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Commonwealth Fund: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

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09/11/2017

... was to give states more flexibility and control over their health insurance markets than they had had during the Obama ... has offered states only uncertainty about what to expect in 2018, which has made it...

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New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change

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09/12/2017

New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change When it comes to mitigating ... of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to...

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U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau

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09/12/2017

U.S. Median Income Hit $59,039 in 2016, The Highest Ever Reported by Census Bureau ... all-time record last year, besting the previous high set in 1999, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Median income is a...

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Amid Hurricane Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked

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09/12/2017

... Violence. Disasters leave physical and social environments in disarray and are likely to increase any person’s or ... vulnerability to violence, according to the World Health Organization. . . Amid Hurricane...

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Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes

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09/19/2017

... for brain injury before they even step on the field. Health reporter Erin Billups has the story. 16-year-old Scott ... West got a concussion playing football his freshman year in High School. "I went to...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... first time, it also requires contributions toward their health insurance. The deal also came with some caution for ... and Administrators, the union representing 253 employees in supervisory roles, including...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

... groups worldwide, Ms. Gates said Wednesday during an event in New York. While details are still forthcoming, the ... training, and groups of other donors already active in the field. It will also be used to...

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Commonwealth Fund: Why the Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill Is Unworkable

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09/25/2017

... Medicaid expansions and turn the money over to the states in block grants. By 2026, the bill would dramatically ... But the central concept of the legislation is to dump health care reform on the states. . ...

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More Than 1 Million People Uprooted From Their Homes By Lingering Violence In Kasai, DRC

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09/26/2017

... People Uprooted From Their Homes By Lingering Violence In Kasai, DRC Lying on a well-worn mattress strapped onto a ... families are forced to take to escape persistent tensions in several towns and villages...

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As Deaths Mount, Scrutiny of NYPD Response to ‘Emotionally Disturbed Persons’

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09/27/2017

... Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Mental Health , Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse ... members called for clarity on recent interactions ending in lethal force and stressed their...

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With Federal Cuts to Hospitals, Cuomo Suggests New York City Step Up

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10/03/2017

... adding stress to the state’s already overworked public health care system. The cut came as a result of a lack of ...

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Researchers: Supporting Teenage Girls Requires More Than Pads

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10/06/2017

... a new twist: “If you give a woman a menstrual pad…” In all seriousness, the reproductive health of girls and women around the world is at stake, and ... a silver bullet solution for increasing education rates...

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City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug

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10/10/2017

... the drug naloxone this year, while the state Department of Health will kick in $7 million. The one-year agreement with Adapt Pharma, ... a central ordering system that can get the drug to them in...

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Trump Administration Rolls Back Birth Control Mandate

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10/10/2017

... transgender people. The twin actions, by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department, were ... by President Trump five months ago, when he declared in the Rose Garden that “we will...

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World Bank Withholds Myanmar Funding, but Some Call for Sanctions

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10/13/2017

... for Sanctions The World Bank announced Wednesday that in response to the “violence, destruction and forced ... of a credit deal reached with the fledgling democracy in August and represented the first instance...

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New United Hospital Fund Report Assesses Insurance Market, and Impact of Recent Trump Administration Actions

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10/31/2017

... to the report, New York’s average individual premium in 2016 ($475 per month) was well above the national average ... those states. “New York’s individual market is still in a lot better shape than it was...

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New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"

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11/20/2017

... initiative to become healthier, more active places. Urban in density but rural in its disconnectedness from the rest of New York City, ... to overcome years of disinvestment and improve the overall ...

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New York Health Foundation

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Johnson & Johnson Joins the Coalition for the American Dream

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01/05/2018

... to unleash the potential of the brilliant mix of people, in every corner of the world. Because delivering ... life-changing, lifesaving solutions to more people, in more countries, requires new ways of...

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Commonwealth Fund Survey Reveals Rising Rate of Uninsured People

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05/02/2018

... that found that 15.5 percent were estimated to lack health insurance coverage as of February and March 2018. That’s up from 12.7 percent of that group in 2016. Uninsured rates were also up significantly among...

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