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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 canāt fully protect immigrant patients, because federal authorities are allowed in public places, including hospital lobbies, general waiting areas, and parking lots.
Buoyed by a Montana court ruling upholding state residentsā right to a āclean and healthful environment,ā nearly two dozen people ages 7 to 24 hope to block the Trump administrationās executive orders on energy.
The Trump administration has pushed a significant amount of health costs to states, whose budgets may already be strained by declining state tax revenues, a slowdown in pandemic spending, and economic uncertainty. State and local governments now face difficult decisions.
California researcher Neeta Thakur is leading a challenge to President Donald Trumpās new administration ā one that pits public health science against political ideology. Whether she prevails could influence both the future of academic research and the health of those sheās spent her life trying to help.
Native American groups declare that tribal sovereignty trumps state and federal efforts to restrict or ban gender-affirming care for two-spirit and LGBTQ+ tribal citizens. Tribes are analyzing the risk of opposing Trumpās policies, advocates say.
The anti-abortion movement is rallying around new laws that establish fetal āpersonhood.ā Doctors are scrambling to adjust, but even conservatives donāt always agree on how such laws should be applied.
Colorado, California, and Montana have passed neural data privacy laws meant to prevent the exploitation of brain information collected by consumer products.
State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.
States that run their own health insurance marketplaces fear an end to automatic Obamacare reenrollment under the tax and spending megabill would have an outsize effect on their policyholders.
California lawmakers are poised to approve a six-month delay in implementing the stateās in vitro fertilization law, pushing its start to January 2026. The plan to postpone, which has drawn little attention, is part of the state budget package and has left patients, insurers, and employers in limbo.
Following a petition from Democratic state attorneys general, the American Medical Association adopted a position that medical certification exams should not be required in person in states with restrictive abortion policies. The actionās success was hailed as a win for Democrats trying to regain ground after the fall of Roe.
Republican proposals to tighten the use of special taxes to fund Medicaid programs could deprive states of billions of dollars for safety net health care. In California, any such limit would come on top of Medicaid cuts proposed by California Democrats in response to a $12 billion state deficit.
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment allowing BNSF Railway to seize its assets. Now, the clinicās federal funding is in jeopardy, too.
A Trump administration reworking of a $42 billion broadband expansion program will trigger delays as millions of rural Americans wait for promised connections and the telehealth services they bring.
The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010.
An estimated 4 million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade if Congress doesnāt extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, which expire at the end of the year. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.
Health insurers issue millions of prior authorization denials every year, leaving many patients stuck in a convoluted appeals process, with little hope of meaningful policy change ahead. For doctors, these denials are frustrating and time-consuming. For patients, they can be devastating.
Rural hospitals would take an outsize hit from Republicansā proposed cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs. Researchers say the financial erosion would trigger hospital closures and service cuts, especially in communities where large shares of patients are enrolled in Medicaid.
āLess lethalā weapons are once again being used in Los Angeles ā against people protesting the Trump administrationās immigration raids. With terms like āfoam,ā āsponge,ā and ābean bag,ā the projectiles may sound harmless. Theyāre not.
Memory cafes are small social gatherings for individuals with memory loss and their caregivers. The events are cheap to run and can offer measurable benefits. Memory loss experts say they may become an even more important tool in the face of federal cuts to health programs.
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