Hahnemann University Hospital is a tertiary care center in Center City, Philadelphia and the Center City Philadelphia teaching hospital of Drexel University College of Medicine.
This past Monday Ramsey County (MN) Judge William Leary ruled that trans people on medical assistance have the right to gender transition surgeries.
Transman Evan Thomas, 64, had sued the Department of Human Services over the ban on such services that had been in place.
Have you had family member or friend whose life has been saved by Medicare or Medicaid?
My mother had a quintiple bypass and would not be alive today without these important safety nets.
After reading BigAl's healthcare related essay yesterday did a little digging as this is a big issue for me. We have had to pay out around $15,000-20,000 out of savings in the last 5 years as opposed to over $120,000 had we had no coverage. Jakkalbessie and I both had big hospital events and extended treatment since we retired 12 years ago, and would have been bankrupt by now without our shitty teacher retirement healthcare that now has it's funding in question at the state level.
Seattle Children Hospital will open a clinic providing care to transgender youth on October 4.
The clinic, which will serve patients up to 21 years of age, will offer puberty blockers, hormone therapy, mental health support, and group discussions.
Military.com announced yesterday the release of a new TriCare policy which includes some coverage of treatment for transgender people. TriCare governs medical treatment for military members, their family, and retirees.
The move gives the health care system's regional contractors the go-ahead to cover some transgender care starting Oct. 6.
From just a glimpse at their name, one would have no reason to doubt the authenticity of an organization calling itself The American College of Pediatricians. Sounds legit, right?
But in your mind, what you are most likely confusing this organization with is the medical organization The American Academy of Pediatrics.
How does Wikipedia describe The American College of Pediatricians?
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a small, socially conservative advocacy group of pediatricians and other healthcare professionals in the United States.
The group was founded in 2002 by a group of pediatricians, including Joseph Zanga, a past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), as a protest against the AAP's support for adoption by gay couples.
For those of you interested in one of the best policy positions of the Democratic platform, medicare-for-all, it is on the ballot in Colorado this election year. ColoradoCare is universal coverage for Coloradans in an enhanced medicare-for-all type system that covers everyone and enhances benefits. Health care as a constitutional right in America coupled with landmark health care market reform. It may well get the thumbs up from the electorate for a 2019 launch date.
The New England Journal of Medicine has weighed in on how the bathroom issue affects the health of transgender people in an article entitled Beyond Bathrooms — Meeting the Health Needs of Transgender People by Mark A Schuster, Sari L. Reisner and Sarah E. Onorato which appeared in the July 14, issue.
On the ballot this November: ColoradoCare! http://www.coloradocare.org/
Finally, sanity. ColoradoCare eliminates the excessive costs and hassle for patients and their families, providers, businesses, employers, employees and entrepreneurs by eliminating the unnecessary middle man from our dysfunctional and unsustainable for profit health care insurance-based payment system and so much more.
