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HIV Drug Will Not Be Subsidised By The Government
An application for Truvada to be placed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has been denied.
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California Moves To Open Obamacare To Undocumented Immigrants
“It’s always heartening to see that our government fully understands that access to health care is really a human right,” said state Sen. Ricardo Lara.
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Meet The Mother-Daughter Duo Providing Health Care For Homeless Pets
“The whole mission is to not have a pet be hungry, and not have a pet be in pain. And if their owner happens to be homeless, even more reason to help them.”
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Trump’s In-Law Is Trying to Make Billions Off Obamacare
Oscar Health couldn’t have happened without the Affordable Care Act.
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This Indigenous Woman Is The Face Of A Growing Number Of Aboriginal Doctors
Indigenous doctors key to closing the health gap.
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The Affordable Care Act Hasn’t Led To More Part-Timers, Study Says
Researchers found little evidence employers cut back on full-time hours to avoid new healthcare costs. But those who have had hours reduced can least afford it.
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California Extends Health Coverage To Undocumented Immigrant Children
California already has laws that allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses and state-funded financial aid.
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Junior Doctors Are Furious At The Government’s Plans To Change Working Hours
The proposed changes are “bad for patients, bad for junior doctors, and bad for the NHS”, the British Medical Association said.
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Meet The Anti-Death Presidential Candidate
Because we all deserve a chance at immortality!
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Trans People Are Using #TransHealthFail And It’s Making A Difference
From being denied medical care to doctors who use anti-trans epithets and much more.
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The HPV Basics You Didn’t Learn In School
Because you probably have it, statistically speaking.
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Egyptians Are Anonymously Sharing Pictures Of Their Rundown Hospitals On Facebook
A page set up after Egypt’s prime minister paid surprise visits to hospitals over the weekend shows the poor conditions at some hospitals.
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In Puerto Rico, Concerns Over Health Care Join Fears Over Struggling Economy
The Puerto Rico Healthcare Crisis Coalition launched a campaign denouncing reductions to a Medicare program they say disproportionately affects Puerto Ricans. Analysts say the campaign is more about the money health care providers will lose.
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“We Learned Together”: An Afternoon With The Women Of New Orleans’ Trans Veterans Support Group
Though transgender people are still barred from openly serving in the military, a small but increasingly visible population of veterans are demanding health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs — and getting it.
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ISIS Appears To Have Borrowed The NHS Logo To Promote Its Hospitals
A new video produced by ISIS media uses logos similar to the UK’s NHS in order to attract new recruits from abroad.
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The Invention That Could End Obesity
A Michigan surgeon invented an apparatus that he believes tricks the brain into thinking the stomach is full. His Full Sense Device could be a lifesaver for millions of obese Americans and raises questions about how hunger — our most basic human impulse — even works.
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Callers Into Obamacare Help Hotline Get Wait List
In the final hours of 2015 open enrollment of the Affordable Care Act, a high call volume leads to a waitlist, and assurances that they could still sign up for coverage. UPDATE: Obama administration extends deadline for people unable to complete registrations.
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Instagram Says It Accidentally Ran Survey Ads For Healthcare.gov
“The survey was posted in error and it was pulled down as soon as it was discovered,” a Facebook official tells BuzzFeed News.
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Adult Things You Didn’t Learn In College
Does college prepare you for the real world?
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President Obama On Staples And ObamaCare
BuzzFeed News spoke with the President on Staples and the Affordable Care Act.
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Staples Threatens To Fire Staff For Working More Than 25 Hours A Week
In 2015, an Affordable Care Act provision requiring large employers to offer health insurance to staff working more than 30 hours a week kicked into effect. Now, some part-time staff at Staples say management has become extra vigilant about limiting their hours.
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When Children With Autism Grow Up
I was 23 and needed a summer job; he was 21 and needed full-time support. He’s one of an estimated half million children diagnosed with autism who are soon becoming adults — and who society is entirely unprepared for.
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Here’s What British Doctors Think Are The Biggest Problems Facing A&E
The papers are reporting an “A&E crisis” in Britain’s hospital wings. But what do doctors say?
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German Nurse Sentenced To Life For Killing Patients Because “He Was Bored”
The former nurse has been on trial since September for three murders and two attempted murders, although a court-appointed psychiatrist said he admitted to killing at least 30 patients.
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This Is How Obamacare Gets Rid Of Employer-Based Health Care
The latest Jonathan Gruber video is less inflammatory, but speaks to a fundamental question about Obamacare: Should Americans get health insurance from their employers?
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Liberia’s Nurses Find Brilliant Ways To Bring Back Basic Health Care
For months, most clinics and hospitals in Liberia have been closed because of the Ebola crisis. But that hasn’t stopped dedicated health workers from helping their sick neighbors. Jina Moore reports for BuzzFeed News from Liberia.
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Mysterious Respiratory Virus Spreading Across U.S. Linked To Four Deaths
Enterovirus 68 is suspected of sickening children in more than 40 states, and has now been linked to four deaths, though its exact role still remains unknown.
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Medical Bill That Reveals Shocking Cost Of Childbirth Without The NHS Goes Viral
Please never go away, NHS.
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California Man Sues After Doctor Lists "Homosexual Behavior" As Chronic Condition
“I don’t want any gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual ever to hear from a doctor that their normal and healthy sexuality is anything other than that,” he told NBC4.
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American Doctor Takes Her Son To An NHS Hospital, Discovers It’s Actually “Fantastic”
After taking her son to a London hospital while on holiday, Dr Jen Gunter says there were no “Dementor-staffed death panels, Saxon-age medical equipment, and incompetent care”. Just high-quality treatment free at the point of use. (via drjengunter.wordpress.com)
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