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Congresswoman advocates for universal healthcare, solution for opioid epidemic
Congresswoman Lofgren expressed her support for universal healthcare, and urged a solution to the opioid crisis. On Medicare for All, Lofgren said, “We need to look at what’s driving it, which is cost, access and quality, to see how we can make that work for the American people.” (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons) Congresswoman Susan Ellen …
Universal Health Services to Negotiate Compliance Agreement in Billing Case
An exterior view of the U.S. Health and Human Services Building in Washington, D.C. Universal Health Services Inc. expects to enter into a compliance agreement with the inspector general’s office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Photo: tom brenner/Reuters Universal Health Services Inc. is preparing to negotiate a compliance agreement with the …
How moves towards universal health coverage could encourage poor quality drugs: an essay by Elizabeth Pisani
Elizabeth Pisani, associate professor, epidemiology Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and King’s College London, UK pisani{at}ternyata.org Universal health coverage depends on affordable medicines. But pushing down prices without also investing in quality assurance will increase the sale of substandard and falsified drugs, warns Elizabeth Pisani Many governments in middle income …
WHO calls on countries to support universal health coverage
Subscribe today to the Washington Examiner magazine and get Washington Briefing: politics and policy stories that will keep you up to date with what’s going on in Washington. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Just $1.00 an issue! WHO URGES COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE: The director general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on …
Allied Universal® Expands Technology Services Division; Acquires Michigan-Based Midstate Security
SANTA ANA, Calif. and WYOMING, Mich., Aug. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Allied Universal®, a leading security and facility services company in North America, today announced the acquisition of Midstate Security – a fully integrated electronic security and monitoring systems company based in Wyoming, Mich. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The addition of Midstate …
Teen with measles visited Disneyland, Universal Studios, Santa Monica Pier
A teenager from New Zealand visited Los Angeles and Orange counties this month and made a trip to Disneyland while she was sick with measles, potentially infecting others, health officials warned Friday. Orange County officials say visitors may have been exposed to measles while at Disneyland or California Adventure on Aug. 12, or at the …
BREAKING: State Democrats introduce universal background check bill
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, and Attorney General Josh Kaul today joined Rep. Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) and Sen. LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) announcing LRB-3949, a bill closing the background check loophole in Wisconsin. Statements from their Thursday morning news conference: Gov. Evers: “We have to stop ignoring the problem of gun violence …
Why Doesn’t America Have Universal Health Care? One Word: Race
The smallpox virus hopscotched across the post-Civil War South, invading the makeshift camps where many thousands of newly freed African-Americans had taken refuge but leaving surrounding white communities comparatively unscathed. This pattern of affliction was no mystery: In the late 1860s, doctors had yet to discover viruses, but they knew that poor nutrition made people …
The Hunt: Universal Pictures cancels film release
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The film, featuring Hillary Swank, was due to be released on 27 September Universal Pictures has pulled the release of The Hunt following a series of mass shootings and criticism from US President Donald Trump. The Hunt, a satirical film in which liberals hunt Trump supporters and kill them …
Additional resource needs for viral hepatitis elimination through universal health coverage: projections in 67 low-income and middle-income countries, 2016–30
Summary Background The World Health Assembly calls for elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 (ie, −90% incidence and −65% mortality). However, WHO’s 2017 cost projections to achieve health-related Sustainable Development Goals did not include the resources needed for hepatitis testing and treatment. We aimed to estimate the incremental commodity cost …
