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Senators propose oversight of NIL, athlete health care

July 20, 2023
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RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press A bipartisan group of senators announced Thursday they are working on a college sports bill that would create national regulations for name, image and likeness compensation for players, establish an entity to oversee the enforcement of those rules and fund long-term health care for athletes."Our goal is to stabilize college athletics and make sure that our athletes are fairly treated," said Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) during a conference call with reporters.Moran and Democrats Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Cory Booker (NJ) are proposing the College Athletes Protection & Compensation Act. It is only a discussion draft at…

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Missouri’s Parson signs laws for new moms’ health care, bans on texting while driving

July 10, 2023
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson approved extended Medicaid health care for new mothers and a ban on handheld phone use while driving when he took final action on remaining bills last week. Parson already signed a close to $52 billion state budget that includes billions in funding to expand Interstate 70 across the state. He also approved limits on access to transgender health care and a ban on transgender girls and women competing with other female athletes in school sports. Parson signed most of the remaining bills passed by the GOP-led Legislature this year, with the…

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Advanced medical records systems vital to reducing health care costs

July 3, 2023
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Published: 7/3/2023 1:32:45 PM Modified: 7/3/2023 1:29:31 PM The Cooley Dickinson VNA's excellent post-hospital care that I have been receiving, using the Epic Health Care Medical Record System (ECHRS) to coordinate their visits, can significantly reduce the expensive cost of medical care in the United States.This past year the cost of health care in the US was $4.1 trillion, approximately 18% of the gross domestic product, which was $12,530 per person. The cost for medical care in other industrialized countries is about half of the US. For example in Canada the per-person cost of medical care per person is $6,413.The…

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NYS Senate approves bill giving illegal immigrants health care

June 9, 2023
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ALBANY – State Senate Democrats have approved legislation to provide low-cost health care to migrants after the federal government agreed to provide the cash. “We are already spending over a billion dollars without giving any type of regular care to these folks,” stated Senate Health Committee Chair Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx), who sponsored the bill, said on the chamber floor Thursday night. "So these folks are already here. They get sick. They get flus They get colds. They break legs … What we're suggesting here is that we have a way to get federal money so it doesn't cost the state…

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Health care subsidies for all immigrants a must: analysis

June 5, 2023
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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…

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California Senate passes $25 minimum wage for health care workers

June 3, 2023
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Fox News contributor Douglass Murray looks ahead to 2024 and other possible presidential contenders for the Republican ticket on 'The Bottom Line.' California's state Senate passed a bill this week that would raise the minimum wage for health care workers and support staff to $25 an hour. Authored by Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo and supported by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the legislation didn't receive a single Republican vote.Specifically, the bill would require any covered health care facility — from dialysis clinics to acute psychiatric hospitals — to pay $25 an hour to all workers on their premises,…

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New York health care workers still on hook for vaccination

May 12, 2023
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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…

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Ban on trans health care for kids heads to Missouri governor

May 10, 2023
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Transgender minors in Missouri no longer will have access to puberty blockers, hormones or gender-affirming surgery under legislation passed by the Republican-led legislature Wednesday.The ban also affects some adults — Medicaid health care won't cover any gender-affirming care in the state, and surgery will no longer be available to prisoners and inmates.Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign it — he is threatened to keep lawmakers working beyond the normal end of their session if they don't approve the ban. Once signed, it would take effect Aug. 28 and expire in August 2027. The ban…