Currently about one in six adults in California experience mental health problems, while at the same time rates of depression in adolescents have also increased. Healthcare leaders gathered at the 2023 Northern California State Health Reform Policy Conference to discuss the growing need for behavioral health care and the work their organizations are currently doing … Read more
Irvine, California, May 31, 2023 Medicaid telehealth coverage between 2013 and 2019 was associated with significant growth in telehealth use and improved access to health care, whereas private policies had no such association, according to a study conducted by the University of California , Irvine. An analysis of 20,000 records of U.S. adults under 65 … Read more
Nearly a year ago, the US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\’s Health Organization has eliminated the constitutional right to abortion after nearly 50 years. Our patients in Maryland experienced uncertainty and concern after the ruling as other states began enacting a myriad of abortion restrictions. Meanwhile, reproductive health care providers were quick … Read more
wASHINGTON Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is launching a new round of questioning about states\’ limits on abortion rights as a battle over medical abortion hangs in the balance in federal court. Warren and three other Democratic senators sent letters late last week to five major health care and pharmaceutical groups asking how the US Supreme … Read more
Women in the military shouldn\’t have to worry about whether or not they have access to health care depending on where they are stationed or deployed. Nor should it be a service member family. Kim, former US Army officer and veteran activist The US military is one of the largest employers in the world, with … Read more
The United States military is one of the largest employers in the world, with more than 1.3 million active duty personnel and millions more veterans and their families. It is important that military personnel who have served the country bravely have access to comprehensive health care, including abortion assistance, regardless of where they are stationed … Read more