - Stuart AndersonReading the new book Border Wars: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration by New York Times journalists Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear is an excellent way to understand recent U.S. immigration
Michael HinsleyHealth Health care debate shows the lies I told for insurance companies about 'Medicare for All' workedNBC News - Wendell PotterOur propaganda duped Americans into believing that the free market can work in health care and that progressives want a government-run system. Soon after newly sworn-in President Bill Clinton announced
Michael HinsleyAddiction Why tackling the opioid crisis requires treating addiction like any other medical conditionpbs.org
Michael HinsleyCalifornia No health insurance? California will help, but you’ll pay if you’re not coveredLos Angeles Times - LinkedInIf you are among the Californians who buy your own health insurance, a surprise may await you as the enrollment period for 2020 coverage opened this week. Starting Jan. 1, California will become the first
Michael HinsleyElizabeth Warren Day after debate, Elizabeth Warren's campaign says it's reviewing 'other revenue options' for Medicare for AllCNN - By MJ Lee, Tami LuhbyWesterville, Ohio (CNN) — Elizabeth Warren's campaign said on Wednesday that it is studying a range of options for paying for "Medicare for All," leaving open the possibility that the presidential candidate
Michael HinsleyU.S. Politics The Eye-Popping Cost of Medicare for AllThe Atlantic - Ronald BrownsteinAccording to new figures: more than the federal government will spend over the coming decade on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid combined. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s refusal to answer repeated at
Michael HinsleyScience An infamous pirate’s disease is making a comebackInverse - Ali Hill Picky eaters, beware. Scurvy is on the rise in the UK and picky eating might be the cause, a recent report in Metro suggests. But is this something we …
Michael HinsleyMedicare The 2020 Medicare enrollment season brings fierce competition for baby boomers among insurersCNBC - Bertha Coombs As Medicare open enrollment got underway this week, insurers are putting on the hard press to attract new baby boomers aging into the program, …
