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Health Care
Doctor, Nurse Shortages Persist in Rural Areas Years After COVID
The US faces a critical gap in the health care workforce, below the projected need for an aging population.
UN Expert: Israel Has “Decimated” Gaza Health System, Leaving “Zero” Options
“The options for health care — especially emergency care — for the people of Gaza are reduced to zero,” the expert said.
Few Programs Linked to Medicaid Work Requirements Help Enrollees Find Jobs
Medicaid typically does not offer employment assistance, and when states try to help, such efforts are limited.
Why Does “National Security” Always Mean More War, Not More Health Care?
We already have the money for social programs. We just choose to spend it on war instead of on people.
Millions of People Enrolled in Medicaid Mistakenly Believe They’re Uninsured
As Republicans push for cuts, some Americans don’t realize their health insurance is funded by that very program.
Resistance Grows as Proposed Cuts Threaten Health Care for Over 79 Million in US
Planned cuts to Medicaid and CHIP will put more than 79 million people at medical risk. But resistance is mounting.
Poll Finds Over a Third in US Can’t Access Quality Health Care — a New High
A new Gallup survey finds 11 percent of US adults can’t access quality care and can’t pay for care or medicine.
Texas Files Criminal Charges Against Midwife Who Allegedly Offered Abortion Care
Houston-area midwife Maria Margarita Rojas is the first person to be criminally charged under the state's abortion ban.
A New UN Report Calls Israel’s Attacks on New Mothers in Gaza “Unprecedented”
The report cites destruction of women’s health facilities, and notes the use of sexual violence as a strategy of war.
The GOP’s Budget Proposal Would Cut Medicaid. Most Oppose That Idea, Poll Finds.
More than 8 in 10 Americans want Medicaid spending kept the same or increased, a recent KFF poll shows.