In these times of intense attention to healthcare from all quarters of the US, a new study by USA Today and Kaiser Health News reporters focused on community clinics. Over the past 2 decades community clinics have developed from origins often as volunteer-run efforts, to become a vital part of what is called the safety-net. [...]
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Foucs on Community Clinics
Posted in Advocacy, Assistance, Children's Health, Community clinics, Economics of Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Disparities, Health Insurance, Healthcare Inequalities, Medicaid on 6 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Washington’s Apple Health for Kids Earns $17M Federal Achievement Bonus
Posted in Advocacy, Children's Health, Economics of Health Care, Ethics, Health Care Reform, Health Disparities, Health Insurance, Recession, State of Washington on 9 January 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With almost nothing but a steady stream of dire news about public services in 2011 , and the prospect of even more budget cuts facing us as the Washington State Legislature convenes work today, it is heartening to hear some good news. For the third year in a row, Washington has earned bonuses for enrolling [...]
Headline Scan
Posted in Access to Medicines, Advocacy, Assistance, Children's Health, Economics of Health Care, Environmental Health, Ethics, Global Health, Health Care Marketing, Health Disparities, Health Insurance, Health Literacy, Healthcare Inequalities, Language Access, Recession, State of Washington, Workers' rights on 18 May 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Can We Afford Personalized Medicine? Special treatment for ‘high profile’ patients; exasperation for the rest of us Health Insurers Making Record Profits as Many Postpone Care People Who Donate Organs For Transplants Can Have Difficulty Getting Insurance Foundations, Conflicts Of Interest And Drugmakers Mission Crash: The Intolerable Policy Incoherence in US AIDS Policy, Global and [...]
Conference Time
Posted in Consumer Protection, Economics of Health Care, Ethics, Global Health, Health Care Marketing, Health Disparities, Healthcare Inequalities, Language Access, Language Services on 26 September 2010 | 3 Comments »
Many important conferences are scheduled from September to the end of the year. Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend the second annual meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health at the University of Washington here in Seattle. I’ll report on that later. Some other notable conferences, including those in [...]
