The Pentagon’s policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel when seeking reproductive care out of state was used 12 times during Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold of military promotions in protest of the policy.
The department spent a total of $44,791.20 on transportation and lodging expenses for service members seeking reproductive healthcare services such as abortion, in vitro fertilization services and egg retrieval.
“This could entail a service member traveling from their home station in one state or overseas location to a state where they can access non-covered reproductive healthcare services, and then returning home to that…
HAMILTON, ON — Health care professionals employed by Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) held concurrent information rallies today at all three hospital sites to draw attention to their demand for pay parity. The members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 273 also hand-delivered a petition to hospital management at Hamilton General to demand action on the staff recruitment and retention crisis that stems from their unfair pay – and which threatens the quality of patient care.
Staff at Hamilton General Hospital, Juravinski Hospital, and McMaster Children’s Hospital are being paid less than industry standards and other healthcare professionals in the region, and across provinces.…
Lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to improve medical care in Japan for US military personnel, families and Defense Department civilians amid ongoing concerns that the lack of access to care is forcing service members and federal civilian employees to leave the country.
The move follows efforts initiated last October by US Indo-Pacific Command and the Defense Health Agency to improve emergency medical services for Americans covered by a Status of Forces Agreement with Japan.
In a letter to the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs and director of the Defense Health Agency, the bipartisan group that includes the chairwoman…
When the public health emergency related to COVID-19 ended, so did continuous Medicaid health insurance coverage for many vulnerable US families. But in a process that has, as of March 19, dropped 11.19 million people, including 4.61 million children, many former beneficiaries may not know they’re losing coverage or that they may be eligible to get it back.
Utah at this point has the highest rate of “procedural” terminations, according to a state-by-state analysis by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, which used national data reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In Utah, 94%…