The Ranks of Obamacare ‘Fixers’ Axed in Trump’s Reduction of Health Agency Workforce
They’re the fixers, the ones who step in when Affordable Care Act enrollees have a problem with their coverage, like a newborn incorrectly left off a policy or discovering that a rogue broker had signed them up or switched their plan without consent. Specially trained […]
Health Care
Covid Worsened Shortages of Doctors and Nurses. Five Years On, Rural Hospitals Still Struggle.
Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney, doesn’t do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two full-time doctors. CEO Matt Ives wants to hire a third […]
Rural Health
Watch: Why Insurance Companies Are Denying Coverage for Prosthetic Limbs
PBS News Weekend’s Ali Rogin spoke with KFF Health News contributor Michelle Andrews about what some people with missing limbs consider a disparity in health insurance coverage: Though a knee replacement likely would be covered, a prosthetic knee isn’t always. A prosthetic device can be […]
Health Care
Alberta COVID hospitalizations up 73% since July: health minister
On Monday, Alberta’s health minister provided updated data on influenza, RSV and COVID-19 cases, and that the dashboard that should contain those numbers is still delayed.
Coronavirus
Quebec delayed preparation for COVID-19 in care homes, leading to deaths: lawsuit
A Montreal lawyer says that Quebec’s COVID-19 response in long-term care homes was marked by improvisation and that a pre-existing pandemic plan was ignored until it was too late.
Coronavirus
COVID-19, influenza vaccines available soon at Alberta pharmacies
Influenza vaccines will be available in Alberta pharmacies on Oct. 16, with the new Moderna XBB vaccine likely to be accessible around the same time.
Coronavirus
COVID-19 hospitalizations triple in Quebec over the past month, health minister says
Many of those patients are admitted for other reasons and contract the novel coronavirus during their hospital stay, according to Health Minister Christian Dubé.
Coronavirus
