How the Inflation Reduction Act Reduces Health Care Costs
August 15, 2022
CAP American Progress ARTICLE AUG 12, 2022 Nicole Rapfogel & Emily Gee The Inflation Reduction Act’s health insurance subsidies and drug pricing reforms will improve health care affordability for Americans. The
Hospital Visitation Restrictions Are Hurting Patients and Nurses — New protocols and COVID mitigation techniques can enable safe visitation
September 8, 2021
Medpage Today | by Karen Cox, PhD, RN, and Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH September 2, 2021 As COVID-19 began rapidly spreading across the U.S., hospitals adopted policies that prohibited patient visitation — a
What immunosuppressed patients should know about the coronavirus vaccines
April 28, 2021
The Washington Post By Lindsey Bever April 23, 2021 at 12:09 p.m. EDT Cancer patients. Organ transplant recipients. Individuals with HIV. Those with autoimmune or chronic inflammatory conditions such as lupus,
Long past time for affordable health care — a real public option
April 28, 2021
CT VIEWPOINTS by KATE FARRAR AND JILLIAN GILCHREST FEBRUARY 16, 2021 The COVID-19 health and economic crisis lays bare the need for a real public option healthcare bill in Connecticut. Senate Bill
Primary Care is Key to COVID-19 Vaccine Dissemination but is Left Out So Far
January 8, 2021
Vaccine Rollout Offers Hope, But Primary Care’s Capacity is Compromised
Some reliable resources about who should get the COVID-19 vaccine and what to consider
January 8, 2021
Whether or not you, as an individual, should get the COVID-19 vaccine should be a decision made on an person by person basis. We are not making any recommendations either
Bleed Out, the HBO Movie of a family’s experience with Medical Malpractice
December 21, 2020
Bleed Out – an HBO Film ¡Película ahora en inglés y español! Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. After a routine partial hip replacement operation
Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
December 21, 2020
On Nov. 9, New York-based Pfizer and the German company BioNTech made history by presenting preliminary data indicating that their coronavirus vaccine was over 90 percent effective. It was the first time anyone had
3 Covid-19 Trials Have Been Paused for Safety. That’s a Good Thing.
October 15, 2020
NY Times Health | By Carl Zimmer | Oct. 14, 2020, 12:36 p.m. ET Experts were comforted that companies are following safety precautions. They pointed out that pauses in vaccine
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: How COVID Spreads Indoors
October 7, 2020
October 6, 2020 | Frank Diamond While reiterating that SARS-CoV-2 most commonly spreads through close contact (less than 6 feet, and for about 15 minutes) with a symptomatic or