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Embedded Bias: How Medical Records Sow Discrimination

    “Discrimination in health care is ‘the secret, or silent, poison that taints interactions between providers and patients before, during, after the medical encounter,’ said Dayna Bowen Matthew, dean of George Washington University’s law school….“The stereotypes that can find their way into patients’ records […]

Weekly News Roundup for Sep 26, 2022

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Shattered Dreams and Bills in the Millions: Losing a Baby in America

    “…because many crises that befall premature or very sick babies are in-the-moment emergencies, there may not be time for the preapprovals that insurers often require for expensive interventions. That leaves parents in crisis — or in mourning — tasked with fighting with insurers […]

Weekly News Roundup for Sep 19, 2022

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Letter to Feds: How to Fix Broken Medicare Advantage

    A new Health Justice Monitor commentary on the Medicare REACH ACO program.        Letter to Feds: How to Fix Broken Medicare Advantage   By James G. Kahn, MD/MPH   Summary Recently three leading progressive organizations (Just Care USA, Social Security Works, and […]

Weekly News Roundup for Sep 12, 2022

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