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Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix 鈥楥ruel-Hearted鈥 Overpayment Clawbacks
New Social Security Commissioner Martin O鈥橫alley is promising to change how the agency reclaims billions of dollars it wrongly pays to beneficiaries, saying the existing process is 鈥渃ruel-hearted and mindless.鈥
California Voters Are Skeptical That More Money Is the Answer to Homelessness
California Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 signature ballot measure to address mental illness, addiction, and homelessness with a $6.4 billion bond and other reforms, is barely ahead in the ongoing ballot count. The slim margin reflects a growing unease among Californians over the governor鈥檚 homelessness initiatives.
Newsom鈥檚 $6.4 Billion Homelessness Gambit Hangs by a Thread
California Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 ambitious attempt to combat the mental health and addiction epidemic in his state is leading by a razor-thin margin, calling into question whether voters trust him to confront the state鈥檚 growing homelessness crisis. Newsom asked voters on Tuesday to approve his $6.4 billion bond measure, dubbed 鈥淭reatment not Tents鈥 鈥 the […]
Readers Call on Congress to Bolster Medicare and Fix Loopholes in Health Policy
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
The Supreme Court Confronts a Public Health Challenge: Homeless Encampments
Homelessness is a soaring public health crisis, with a record 653,000 unhoused people in the United States, according to federal estimates. Tent and recreational vehicle encampments have exploded in recent years, crowding streets and sidewalks from Portland, Ore., to New York. In California, where roughly a third of all the nation鈥檚 homeless people live, doctors […]
California Gov. Newsom Wants Voters to Approve Billions More to Help the Homeless. Will It Help?
A March 5 ballot initiative seeks $6.4 billion to build thousands of new housing units and provide mental health treatment for homeless people 鈥 on top of the billions already being spent to address the public health crisis. Despite significant support from health and law enforcement officials, many front-line workers are skeptical that more money is the answer.
驴Ofrecer vivienda gratis es atenci贸n m茅dica? Programas de Medicaid dicen que s铆
Estados est谩n invirtiendo miles de millones de d贸lares en un experimento de atenci贸n m茅dica de alto riesgo: utilizar fondos ya escasos de seguros de salud p煤blicos para proporcionar vivienda a los estadounidenses m谩s pobres y enfermos.
Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say 鈥榊es鈥
States are using their Medicaid programs to offer poor and sick people housing services, such as paying six months鈥 rent or helping hunt for apartments. The trend comes in response to a growing homelessness epidemic, but experts caution this may not be the best use of limited health care money.
In Los Angeles, Occupational Therapists Tapped to Help Homeless Stay Housed
Los Angeles County is deploying a small team of occupational therapists to help newly housed individuals adjust to life indoors. Therapists are trained to recognize disabilities and help with basic living skills, such as hygiene and cleanliness, that can help prevent clients from getting evicted or slipping back onto the streets.
鈥業 Am Just Waiting to Die鈥: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness
The Social Security Administration is reclaiming billions of dollars in alleged overpayments from some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable, leaving some people homeless or struggling to stay in housing, beneficiaries and advocates say.
DeSantis, Newsom to Tangle Over Hot-Button Health Issues
Florida鈥檚 Republican presidential hopeful, Ron DeSantis,and Democratic firebrand Gavin Newsom of California square off today in a contest of governors that can best be described as the debate to determine 驴qui茅n es m谩s macho? 鈥 who is more manly 鈥 about protecting your freedoms. Both men have led their respective states since 2019, and they鈥檝e […]
Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano
Florida鈥檚 Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and California鈥檚 Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will square off in a first-of-its-kind debate on Nov. 30. 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News compared the political rivals鈥 health care positions, showing how their policies have helped 鈥 or hindered 鈥 the health of their states鈥 residents.
La atenci贸n de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom
El candidato presidencial republicano Ron DeSantis y el gobernador dem贸crata Gavin Newsom 鈥攔ivales pol铆ticos y representantes de la Am茅rica roja y azul鈥 se enfrentar谩n en un debate sin precedentes el 30 de noviembre en Georgia.
Street Medicine Practitioners Are Getting Paid. Now They Want Higher Rates.
Street medicine, the practice of caring for homeless people outdoors, is a burgeoning field 鈥 an unfortunate reality as America confronts a growing homelessness epidemic. But it鈥檚 at least become a little more rewarding after the Biden administration made an under-the-radar yet revolutionary change to Medicaid. Starting this month, doctors, nurses and other providers can bill […]
Watch: California and Feds Invest in Health Care for Homeless People
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart discusses big developments in street medicine, both statewide and nationally.
Health Care 鈥楪ame-Changer鈥? Feds Boost Care for Homeless Americans
This month, the federal government started paying for treatments delivered outside hospitals and clinics, expanding funding for 鈥渟treet medicine鈥 teams that treat homeless patients. California led the way on the change, which could help sick and vulnerable patients get healthy, sober, and, in some cases, into housing.
Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine
As homelessness explodes across California, so does the number of expectant mothers on the streets. Street medicine doctors are getting paid more by Medicaid and offering some of those mothers-to-be a chance to overcome addiction and reverse chronic diseases so they can have healthy babies 鈥 and perhaps keep them.
Legislatura aprueba la propuesta de Newsom para reformar la Ley de Servicios de Salud Mental
Newsom prometi贸 que la reci茅n rebautizada Ley de Servicios de Salud Mental construir铆a 10,000 nuevas camas y viviendas para personas sin hogar con necesidades de salud mental.
California Legislature Passes Gov. Newsom鈥檚 Proposal to Retool Mental Health Services Act
The California Legislature greenlighted Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 latest plan to build more housing and increase addiction treatment as part of his response to the state鈥檚 homelessness and drug crises.
A New Covid Booster Is Here. Will Those at Greatest Risk Get It?
The CDC says everyone over 6 months old should get the new covid booster. But the emergency response mechanisms that supported earlier vaccine campaigns are gone. As one expert wonders: How to get boosters to people beyond Democrats, college graduates, and those with high incomes?
