Middle-income seniors are those who are unlikely to qualify for Medicaid but do not have adequate resources to pay for the housing and care options they need. The lead author called for efforts to be taken to improve the affordability of long-term care for seniors, particularly for those of lower income.
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Senate Democrats still haven't shored up the 10 Republicans they need to pass the bill, but they're optimistic that amendments will draw more support.
The tax agency got $15 million in the Inflation Reduction Act to study making its own free digital tax-filing platform, long a priority for Democrats.
The company will only offer the service, also known as “advanced provision,” in US states where it’s licensed to operate — California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine and New Mexico — all of which currently allow abortion.
A requirement under the U.S. law known as Obamacare that private insurance plans cover drugs that prevent HIV infection at no cost to patients violates both federal law and the Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, siding with conservative lawyers who had challenged the measure on religious grounds.
The legislation is part of a broader nationwide shift in drug policy that involves creating protections for marijuana users.
New AAMC guidelines on diversity and equity are a much-needed addition to medical education. "When data demonstrate the glaring inequities in healthcare, there should be no argument about the need to include these data in medical training."
The Developing and Nationalizing Key (DANK) Cannabis Research Act -- would set a federal marijuana research agenda and create a designation for universities to carry out cannabis studies with federal grant money, and protect them against federal sanctions for obtaining marijuana from state-legal dispensaries for study purposes.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said this week that rape victims in his state can take Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing emergency contraceptive known as a "morning-after pill."
The U.S. government will provide abortion services for the first time ever to veterans in cases of rape or incest, or when the pregnancy puts the life of the woman at risk, even in states that have banned or restricted the practice, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said on Friday.
Telehealth flourished during the pandemic, and now a new study shows it saved lives: The practice meant more people struggling with opioid addiction stayed in treatment longer and thereby lowered their risk of dying from an overdose.
President Joe Biden’s medical adviser Anthony Fauci warned that the US should be prepared for “pretty bad flu season” coupled with continued Covid-19 cases this winter when he’ll be stepping down from his post as the nation’s top infectious disease official.
The Southern Hemisphere, which annually sees new strains of flu appear before the North, has already experienced a more severe season than usual, Fauci said Wednesday in an interview, and Americans should get flu shots when they become available.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Months after making abortions cheaper for women, California lawmakers have now voted to make vasectomies cheaper for men. The bill passed Wednesday and now goes to Gov.
A Wisconsin federal court on Wednesday blocked a state elections rule that would have forced voters with disabilities to cast their own ballots. U.S. District Judge James Peterson with the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that state officials violated the Voting Rights Act (VRA) because a 2021 ruling effectively prevented Wisconsinites with physical disabilities from…
Twin lawsuits in D.C. area jails show just how fleeting the direct impact of civil litigation can be for incarcerated people.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana abortion clinic operators filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the state’s ban on abortions before it takes effect in about two weeks.
GENEVA (AP) — Independent U.N. human rights experts expressed concerns Tuesday about the adverse impact on the rights of racial and ethnic minorities from the U.S. Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for abortion in the United States.
The U.S. government expects its supply of COVID-19 vaccines and antiviral treatments to run out over the next year and is preparing for them to be sold via the commercial market, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday.
With a dearth of resources, the Office for Civil Rights is struggling with an overflowing caseload.