Lured in by misleading websites that impersonate the ACA marketplace, people who try to sign up for Affordable Care Act plans are ending up with bare bones, non-ACA compliant junk insurance instead.
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The NFL changed its rules to try and prevent head injuries; the NCAA, high school, and youth football leagues have not done the same. If they did, “ it would substantially reduce the number of individuals who develop CTE,” multiple people told me.
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Anti-abortion communities are using private and public money to install baby boxes—devices where people can anonymously surrender infants—in fire stations and hospitals. In June 2020 there were just 29 of these devices in the U.S., now there are more than 350. My story:
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Without after-school care, some parents are deciding they can't work full-time.
“We are basically withholding the luxury of being a full-time worker from some families,” one economist told me.
Many parents can't find after-school programs for their kids. This year, disappearing federal funding and staff shortages is making the problem even worse.
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"The real question is: is there any reason to be pushing high-fat dairy? And no, I don’t think we have a case that’s a good thing to do.”
The Trump administration wants to get whole milk back in schools. Nutritionists aren't so sure it's a good idea.
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Original essay here:
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Oh look, I'm featured on KQED in a story about that time I was pregnant 5 years ago and the sky turned orange and San Francisco couldn't breathe: www.kqed.org/science/1998...
"Costs of equipment like food warmers and refrigerators have gone up dramatically since the pandemic; Soltanmorad says she was recently quoted $11,000 for a piece of equipment that cost just $2,500 in 2019."
MAHA wants to change school lunches, which it says are "poisoning" children. But to get processed food out of meals, schools will have to build new kitchens, hire more staff, and overcome chronic budget shortages:
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Mississippi had already received an "F" from the March of Dimes for its maternal and infant health outcomes. Then its infant mortality rates got even worse.
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Childcare centers are closing across the country after the expiration of federal and state money that helped them survive the pandemic. time.com/7309693/dayc...
I was on CBS Morning News today to talk about why women are leaving the workforce in droves. Check out the link here: www.cbsnews.com/video/why-mo...
What's wild is that while 212,000 women 20 and older have left the labor force since January, among women 25-34 years old, 330,000 have exited during the same time period.
Return-to-office policies are not proven to make companies more productive. Many CEOs who reported women quitting said they were struggling to fill jobs because of that loss of female employees and that their overall workforce productivity is down. time.com/7306896/wome...
"For many women, this is more than an economic problem: it’s a depressing reminder that the brief period of time when work-from-home reigned—when balancing family and work was actually sometimes possible—is over."
“What is most heartbreaking about all of this is that the pandemic felt like this revolution, where they finally realized we’re human beings and they’ll treat us with some degree of respect,” says a mother whose company now mandates three in-office workdays. “It’s like we didn’t learn anything.”
Here's a useful chart from @mlheggeness.bsky.social -- the black line is women's labor force participation this year
After a pandemic boost, women's labor force participation is falling again. Why? A combination of strict RTO policies and vanishing childcare funding: time.com/7306896/wome...
Falling funding for domestic violence support groups is leading to shuttered shelters, closed hotlines, and a reduction in resources for survivors.
"People are going to die," one advocate told me.
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I sat through an all-day FDA hearing on fluoride supplements so you didn't have to! Dentists, doctors, and, um, science, were on the defensive.
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I wrote about the seniors who are "too rich" for Medicaid but too poor to afford the long-term care they need. Their numbers are growing as the country ages and will likely grow more with Medicaid cuts.
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In many states, one health insurer has a monopoly on the market. That drives up prices and worsens care. In Alabama, BCBS has 94% market share.
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Rural hospitals are closing across the country. Why? It's probably not what you think.
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Violence in intimate relationships increased 7-10% in regions that added abortion restrictions after Dobbs, a new study finds: time.com/7295172/abor...
“I have gone down to Haiti nine times, and I have never seen the level of decay that I saw when I worked in Florida,” one dentist told me, about Floridian teeth.
America’s teeth are in bad shape, and dentists say that looming policy changes like Medicaid cuts and bans on fluoridation will make them even worse. time.com/7291226/amer...
Learn more about 81 here from an old piece by @alanasemuels.bsky.social
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and the need for better road systems from City Limits by @megankimble.bsky.social
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was just asked if the administration has cut any funding to autism. The answer is yes:
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Americans spend countless hours on the phone battling with their health insurance companies.
It's time for the employers who buy these health insurance policies to do something about it:
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