health care

City Council

Letters to the Editor — Dallas bond, Hong Kong, group homes, Alzheimer’s, Ukraine | #citycouncil

Delay bond vote Re: “Dallas Botching Bond Package Vote — City wants to borrow the maximum $1.25 billion but so far hasn’t spelled out what it’s for,” Thursday editorial You are correct in calling the planning of the bond program botched. I was skeptical about the late addition of $250 million in unspecified funds to […]

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Alabama

U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Michigan Advance | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents […]

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Arkansas

Maine’s attorney general tells Republican AGs their policies make shield laws necessary • Arkansas Advocate

The national debate over what sorts of health care are legal and protected has centered on Maine, with some state attorneys general condemning a bill that would ensure out-of-state patients and Maine medical professionals who provide reproductive health services and gender-affirming treatments aren’t penalized by other states’ laws. On Tuesday, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey […]

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Alabama

Trump comes out against Alabama IVF ruling as national Republicans scramble for distance • Michigan Advance | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to “find an immediate solution” to remedy a state Supreme Court ruling that threatened the availability of in vitro fertilization, and national Republicans running for Congress sought to distance themselves from the Alabama decision as well. In a post to his social media site, Truth Social, […]

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Arkansas

U.S. HHS Secretary asks Arkansas to re-enroll Medicaid-eligible children who lost coverage

Arkansas’ removal of thousands of children from Medicaid coverage this year has raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a Monday letter from the department secretary to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. In Arkansas, 78,506 fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in September […]

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Alabama

Tuberville lifts holds on almost all military promotions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday lifted his holds on more than 400 senior military promotions, paving the way for their confirmation after a 10-month logjam that infuriated military leaders and lawmakers alike. Tuberville’s move allowed the Senate to quickly confirm roughly 440 nominees that had been in limbo. A further 11 nominees, all four-star officers, […]

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City Council

Letter to the Editor: City council asked to learn from Proposition 480 failure | Letters | #citycouncil

Friends of Flagstaff’s Future and Flagstaff Community First have sent a clear message to the city council to involve the community more into its decision making that would have a major impact on our community. “Instead, NAH leaders said they will begin finding a new location for the proposed campus should 480 fail, either in […]

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Alabama

10 Medicaid holdout states scramble to improve health coverage | Plus | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA — The Republican-led states that have refused to expand Medicaid are trying a variety of strategies to save struggling hospitals and cover more people without full expansion, which was one of the key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Georgia passed a partial expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health coverage to […]

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Alabama

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Countdown to shutdown | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in […]

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Mayor

Closure of UMass Memorial’s Leominster maternity ward handled badly, mayor says – NBC Boston

UMass Memorial Medical Center “failed miserably” in its plan to maintain access to maternal care after the proposed closure of a Leominster birthing center, the city’s mayor contended Tuesday in a plea for state regulators to take a more forceful approach. Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella asked the Department of Public Health, where officials have said […]

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