Medicaid

TL/DR - The cost of healthcare services and therapies is a major concern for older adults, according to a poll by the University of Michigan's National Poll on Healthy Aging, with over half of the 3,300 respondents expressing concern about the cost of medical care, long-term care, and prescription drugs. Financial pressures are exacerbated by…

TL/DR - The Biden Administration has announced an $11 million investment to expand medical residencies in rural communities, with fifteen medical systems across the US set to benefit. In Wisconsin, $750k of the investment will go to UW-Health’s OB-GYN program, while the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra has…

TL/DR - The article mentions several separate pieces of news. Firstly, there is an exposé on how journalists are influencing changes in health care through AI algorithms. Secondly, there is a report of a Mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo with over 12,500 cases and 581 deaths as per a WHO update. Lastly, a development in the field…