health care access
To ease a doctor shortage, Mass. looks outside the U.S.
Physicians trained outside the U.S. will have a new path to practice medicine in Massachusetts. State officials are setting up a program that will provide medical licenses, with some oversight,...
As we fight monkeypox, we must remember the somber lessons of HIV
White men are getting a disproportionate share of monkeypox vaccines, writes Josiane Martinez. Unless health leaders act, those disparities could get worse.
Opinion: I'm An Emergency Room Physician. Inadequate Access To Health Care Is Breaking Us
Emergency rooms no longer just exist for emergency care, but now encompass all available care. We are the safety net in health care, but who is ours?
Rural Hospitals Are Closing. Americans Are Losing Access To Health Care
The impossible cost of health care in Appalachia: $40,000 for a single ambulance ride. We take a look at the cost of health care consolidation in rural America.
Cancer Haves And Have-Nots: Care And Treatment In 2 Different Worlds
Imagine feeling a lump on your body, visiting a doctor, and then waiting seven months (if you are lucky) to find out whether it is cancer.
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New Spending Bill Adds Abortion Coverage For Peace Corps Rape Victims
The new measure offers abortion coverage to Peace Corps volunteers victimized by rape, incest or facing a life-threatening pregnancy; similar coverage is already provided to federal employees.
Really? SEAL Who Shot Bin Laden 'Screwed' Out Of Health Care?
A brouhaha over an Esquire magazine claim that the man who shot Bin Laden could end up without health coverage.
Mystery Medicaid Shoppers Coming To Massachusetts?
Federal government may send "mystery shoppers' to test Medicaid access to doctors in Massachusetts.