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Medicaid unwind leaves younger New Yorkers vulnerable

  • July 24, 2023
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Good morning and welcome to the Weekly New York Health Care newsletter, where we keep you posted on what's coming up this week in health care news, and offer a look back at the important news from last week. As states embark in the process of recertifying millions of Americans enrolled in Medicaid for the first time since before the pandemic, New York health officials have reported a surprising finding.Survey found New Yorkers ages 20 to 34 were most unaware of the transition, Medicaid Director Amir Bassiri said during a conference presentation Thursday.Among enrollees whose Medicaid coverage expired at the…

Scotland Health Care System celebrates construction milestone

  • July 18, 2023
  • 4 min read

Jul. 18—LAURINBURG — Scotland County Health Care System officials and staff and construction workers and representatives with the Christman Company celebrated a major construction milestone Tuesday morning, the placing of the top-most steel beam on Scotland Memorial Hospital's latest expansion.The act was part of a topping-out ceremony held at the construction site where Scotland Health is investing more than $45 million in expansion and renovations at the hospital. Last year, the system's board of trustees voted unanimously to approve expanding the Imaging Department, building new Operating Rooms, and renovating the Surgical Services Department.The Christman Company is the construction manager of…

Just Talk to Me – PHE America

  • July 16, 2023
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(Article 5 of 5) People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he…

Educating Oklahomans about coverage options is key to avoiding a health care catastrophe

  • July 7, 2023
  • 4 min read

More than 300,000 Oklahomans are expected to lose Medicaid coverage over the next nine months, and increasing awareness will be the only way to avoid a potential health care catastrophe. This adds up to more than 623,000 uninsured in Oklahoma.The state must reduce enrollment in its Medicaid program, known as SoonerCare, because of the end of continuous Medicaid coverage provisions in the pandemic-related Public Health Emergency Act. States must now revert to pre-pandemic Medicaid eligibility rules.The Medicaid “unwinding” began April 30. Nationwide, as many as 24 million are expected to lose Medicaid coverage, according to estimates from the Kaiser Family…

If You Cannot Do It – Can You Teach It? – PHE America

  • July 3, 2023
  • 4 min read

(Article 4 of 5) People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he…

Health care subsidies for all immigrants a must: analysis

  • June 5, 2023
  • 3 min read

Recent uncertainties regarding the legal status of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program underscore the urgency for policy makers to reassess long-standing restrictions on government-sponsored health care subsidies for all immigrants, according to a new analysis by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine , Cornell Law School and Harvard Medical School. The paper, published April 17 in The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, was co-authored by Dr. Gunisha Kaur '06, MD '10, an associate professor of anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and medical director of the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights; Stephen Yale-Loehr '77, JD '81, a professor of immigration…

Robert Libman: Quebec’s health-care reform already showing cracks

  • June 5, 2023
  • 7 min read

Breadcrumb Trail Links opinion columnists The CAQ government's move to shut private placement agencies risks backfiring if nurses' salaries and working conditions aren't improved. Author of the article: Robert Libman • Special to the Montreal Gazette Published April 21, 2023 • Last updated Apr 21, 2023 • 3 minute read Robert Libman asks: By targeting placement agencies, is Health Minister Christian Dubé trying to undercut nurses during negotiations? Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press Article content Consultations and public hearings to solicit input on Quebec's sweeping health-care reform only got underway on Wednesday, but that didn't stop the National…

New York health care workers still on hook for vaccination

  • May 12, 2023
  • 4 min read

ALBANY — The national COVID-19 public health emergency lapsed Thursday, marking a symbolic end to the health crisis that upended society and killed millions -- but the shift will bring few changes to daily life in New York where many COVID-19 restrictions have already been phased out.And while the federal action lifts the vaccine mandate for government-funded hospitals and nursing homes, local health care workers are not off the hook due to state-level COVID-19 regulations still in place. New York's own pandemic emergency declaration officially ended Sept. 12, 2022. Health care is the last sector to see government mandates on…