Reduced Access and Quality of Care Despite potential efficiencies, evidence suggests consolidation may Hospitals gain market power that suppresses wages, especially for skilled professionals such as nurses studies, however, suggest these mergers might increase prices and reduce competition, as hospitals gain Consequently, many potentially harmful mergers proceed without challenge, consolidating markets further stress of a medical diagnosis or treatment, are particularly vulnerable to persuasive sales tactics and may

One pill, once a day, to maintain viral suppression. But for tens of thousands of people in the United States and many more worldwide, it never did. Now, new data suggest that may be about to change. When the Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) message gained traction, it was a turning point for many The science was clear: people who achieve and maintain viral suppression cannot sexually transmit the

His claim that patients were hospitalized "mainly for quarantine" was astonishingly false. The most severe remains in West Texas’ Gaines County, where nearly 14% of schoolchildren have religious

and policy barriers, like requiring sobriety, a high level of liver damage, or other restrictions to gaining

Research demonstrates that 42% of Medicaid enrollees with HIV gained coverage through the Affordable mere statistical abstraction, it represents hundreds of thousands of people living with HIV (PLWH) who gained The region accounts for 52% of new diagnoses, and includes many non-expansion states where 66% of HIV-positive intersection of geography, race, and poverty creates concentrated zones where HIV care infrastructure may

While that grail may have been snatched away by the attention COVID-19 is justly generating, this isn a vaccine.”Indeed, with the United States’ (and the world’s) response relying heavily on expertise gained the costs of these investments down the road and maybe, eventually “getting to it”.As has been said many

trans health advocate, all the while access to comprehensive sex ed has remained polarized despite gains

For Veterans, staying connected to appropriate levels of care continues to be vital for many reasons. Some healthcare providers may not be actively probing for rare conditions like pulmonary hypertension Without proper linkages to care, so many human pathways of connectivity can begin to become severed. is a dangerous mental state to be in not only as a Veteran struggling with civilian life, but also maintaining Additionally, women also reported concerns about maintaining their privacy within the systems that they

Leveraging regulatory gaps to operate in gray areas without clear accountability While these strategies may Less than 2% of 340B net revenues were allocated to federal grantee entities Disproportionate gains for These findings illustrate a troubling reality: the 340B program, like many public programs is increasingly

On May 24th, the U.S. The anticipation is akin to waiting for a bill in the mail, “how bad is it gonna be?” While many public health programs are working to recover personnel shifts, some state legislatures are public health programming and if these jobs aren’t filled, then the jobs associated with HIV programming may

consumption sites as harm reduction policies and syringe service programs (including vending machines and mail Rather, state drug paraphernalia laws may be more apt at addressing these issues. applications and not just focus on particular illicit substances but also the items substance users may community, policy makers and program planners need to consider those areas which exist as medical deserts may

There may be some surprising room for agreement though. As of the time of this writing, this may well be the first Republican-controlled Congress that is not As this case makes its way through higher courts, the 5th Circuit is next, states may have the chance Currently, many patients have to wait weeks if not months to get responses on PAs or appeals. Now, the PA rule is, as many, limited in scope but not by much.