Sentences with phrase «health care access for»

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

«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.

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.»

That includes consumer information on pricing, wellness programs, and various methods for accessing health care professionals and medical information, Sjoquist says.

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 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.»

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.

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.

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.»

«The Canadian Pharmacists Association welcomes today's Liberal announcement on health care and, in particular, its commitment to improving prescription drug access for Canadians and health care innovation.»

They have no access to education or health care or, in many cases, equal rights for women.»

The researchers are conducting additional research on how to improve access to mental health care in the workplace, and to quantify costs and benefits for employers.

Michael Geist, writing in the Toronto Star, declared that «a TPP based on the US proposals would signal a near - complete surrender of a made - in - Canada approach to intellectual property, leading to risks of lost Internet access, expansive border seizures, increased health care costs, and criminal liability for non-commercial infringement.»

Adequate health care and the right to security during sickness is guaranteed under Article 25 of the UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights, however these rights are regularly violated and, for those in our nation least able to afford it, access to affordable health care often remains out of reach.

After Jaime highlighted loss of health care access by rural Pacific County residents, Premera announces new contract for health care coverage in Astoria

Telehealth holds tremendous promise for improving access to health care in the day - to - day lives of consumers and during emergency situations.

«Donald Trump's administration is handing out permission slips for hospitals and providers to deny individuals, including women and LGBT patients, access to a full range of health services including life saving emergency care.

CLEARWATER — Jennifer Rice, New Democrat spokesperson for northern Rand rural health, will visit Clearwater, Ashcroft and Quesnel to hear from parents, advocates and service providers about access to maternity care.

DAWSON CREEK — Jennifer Rice, New Democrat spokesperson for northern and rural health, will visit Dawson Creek on March 3 to hear from parents, advocates and service providers about access to maternity care.

* Funding certainty for CSRs: Cost - sharing reduction subsidies play a pivotal role in ensuring access to health care services for very low - income enrollees, helping these individuals better afford their co-pays, deductibles, and other out - of - pocket costs.

Specific policies include a Doctors and Nurses Fund to increase training capacity for new health care professionals; working with Aboriginal communities to close the gap in the health status of Aboriginal peoples; and the introduction of a drug plan to ensure Canadians have access to catastrophic drug coverage.

«Now, the question, after over a full year of progress and tremendous strides in accountability, opening access to care, improving access to benefits, tackling mental health, and strengthening relations with stakeholders, is whether the President is ready to turn the keys to the VA over to ideologues who have designs on having VA go the way of railroads, airports, energy companies, postal services, and other businesses that have been privatized — and have also proven profitable for a few,» he said in the statement.

ATHENS / NEW YORK, MAY 3, 2018 — As the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, visits Lesvos for a regional conference, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that thousands of men, women, and children in Lesvos are living in squalid, overcrowded conditions in Moria camp, with insufficient access to health care.

In «The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitCare,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitcare reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitcare in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitals.

More local staff members have been added as Americares expands its working network, developing and implementing plans with local organizations and free clinics to provide access to medicine, relief supplies and basic health care for people in crisis.

The teams focused on meeting survivors» health needs, increasing access to care and preparing safety net health facilities to better prepare for future storms.

It is merely a means of access to health care INSURANCE for those less fortunate and / or less healthy.

Too bad if more people vote FOR those who support giving poor women access to health care than vote as you do.