Sentences with phrase «care access for»

Australia's first Diversity Framework, to support aged care access for LGBTI and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
As such, the bill would undermine health care access for women and impose additional costs on them — particularly women who already face systemic barriers to care, including women with low incomes and women of color.
This timeline reveals how low the Texas legislature has sunk in just the past five years, and how hard we need to fight to win back reproductive health care access for Texans.
We support efforts to fight discrimination and improve health care access for LGBQ + TGNC communities.
This group — including David Daleiden and his so - called Center for Medical Progress (CMP)-- lied, broke the law, and put health care access for millions of Americans at risk in their single - minded drive to attack Planned Parenthood.
WASHINGTON, DC — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's leading sexual and reproductive health care advocate and provider, today praised the U.S. Congress for passing legislation that would provide health insurance for more uninsured children and increase health care access for low - income children and families.
Despite objections from women's health champions, the Committee passed the Fiscal Year 2018 Labor - Health and Human Services appropriations bill, which would cut women off from Planned Parenthood's preventive services, end health care access for the 4 million people who rely on the nation's family planning program, and eliminate the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.
PPIN, represented by attorneys with the ACLU of Indiana and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, filed suit to protect health care access for the Hoosiers who utilize preventive health services, including lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, well - woman exams and STD prevention and treatment, at its health centers across Indiana.
«It is shocking that once again Texas officials are letting politics jeopardize health care access for women,» Lambrecht said.
Achieves the organizational mission to provide health care access for all the members of the community.
A variant of this hypothetical case is on display in countries that actually do make an effort to provide health care access for all citizens.
Areas of Expertise: Mental health services and health systems transformation for refugee clients, social determinants of health, health care access for socially excluded populations, health policy
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a report earlier this year outlining the barriers to health care access for pregnant women, and partnered with the legislation's sponsors, Senator Liz Krueger and Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, to push for the bill's passage.
Instead, the letter urges New York Representatives to work towards health care policies that ensure uninterrupted health care access for the 850,000 New Yorkers who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), do not harm the New York State budget, and protect the 600,000 New Yorkers benefiting from Essential Benefits, among others.
«To Bernie Sanders with thanks for your commitment to real health care access for all Americans...» — Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1993
«New York's Child Health Plus ensures health care access for over 300,000 young New Yorkers,» Gottfried said.

Not exact matches

Oscar's Concierge team was accessed by 46 % of Oscar members, its telemedicine service was used by 25 % of customers, and the Care Router service — a yellow pages for finding physicians and booking appointments — was accessed by 45 % of its members.
In one case, a personal care provider in Vermont submitted bogus claims for 456 hours of service to an elderly man and then secretly split the payments with the patient's wife in return for access to her husband's prescription pain killers.
«A spouse can help keep doctor's appointments and provide transportation, making for easier access to health care services,» said Dr. Jeffrey Berger, another senior member of the project and a preventive cardiologist at NYU.
For example, Oscar's Concierge team was accessed by 46 % of Oscar members, its telemedicine service was used by 25 % of customers, and the Care Router service — a yellow pages for finding physicians and booking appointments — was accessed by 45 % of its membeFor example, Oscar's Concierge team was accessed by 46 % of Oscar members, its telemedicine service was used by 25 % of customers, and the Care Router service — a yellow pages for finding physicians and booking appointments — was accessed by 45 % of its membefor finding physicians and booking appointments — was accessed by 45 % of its members.
The widely enjoyed social benefits residents get in exchange for their taxes, such as universal health care, access to education and subsidized parental leave, could have something to do with the «strong social foundations» touted by Sachs.
«We need to work together to break down barriers to care and information for the millions of people desperate to take ownership of their sexual and reproductive health, and tackle disparities in health care access and outcomes.»
It's a way to keep up with demand for care — virtual appointments save time — and to provide greater access to services, particularly for patients that may be hundreds of miles away from the closest hospital.
That includes consumer information on pricing, wellness programs, and various methods for accessing health care professionals and medical information, Sjoquist says.
Velasquez cites workers in an assisted living facility tasked with caring for patients, a job in close proximity to medical records that can be accessed by a few keyboard taps.
One class was tasked with finding better ways for veterans to access mental health care at VA hospitals.
This system, which currently has over 5 million Australians on it, could become a major tool for health providers to strengthen their decision making and care — they will have access to widespread clinical information such as discharge summaries, allergies, and medication usage.
And while many investors are, for the time being, simply steering clear of health care stocks whose future hinges on Americans» access to affordable insurance, hospital stocks in particular have become a proxy for the perceived likelihood that Trumpcare will repeal and replace Obamacare.
Barack Obama signed a new bipartisan health bill into law on Tuesday that includes funding to expand access to mental health care, an issue that has been a priority for many Sandy Hook families.
«Those models are actually letting consumers access care more quickly and at a lower cost,» says Joel White, president of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage.
This can work for the consumer if it delivers on the promise of facilitating access to high - quality primary care in more ways than currently delivered in the rather bare bones CVS Minute Clinics.
And its Care Router service — a yellow pages for finding physicians and booking appointments — was accessed by 45 % of its members, up from 29 % in 2016.
«This is the only way to deal with burgeoning demand for health care while improving quality, access, and cost,» she says.
St. Vincent's Healthcare CEO Tom VanOsdol says, «That's really a big part of the long - term solution is making sure we have access to services and enough services in the right locations so individuals, who don't necessarily need to go to the emergency department, can get the care and the treatment they need for underlying mental health issues.»
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«Adequate and accessible care for all, most notably through the maintenance of Medicaid expansion to keep vulnerable populations covered and with access to care.
«We have to be able to provide access to care for as many Americans as we possibly can, hopefully every American,» he said.
Without access to primary care, these patients will often end up in emergency rooms with urgent concerns, which can be tens of thousands of dollars in costs for their employers.
«Reducing the number of uninsured adults in Louisiana makes it easier to improve access to needed care, to limit costs for families and individuals with private insurance and to create greater stability in Louisiana's state budget,» Salles said.
Founded by former Trulia executives Heather Mirjahangir Fernandez and Daniele Farnedi, Solv is an online service that lets users search for a nearby urgent care facility, access reviews and information about the center, and book same - day appointments.
Schulman hopes that, armed with new federal funding to tackle these challenges, states will step up and begin filling the gaping holes in the American child care system — smoothing out the child care cliff while also making it easier for families access care in the first place, increasing the number of American kids who spend their days playing, coloring, building, and singing in a safe, caring environment their parents can actually afford.
Teladoc, a telehealth company that provides 24/7 access to medical care for adults and children experiencing non-emergency medical issues via phone, secure online video, mobile app or private, walk - in kiosk, raised $ 50.3 million from Jafco Ventures, FLAG Capital Management, Greenspring Associates, Mellon and QuestMark Partners, Cardinal Partners, HLM Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, New Capital Partners, and Trident Capital.
In the wake of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, some have argued for a reinstatement of the nationwide ban on assault weapons, while others have suggested that the solution lies in improving access to mental - health care.
In the next breath, however, Harper added: «It should not matter who delivers health care, whether it is private, profit, not - for - profit or public, as long as Canadians have access to those services through the public insurance system regardless of their financial needs.
Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.
Advisors now have access to the research they need to fulfill the Duty of Care without raising costs for their clients.
Sadly, for many, it is the enlisted partner's schedule and work demands, frequent moves, and lack of access to decent and affordable child care that keeps spouses from gaining and maintaining employment.
This area covers the impact of policies affecting Canadians» health and long - term care choices and outcomes, for example regarding access to and quality of care, funding arrangements and incentives, pharmaceuticals policies, intergenerational equity considerations, and the impact of these choices on the public purse.
Lack of access to even urgent dental care for many people with low income, seniors and others is a problem that could be solved with a «public option» for dental insurance, according to a new report...
In a statement, Beaumont Health's Paul E. LaCasse said, «This is precisely what we needed to improve access to medical care at Beaumont's facilities for our patients who are elderly, in wheelchairs or have mobility challenges.»
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