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Trump Team Killed Rule Designed To Protect Health Workers From Pandemic Like COVID-19
When President Trump took office in 2017, his team stopped work on new federal regulations that would have forced the healthcare industry to prepare for… -
Medicaid Clinics And Doctors Have Been Last In Line For COVID-19 Relief Funding
Congress authorized $100 billion to reimburse health care providers for losses linked to the pandemic, but much of that money has gone for Medicare patients, with low-income families left behind. -
Telehealth Services Surge In The Age Of COVID-19
One local startup, Nurse-1-1, provides access to a nurse within minutes. -
'Some Of The Greatest Causes Of Misery': U.N. Warns Of Pandemic's Mental Health Costs
The United Nations' policy brief laid out concerns that the spread of COVID-19 and its economic consequences will take a heavy toll in ways that may not be immediately obvious. -
Massachusetts Lifts Cap On Rates Nursing Homes Can Pay To Fill Empty Shifts
The change is temporary, due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. -
Warren, Pressley Push For More Community Health Center Funding
A group of lawmakers led by Mass. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are calling for more community health center funding -
Religious Objectors V. Birth Control Back At Supreme Court
Does signing a form expressing a religious objection to providing birth control to employees burden the religious freedom of employers as much as paying for the birth control? -
In The Age Of Coronavirus, How Doctors Are Becoming Inventors
Doctors are channeling their inventive side to battle the pandemic. -
Patients Are Being Billed For Some Phone Chats With Doctors That Used To Be Free
As part of their social distancing policies, elected leaders suggested phone and video medical appointments would be covered by health insurance. So why are some patients paying $70 per virtual visit? -
Shortage Of Dialysis Equipment Leads To Difficult Decisions In New York ICUs
Hospital workers on the front lines in the New York metro area have been sounding the alarm about an insufficient supply of dialysis machines for patients with COVID-19-related kidney damage.
