November 10, 2022
Tightening abortion laws reignite conversation around a permanent Child Tax Credit
As states take steps to tighten abortion laws, conversations have been reignited about how to best support families and babies. Many policy experts point to a permanent Child Tax Credit, made available to low- and no-income families, as one way to do that.
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A researcher's quest to make end-of-life care more equitable for Black Americans
Professor Karen Bullock has spent the last two decades studying what stops seriously ill Black patients and their families from getting the care they want in life and in death.
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Hoosiers can help reduce hospital strain by avoiding the ER when possible
Hospital capacity is strained in much of Indiana due to the early arrival of RSV and influenza, coupled with ongoing COVID-19 cases and critical health care worker shortages.
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SCOTUS seems unlikely to side with Marion County agency questioning civil rights precedent
Legal experts say after oral arguments on Nov. 8, they think the Supreme Court justices seem reluctant to undo decades of legal precedent when it comes to Medicaid beneficiaries' rights.
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Epidemiologist: Winter holidays expected to be 'pretty active COVID season'
Two new subvariants of the COVID-19 omicron strain are gathering steam nationally. Epidemiologists say cases of these subvariants are likely to peak during the holidays.
Read MoreNovember 4, 2022
Why doesn’t Indiana have more competition when it comes to health care and insurance providers?
Indiana has a small number of large health care provider networks that generally serve the entire state. Various studies demonstrate this may be the reasoning behind higher health care prices in Indiana. One listener wondered why Indiana doesn't have more competition.
Read MoreNovember 4, 2022
How effective are different policies at fighting medical debt? A researcher weighs in
Around 100 million people in the U.S. have health care debt totalling at least $140 billion.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2022
Upcoming flu season looks to be a bad one
Flu infections are on the rise as we head into what is projected to be one of the worst flu seasons in several years.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2022
Barred from Medicaid, some pregnant immigrants have few options for care
Immigrants in some states cant get Medicaid due to a federal law that bars many people on visas and green cards from receiving public assistance, including Medicaid, for their first five years in the country.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2022
New grant to fund opioid study of racial disparities in Indianapolis
The IU School of Public Health in Bloomington has received a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the role of structural racism in stigmatization and deaths from opioid use in the Indianapolis African American community.
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