Protected: KFF Polling on Health Information and Trust
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KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2025: The Public’s Views on Global Health and USAID
This poll finds most of the public believe the cutbacks at USAID will lead to increases in illness and death in low-income countries. Fewer believe it will reduce the U.S. budget. Most of the public also overestimates the share of the federal budget that is spent on foreign aid, and when informed it is about…
Medicaid Is Paying for More Dental Care. GOP Cuts Threaten To Reverse the Trend.
Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000 low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid. But when Quinn chipped a tooth and it became infected, she could not find a dentist near her home who would accept her government health coverage and was taking new…
The Truth About Portals: Why Is Patient Usage so Low?
This stark reality raises an urgent question for health system executives: why aren’t patients engaging with these online tools, and how can we fix it? The post The Truth About Portals: Why Is Patient Usage so Low? appeared first on MedCity News.
Kamala will Win The Popular Vote And No One Is Pointing That Absolutely Certainty Out In The Popular Media
By GEORGE HALVORSON I have been railing against the Electoral College (and the Senate) as anti-democratic forever, and no one much cares. Turns out George Halvorson noticed–Matthew Holt We all need to remember that Joe Biden got 11,110,258 California votes in the last election and we need to know and remember that Donald Trump got…
Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value
To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs. The post Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value appeared first on…
Trade Ya Subsidies For a Government
By KIM BELLARD As you may have heard, the federal government is currently shut down, although for many federal workers – those deemed “essential” – that just means they keep on working but don’t get paid (and, in fact, some might never get paid). The cause is the now-standard failure of Congress to pass a…
Shifts in Funding Priorities and Vaccine Guidance Contribute to Safety Myths, Plus Reactions to Ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti — The Monitor
This volume examines how the cancellation of contracts to develop a bird flu vaccine and unfounded claims by new vaccine advisors reflect persistent myths about the safety of mRNA technology. It also explores false claims linking COVID-19 vaccines to miscarriage and analyzes how reactions to a Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care for minors highlights…
Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles’ Health Care
The rapidly spreading wildfires that have transformed much of Los Angeles County into a raging hellscape are not only upending the lives of tens of thousands of residents and business owners, but also stressing the region’s hospitals, health clinics, first responders, and nursing homes. At least one medical clinic burned down. Senior patients were evacuated…
Samira Daswini, Manta Cares
Samira Daswini is CEO of Manta Cares. Her career in consulting and digital health startups took a left turn when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had 18 months of visits with 123 appointments, 5 ER visits and much more. And it was very hard to manage her journey. So she built a paper…