President Trump has prioritized mass deportation and detention of undocumented immigrations. This brief looks at recent trends in detention using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data and health care risks and challenges facing those held in detention facilities.
Carlos arrived at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New Mexico in December, believing he was one step closer to reuniting with his children. By that point, his 14-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter had been in a federal shelter in Texas for nearly a year after crossing the border to be with him. “I…
Jen Fisher can do only so much to keep her son safe from the types of infections that children can encounter at school. The rest, she said, is up to other students and parents in their hometown of Franklin, Tennessee. Fisher’s son Raleigh, 12, lives with a congenital heart condition, which has left him with…
With the incoming Trump administration and Republican-led Congress looking to ways to reduce federal spending, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds that the Medicare and Medicaid programs remain broadly popular, and more people favor more spending on those programs than less spending. About eight in 10 Americans overall view Medicare (82%) and Medicaid (77%)…More
As health insurance premiums skyrocket in both employer-based plans and Affordable Care Act marketplaces, millions face worse choices than ever during this open enrollment. The team behind “An Arm and a Leg” examines their own limited options, walking through how they approached reading the fine print to weed out the worst choices — and potentially…
Through new diagnostic methods, integrated approaches and innovative management solutions, patients no longer have to live with discomfort. Here are three major ways the GI field is evolving to better care for patients today. The post Thinking with Our Gut: How the Management of GI Conditions is Evolving appeared first on MedCity News.
Cuando Jeannine Urban fue a un chequeo médico en noviembre, tuvo toda la atención de su doctora. En lugar de teclear en su computadora durante la consulta, la médica de atención primaria de Urban, en la práctica Penn Internal Medicine en Media, Pennsylvania, usó un asistente de inteligencia artificial (IA) conocido como ambiental para tomar notas. Al…
CEO Jim Rechtin says investing in primary-care expansion remains a priority, albeit one that’s playing second fiddle to fixing the profitability of the company’s core insurance operations.
[Sponsored] Philips ventilators are known for their reliability, patient comfort and advanced monitoring features, but access depends on choosing the right rental partner. The post 6 Places You Can Rent a Philips Ventilator appeared first on MedCity News.