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Iowa Doesn’t Have Enough OB-GYNs. The State鈥檚 Abortion Ban Might Be Making It Worse.
Abortion bans like Iowa鈥檚 have put OB-GYNs under increasing strain and surveillance, complicating the standard medical treatments for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, premature membrane rupture, and other pregnancy problems. As many rural areas face worsening maternity care deserts, some physicians fear these laws could drive much-needed doctors out of state and dissuade others from moving in and establishing a practice.
Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News journalists made the rounds on regional media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Scorpion Peppers Caused Him 鈥楥rippling鈥 Pain. Two Years Later, the ER Bill Stung Him Again.
Homemade hot sauce sent a Colorado man to the emergency room with what he called 鈥渢he worst pain of my life.鈥 But stomach cramps were only the beginning. Two years later, the bill came.
Oregon Hospital Races To Build a Tsunami Shelter as FEMA Fights To Cut Its Funding
Columbia Memorial Hospital near Oregon鈥檚 coastline planned to add a tsunami shelter, counting on a FEMA grant. After the Trump administration cut the funding, hospital officials are building anyway, saying waiting is too risky. A judge ruled Dec. 11 that the administration unlawfully ended the program without congressional approval.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act Complicates State Health Care Affordability Efforts
The federal budget bill President Donald Trump signed into law in July is creating uncertainty for states trying to rein in health care spending. In California, a lawsuit by the hospital industry challenging state spending caps cites the law, which will slash Medicaid spending, as one of many financial pressures.
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit
The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms 鈥 such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.
A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It鈥檚 Still a Dirt Field.
Regulations meant to prevent unfettered health care expansion are withholding needed hospital beds in a rural part of North Carolina. Here, as in communities around the country, some officials and health care providers are contesting such 鈥渃ertificate of need鈥 laws.
Feds Promised 鈥楻adical Transparency鈥 but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy produce, and bringing telehealth to libraries, day cares, and senior centers.
Gobierno prometi贸 鈥渢ransparencia radical鈥, pero oculta solicitudes de fondos para la salud rural
Drones que entregan medicamentos y telesalud en bibliotecas locales son algunas de las ideas que l铆deres estatales acaban de presentar para gastar su parte de un programa federal de salud rural de $50.000 millones.
El ICE puede estar en el hospital con un paciente bajo custodia. Pero los detenidos tienen derechos
Expertos legales explican que los agentes del ICE pueden estar en 谩reas p煤blicas de un hospital y pueden acompa帽ar a pacientes que ya est谩n detenidos mientras reciben atenci贸n m茅dica, lo que refleja el alcance de la autoridad federal.
Once a Patient鈥檚 in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides 鈥 But Detainees Have Rights
Federal law allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to guard detainees at health care facilities, but patients can ask to speak privately with medical providers and lawyers.
As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. It鈥檚 Unclear if Trump鈥檚 Team Will Intervene.
As health systems, doctor groups, and insurers merge into ever-bigger giants, patient care gets more expensive. Yet the Trump administration has sent mixed signals about its willingness to intervene 鈥 and shown some disdain for Biden officials鈥 more aggressive approach.
Qu茅 ocurre cuando tus m茅dicos ya no est谩n en la red de tu aseguradora
En todo el pa铆s, las disputas contractuales son comunes, con m谩s de 650 hospitales involucrados en conflictos p煤blicos con aseguradoras desde 2021.
California enfrenta barreras al querer frenar redadas del ICE en entornos de salud
El gobernador dem贸crata Gavin Newsom promulg贸 el mes pasado la ley SB 81, que proh铆be a los centros m茅dicos permitir el acceso de agentes federales a 谩reas privadas sin una orden judicial o de registro v谩lidas.
California Faces Limits as It Directs Health Facilities To Push Back on Immigration Raids
California now has a law requiring hospitals and clinics to improve patient privacy and have clear protocols for handling requests by immigration agents. Legal experts say the state can鈥檛 fully protect immigrant patients, because federal authorities are allowed in public places, including hospital lobbies, general waiting areas, and parking lots.
So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?
Patients sometimes find themselves scrambling for affordable care when a contract dispute causes a hospital 鈥 and most of the doctors and other clinicians who work there 鈥 to be dropped from an insurance network. Here are six things to know if that happens to you.
Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay
A doctor in Colorado became the patient after an accident totaled her car and sent her to the operating room. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergency room.
As Trump Denies Climate Change, At Least 170 Hospitals Face Major Flood Risk
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La escasez de enfermeras en California se agrava, y las trabajadoras culpan a los directivos
Seg煤n datos estatales, casi el 60% de los condados de California 鈥攓ue se extienden entre las fronteras con M茅xico y Oregon鈥 enfrentan una falta importante de enfermeras.
Detr谩s del cobro de esas deudas hay todo tipo de proveedores m茅dicos: grandes cadenas de salud, hospitales rurales peque帽os, grupos de m茅dicos, servicios p煤blicos de ambulancia, entre otros.
