Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities

The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a hearing on “a whole-of-government approach” to tackling the opioid crisis.
The AHA today responded to a House Ways and Means Committee request for comments on priority topics as its Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force works to identify bipartisan policy options to improve care delivery and health outcomes in these communities.
The House Ways and Means Committee today requested input on priority topics for its Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force to consider as it works to improve care delivery and health outcomes in these communities.
A federal judge in Oregon Saturday temporarily blocked a presidential proclamation requiring most individuals seeking to enter the United States via an immigrant visa to have approved health insurance coverage within 30 days of entry.
In the AHA Stat Blog marking National Addiction Treatment Week, Raymond Waller, hospital administrator at Ascension Brighton Center for Recovery in Brighton, Mich., and 2020 chair of AHA’s Behavioral Health Council, urges readers to ask their members of Congress to cosponsor this AHA-supported…
Mercyhealth operates an emergency shelter in southern Wisconsin that also offers outpatient, behavioral health and other support services.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., died this morning due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges, his office announced today.
The suicide rate jumped 56% for Americans aged 10 to 24 between 2007 and 2017, and the homicide rate jumped 18% between 2014 and 2017 for the same population.
Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued the ruling in Franciscan Alliance, Inc. v. Azar.