Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19. Click here to hear Rayasam on Your Call. Read Rayasam’s “Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic,” co-reported with Fred Clasen-Kelly. KFF Health News rural health correspondent Andrew Jones discussed the implications…

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Readers Offer Solo Agers Support and Reflect on Ancestors

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Solo Agers, Join the Crowd! Enjoyed your panel discussion (Watch: ‘Going It Alone’ — A Conversation About Growing Old in America, Dec. 12). I am 85, retired at 55. Traveled (birding)…

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Berry Street Introduces GLP-1 Nutrition Program

Berry Street’s new GLP-1 nutrition program supports patients who are starting GLP-1s, currently taking them or transitioning off of them. Patients receive care from registered dietitians and certified nutrition specialists. The post Berry Street Introduces GLP-1 Nutrition Program appeared first on MedCity News.

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When Algorithms Decide Who Lives and Who Suffers

The choices we make now will determine not just the future of healthcare, but the kind of society we leave to our children. Will we continue to allow faceless algorithms to decide who lives and who suffers? Or will we finally reclaim healthcare’s moral center and build a system worthy of our highest values? The…

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Para enfrentar la escasez, estados buscan facilitar que médicos extranjeros ejerzan en el país

Cada vez más estados están facilitando que médicos que se formaron en otros países obtengan licencias médicas, un cambio que, según los partidarios, podría aliviar la escasez de doctores en áreas rurales. Los cambios involucran a los programas de residencia: la experiencia práctica y supervisada que los médicos deben completar después de graduarse de la…

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