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Our View: Healthcare: Mergers are generally not good for consumers

Our View: Healthcare: Mergers are generally not good for consumers

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Consumers and healthcare companies should be wary of a proposed mega merger between two major healthcare systems in Minnesota and South Dakota. Fairview Health Services of Minneapolis and Sanford Health of Sioux Falls announced plans to merge in November, citing, as always, efficiency and improved patient care. But experts who study the economics of health …

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The former health secretary detailed in his pandemic diaries the government's early decision-making to try to protect the country's fragile and elderly community

Matt Hancock’s justification of Covid care home policy sparked industry outrage

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Nursing home group accuses Matt Hancock’s diary and memoir of events of ‘nothing like the facts’, with official saying ‘it was a man who lied’ Matt Hancock’s defense of Covid care home management sparked industry outrage The former health secretary explained many of his decisions in his pandemic diaries But industry insiders said his memory …

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Lawyers eye abortion pill legal challenge warily

Lawyers eye abortion pill legal challenge warily

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Reproductive rights advocates are on edge over a lawsuit seeking to revoke the decades-old Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of mifepristone, which, if successful, would end the drug. legal access to abortion pills nationwide. Lawyers and legal experts say the lawsuit has no merit, but they fear conservative courts may think otherwise. Abortion pills …

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Bill would ban sex reassignment treatment for those under 21

Bill would ban sex reassignment treatment for those under 21

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Superficially, Americans and their lawmakers accept and understand LGBTQ+ people more now than they did ten years ago. The 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage is one of the most tangible and significant victories for LGBTQ+ rights, but the 2015 decision only directly protected lesbian, gay, and bisexual cisgender people. At least 19 …

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Health Care - White House to Solve Monkeypox Emergency

Health Care – White House to Solve Monkeypox Emergency

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Netizens may rightly be scratching their heads over a Pepsi commercial featuring Lindsay Lohan in which the actress enjoys a glass of soda with just a little milk. On health today, the Biden administration says it does not plan to renew the public health emergency that was declared for the monkeypox outbreak earlier this year …

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HENRY FORD HEALTH APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT OF HENRY FORD JACKSON HOSPITAL

HENRY FORD HEALTH APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT OF HENRY FORD JACKSON HOSPITAL

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JACKSON, Mich., December 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Henry Ford Health System announced the name of the new President of Henry Ford Jackson Hospital in Jackson, MI. Emilie Moorhead, ANGER, has accepted the key post, effective immediately. Moorhead has served as interim president since February 2022and prior to that, his role was Chief Operating Officer. Henry …

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