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People who use wheelchairs don’t always have access to necessary training to be able to learn advanced skills that allow them to navigate an often inaccessible world. One program in Indiana aims to address that.
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America’s health care leaders have spent two decades searching for a way to keep costly, complicated patients from cycling in and out of the hospital dozens of times a year. What have they learned?
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The quick rise in popularity of the diabetes drugs used for weight loss over the last two years caught many employers flat footed. Now, employers are scrambling to find solutions to help improve worker health while simultaneously keeping a lid on rising health care spending.
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Thousands of people have been mistakenly dropped off Medicaid and CHIP since the Spring. System glitches are behind this undue massive loss of coverage.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers agree: Medicare and Medicaid are failing 12 million of the country's most vulnerable patients.
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A new service added to the 988 Lifeline will offer suicide prevention and mental health crisis counseling through American Sign Language for people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing without the need for an interpreter.
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Recent surveys suggest that half of U.S. adults experience loneliness –– and the impact is not equal based on age and demographics. As more attention has been brought to the impact of loneliness and social isolation on people’s mental and physical health, some researchers, congregations and health organizations are taking steps to address it as part of preventative care.
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Girls in the U.S. are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk. A school-based program is helping them.
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Procedural errors are confusing people and leaving some stunned with unexpected loss of Medicaid health insurance coverage.
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Federal judges are wrestling with this question: Can a state government block medical care for transgender children?
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What’s a fair price to pay for prescription drugs? Medicare will soon face this and other tough questions when it begins historic price negotiations with drugmakers.
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Indiana’s looming abortion ban will mean people in the Midwest and South will need to travel further, wait longer and jump through extra hoops to access abortion care.