Category: Healthcare
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The Foster Care System Has a Suicide Problem. Federal Cuts Threaten To Slow Fixes
Cheryl Platzman WeinstockJuly 11, 2025 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Elliott Hinkle experienced depression and suicidal thoughts even before entering the foster care system in Casper, Wyoming, at age 15. At the time, Hinkle, who…
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Federal judge quickly rules in favor of Planned Parenthood in suit over Medicaid funding
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com A Planned Parenthood clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, is pictured on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (Photo by McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch) Note: Originally published in the Nevada Current; republished here but edited for tone, length and clarity. WASHINGTON — A U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts issued…
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What the heck? The Top 5 Worst-Offending Nursing Homes in Nevada
We are republishing an analysis nursing home inspections done by the federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, showing a persistent pattern of patients and staff put at risk by corporate managment and lack of training. This reporting was first done by the award-winning, nonprofit investigative news organization Pro Publica
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Hospitals, health care providers warn Medicaid cuts will be felt by people not on Medicaid
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Only three states – Wyoming, Idaho, and Mississippi – have fewer doctors per 100,000 population than Nevada. (Photo: Ronda Churchill for Nevada Current) Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is warning Nevadans that President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cut bill will ripple through every aspect of the state’s…
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Lee derides Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid cuts: ‘People will lose their health care’
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Democratic Rep. Susie Lee holds press confrence at Spanish Hills Wellness Suites in Las Vegas to highlight Medicaid cuts in GOP-backed megabill. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis) Spanish Hills Wellness Suites is one of several nursing homes in Nevada that would be forced to reduce services for medically vulnerable patients…
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Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors and seniors struggle to get routine care.
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com Rachel Castor, a single mom of two and teacher, stands outside her home in Sandpoint, Idaho. Castor’s son could not be admitted to the local hospital during an asthma attack because Bonner General Health lost its pediatrician coverage at the same time it closed the labor and delivery…
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More miscarriages criminally investigated three years into post-Dobbs abortion bans
This article was originally published at nevadacurrent.com About 10% to 20% of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says it is difficult to determine the cause of a miscarriage or stillbirth. (Photo by Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Images) Editor’s note: This report examines abortion access three years after the U.S. Supreme…
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