The Affordable Care Act and other U.S. laws sought to put insurance coverage for mental health conditions on equal footing with coverage for physical conditions. But patients say that's not happening.
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Month: June 2019
The Problems With Review-of-Systems History Taking In Clinical Encounters
In the context of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal to simplify evaluation and management (E/M) documentation guidelines by 2021, this Viewpoint reviews the problems with current implementation of review-of-systems history taking in electronic health records (EHRs), including information overload, lack of follow-up of findings, clinical irrelevance to some patients and visits, and dishonesty in documentation.
Biden faces backlash over Hyde Amendment
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is facing backlash from rivals in his party after voicing his support for the Hyde Amendment, which bars Medicaid funding for abortion. New York Magazine national correspondent Gabe Debenedetti joined CBSN with a look at it means for the former VP's campaign.
The organizers behind Boston’s Straight Pride Parade should concern you
While Boston’s planned “straight pride parade” has created a fountain of hilarious jokes, there is a serious issue at hand with organizers’ close ties to far-right groups.
The three men organizing the parade, planned for August 31, are John Hugo, Mark Sahady, and Chris Bartley, who is called the “gay ambassador” on the event website. Sahady has ties to groups like the Proud Boys, the New Hampshire American Guard, and the Massachusetts Patriot Fron...
The two most important Supreme Court cases you’ve probably never heard of
It’s June, which means the Supreme Court is in the final stretch of its first term since Justice Anthony Kennedy gave his seat up for President Trump to fill. We will soon know what America looks like under a judiciary that’s been remade by a president that is actively lobbying the Supreme Court to permit racist voter suppression.
Indeed, the story of this term is likely to be a story about democracy — and the Supreme Court’s role in thwarting it. The court i...
Watch Elizabeth Warren blast Biden for his stance on abortion funding
‘We do not pass laws that take away freedom from women who are most vulnerable’ Warren said, in speech against Hyde amendment
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren delivered a scorching criticism of her fellow candidate in the 2020 election and former vice-president, Joe Biden, and his continued support for the Hyde amendment, a provision of federal law that restricts abortion access for poor and disabled women on public health insurance.
The Hyde amendment bars th...
Rev. William Barber is on trial for trespassing over a health care protest he led 2 years ago
Rev. Dr. William Barber is on trial in North Carolina for leading a protest calling for Medicaid expansion in the state’s legislative building two years ago.
Barber, then-head of the state NAACP chapter and leader of the progressive grassroots movement “Moral Monday,” was arrested on May 30, 2017, after he led a group of more than 30 people to the legislative building in Raleigh to to discuss health care with lawmakers. Barber and others in the group were later cha...
Biden infuriates abortion rights groups with Hyde stance
Former Vice President Joe Biden infuriated abortion rights advocates Wednesday when his campaign confirmed he supports a policy that blocks Medicaid and other federal health programs from paying for abortions, making him...
New York Medicaid program bought sex offenders’ erectile dysfunction drugs, audit finds
New York's publicly funded Medicaid program covered more than $63,000 worth of erectile dysfunction drugs and sexual treatment for sex offenders in the state between 2012 and 2018, according to ...
Bernie Sanders brings the fight for a $15 minimum wage to Walmart’s shareholders meeting
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) brought his battle for a $15 minimum wage and workers’ rights to Walmart’s annual shareholders meeting in Arkansas on Wednesday.
The Walton family controls just over 50% of the company’s stock. They are the richest family in the United States. Sanders has called out the Walton’s refusal to raise wages for its workers, asserting that it is “outrageous that the Walton family makes more in one minute than a Walmart worker earns in a year.”
At the invit...