Articles for Health Care System

In wake of killing, UnitedHealth CEO admits that 'no one would design a system like' ours
1 week, 3 days ago

In wake of killing, UnitedHealth CEO admits that 'no one would design a system like' ours

Raw Story  

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty wrote in a New York Times op-ed Friday that the for-profit U.S. healthcare system "does not work as well as it should" and that "no one would design a system like the one we have," admissions that came as his industry faced a torrent of public anger following the murder of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive. Witty …

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The Year That Israel Collapsed Gaza’s Health Care System
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Year That Israel Collapsed Gaza’s Health Care System

Huff Post  

Rajaa Musleh quietly sat on the fifth floor of downtown Chicago’s Marriott hotel, where the medical aid group she works for, MedGlobal, was holding a conference filled with panelists and attendees. “It was like a post-apocalyptic movie,” said Dr. John Kahler, MedGlobal’s co-founder and a retired pediatrician who’s provided medical aid in conflict zones for decades. “It was devastating to …

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Vital supplies dwindle, health care system threatened in Sudan: UN
1 year, 8 months ago

Vital supplies dwindle, health care system threatened in Sudan: UN

China Daily  

The photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows Sudanese collecting fresh water from the Nile River after ongoing clashes cut off the water and electricity supplies in their neighborhoods in the capital of Khartoum. UNITED NATIONS - Sudan's population is running out of food, fuel and other vital supplies, and the health care system is in danger of collapse, UN …

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Macron to overhaul France’s struggling health care system
1 year, 11 months ago

Macron to overhaul France’s struggling health care system

Associated Press  

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced an overhaul of France’s struggling health system Friday, including new funding methods for doctors and hospitals, more hiring and other organizational changes. In a speech at a hospital in Evry, a southern suburb of Paris, Macron vowed to “respond to the concerns of many of our fellow citizens to get health care within …

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Jail and prison will never be places a person with mental illness finds healing
2 years, 3 months ago

Jail and prison will never be places a person with mental illness finds healing

LA Times  

Luis Garcia, who works for Advocates for Human Potential, writes about how he found hope and success after being incarcerated. Seeking access to mental health care in jail and prison wasn’t easy. Recent reports reveal access to mental health care in California’s state prison system continues to fall short. The county remains woefully out of compliance more than six years …

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