health care
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Trump Will Deny Visas to Immigrants Who Don’t Have Health Insurance—and Obamacare Won’t Count
Poor, uninsured immigrants will be denied visas to enter the United States starting next month, the White House announced Friday. Donald Trump signed a proclamation declaring that starting Nov. 3, if an immigrant cannot prove they have their own health insurance or the money to purchase it, they will not be allowed to enter the…
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Affordable Care Act Reduces Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment: Report
It turns out the Affordable Care Act may have acted to make care affordable and accessible to black folks. According to new research, the law has been linked to a reduction in racial disparities in the care of cancer patients and to earlier diagnoses and treatment for ovarian cancer, according to the Washington Post. The…
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Peabo Bryson Thanks First Responders Who Saved His Life: ‘There Is So Much to be Grateful For’
Almost a month removed from a heart attack that left him hospitalized, balladeer Peabo Bryson visited the first responders who saved his life so he could express his tremendous gratitude in person. “I can’t thank you guys enough for guiding [my wife through performing CPR] because one mistake, one lapse, one panic and we’re having…
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Couple Releases Video of Arizona Doctor Dropping Baby After Hospital Withholds Apology
Derrick and Monique Rodgers say hospital staff dropped their newborn baby on its head moments after it was born. All they wanted was an apology. When they failed to receive one, they released a video of the incident. The Rodgerses say that Chandler Regional Medical Center in Arizona has given lip service. The couple were…
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Trump Administration Could Require Hospitals to Post Negotiated Costs of Services: Report
While Trump’s batting average on policy moves that actually benefit the majority of Americans may be well below the Mendoza line, a potential rule change that could soon be proposed by his administration could expose the actual cost of healthcare for the first time. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Trump administration is…
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New Study Finds Emergency Personnel Less Likely to Treat Pain for Black Patients Than White Ones
Racial disparities in health care are a well-documented phenomenon, spanning every area of medicine from the birthing room to the ICU. Now, a recent study shows yet another place black people are treated differently from nonblack patients: the back of an ambulance. In a study reported by NPR, researchers found emergency medical technicians and paramedics…
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Mother Says Medics Denied Her Daughter an Ambulance Ride Because They Assumed She Couldn't Afford It. Her Daughter Died Days Later
Hillsborough County, Fla., has suspended four fire-rescue medics for refusing to give a black 30-year-old woman suffering stroke symptoms a ride in an ambulance. According to the victim’s mother, she and her daughter, Crystle Galloway, were told they couldn’t afford the ambulance ride. Galloway had just given birth to baby via a cesarian section five…
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6 Observations About Colonoscopies That I’m Sharing Today Because I Had One Yesterday
1. If you haven’t done so already, you should probably go get you a colonoscopy. And yes, I realize that colonoscopies aren’t exactly iPhone chargers. You can’t just walk into a store and find one for 35 percent off on a discount rack. (And if you could, you’d need to run the fuck away from…