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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

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Gamble (1976), affirmed that incarcerated individuals have the constitutional right to health care. Incarcerated individuals need health care more than ever in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected those within correctional facilities. 3514) are particularly critical.

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A Novel Approach to Crisis Standards of Care

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Though crisis standards of care are meant to provide an ethics-based approach to the complex process of allocating scarce health care resources, in reality, they fall short. Even the best laid plans cannot guarantee an equitable division of health care resources. One example is the use of hemodialysis.

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American Hospital Association, Johns Hopkins and others launch pro-telehealth campaign

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"Without action from Congress, millions of Americans who have come to rely on telehealth services will lose access to the care they value," said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in a statement. Data continues to emerge about telehealth utilization rates amidst COVID-19. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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Massachusetts governor signs law safeguarding telehealth coverage

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Charlie Baker signed into law a wide-ranging bill that includes expanding access to telehealth after the COVID-19 public health emergency abates. "This legislation continues to advance our shared goal of transforming mental health care access and delivery in Massachusetts," said Sen.

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

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COVID-19 and the U.S. health system The COVID-19 pandemic had devastating effects on the United States, and brought these long standing health inequities and policy failures – from resource allocation to public health coordination – into the view of the general American public.

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Financial Health Is On Americans’ Minds Just Weeks Before the 2020 Elections

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The COVID-19 pandemic in America has combined with: A national economic recession and job losses. Nearly 8 million workers losing jobs also losing their employer-sponsored health insurance, discussed in this research from The Commonwealth Fund. The threat of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act during the public health crisis.

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The impacts of climate change on the right to health in the United Kingdom 

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As the COVID -19 pandemic showed , public health emergencies often disproportionately impact people experiencing poverty. Beyond physical health, the climate crisis also hinders mental health and emotional wellbeing. has recently launched a campaign on the right to health. Echoing these efforts, in the U.K.,

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