Rural hospitals have been closing, putting emergency care further out of reach, but that’s only one of the heightened challenges aging rural communities face after a disaster.
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Medicaid improves access to care for low-wage workers who cannot survive on bare-bone benefits offered by their employers.
Many Indigenous families around the world say hospital staff often don’t understand their cultures or even give them basic rights during maternity care.
Over the past 20 years or so, big companies have been buying smaller clinics once owned by radiologists. Here’s how that can be a problem.
Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.
Guidelines say consultations must thoroughly assess whether a patient is suitable for a treatment. But someone under 18 can still get Botox without parental consent.
More private hospitals will face similar financial troubles and some will be forced to close. Here’s what this means for patients, the public system and the budget.
People with disability are more likely to die from cancer than the overall population. Here’s how we can shift this striking inequity.
It may be tempting to view hospital parking fees as exploiting a captive market. But the reality is much more complex.
Larger-bodied women report feeling humiliated and disrespected during their maternity care.
‘Inclusive, culturally safe’ care for LGBTQIA+ patients means more than just rainbow posters in the waiting room.
If Canadians want to fund education, health care and climate adaptation, Canada must grow its economy. And to do that, it needs smarter innovation policy.
Pennsylvania hospitals report an average 14% vacancy rate for registered nurses. In rural areas it is much higher.
Medicare Advantage − the private option that costs taxpayers extra and requires prior approval − is the default for some state agencies and corporations.
The court’s decision on whether Medicaid patients can choose their own health care provider could have consequences far beyond South Carolina.
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.
Clinicians and health service heads are willing to accept a lower standard of care for people outside of major cities because they consider it ‘better than nothing’.
Despite the historic passage of pharmacare legislation, its rollout remains uncertain. While some provinces have already reached deals with Ottawa, others remain in discussions.
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
Despite a shortage of physicians, Canada still struggles with the question of whether a doctor licensed in one province should be automatically qualified to practice in others.
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