health care
Health care activists descend on New York State capital
May 31, 2019The hearing was highly emotive and many testimonies prompted applause and hissing from the audience, much to the disconcertment of legislators.
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Brain drain: Senators urge revival of U.S. program to entice Cuban doctor defections
May 29, 2019The program dangles the offer of a U.S. residency visa to Cuban doctors serving abroad if they will abandon their mission.
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Victory for long term care, but sharp fight to protect rural health care
May 23, 2019It is a war on two fronts, a case of government giving with one hand and taking away with the other.
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Trump Administration using the courts to kill healthcare for millions
May 6, 2019The Trump administration wants the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, one of the most-conservative courts in the country, to kill the ACA for them.
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Zenobia Thompson, St. Louis community leader, recognized for health care activism
April 29, 2019Thompson, who was a leader in the fight to save an African-American hospital in the 1970s, remarked, “I always say that nursing is my passion, but activism is my calling."
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