More than 250 Montana medical professionals sign letter supporting CI-128
More than 250 Montana medical professionals signed on to a letter released Thursday in support of Constitutional Initiative 128, the proposed amendment to enshrine abortion protections in the state Constitution which voters will decide on November’s ballot. “We physicians and medical professionals can’t sit by while politicians continue their attacks on critical reproductive rights and […]
Opinion | From statehouse to White House, health care is on the ballot
As a physician, I know that voting is critical to protecting and advancing health care. To me and many of my colleagues in medicine who practice in Wisconsin, elections are critical to the health, well-being and security of the patients we serve. From president down to state legislator to local elected positions, the votes we […]
Healthcare providers launch $550,000 ad buy targeting Republican state representatives
The Committee to Protect Health Care, a national collective of doctors, healthcare professionals and health advocates announced a $550,000 ad campaign in Michigan on Tuesday, while targeting 12 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives. Alongside the ad campaign the committee will mobilize health care communicators across the state for press availability, local organizing, forums […]
Guest column: Health care mergers bad medicine for patients
In recent years, we’ve seen a surge in health care mergers, with big hospital systems buying up smaller physician practices. Over half of all physicians are now employed by hospitals and health systems. When a hospital system acquires a small physician’s office, the cost of care increases on average by 14.1%. That’s because, when the […]
Committee to Protect Health Care Announces Third Round of Endorsements for Congress
The Committee to Protect Health Care today announced its third round of endorsements for U.S. Congress. The designated candidates were selected because of their commitment to health care issues, including those such as: Defending the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and Medicare; Protecting the Inflation Reduction Act and its provisions empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription drug […]
More than 800 Missouri medical professionals sign letter in support of abortion amendment
Two Missouri OB-GYNs said family planning has become increasingly anxiety-inducing for many patients, especially those with high-risk pregnancies, since abortion was outlawed in 2022. Dr. Betsy Wickstrom says she’s still lacking clarity on what constitutes a medical emergency under Missouri’s abortion ban, despite the law having been in place for more than two years. In […]
Arizona’s abortion restrictions actively harm women and their doctors
According to March of Dimes, nearly 7 million people of reproductive age live in a county that is considered a maternity care desert as of 2022. About 2.2 million of those people live in an area with no hospital providing obstetric care, no birth center and no obstetrics providers. Photo via Getty Images This year […]
Democrats in U.S. Senate, House races win endorsements from health care advocacy group
A health care advocacy group is endorsing 17 Democrats for U.S. Senate and House races who will support abortion rights, Medicaid and other initiatives. “The Committee to Protect Health Care is proud to endorse these candidates because of their commitment to protecting and expanding access to affordable health care,” said Rob Davidson, Executive Director of […]
La Crosse providers ask Trump about abortion stance
The former president, who has frequently espoused conspiracy theories about the 2020 election — which he lost in Wisconsin by about 20,000 votes to Democratic President Joe Biden — declared “we’re not going to have a country” if he does not win in November. In a release before the event, a number of La Crosse […]
Proposed Illinois law would create board to help tackle high prescription drug prices; doctors, patients weigh in
People had plenty to say at a third town hall about the cost of prescription drugs in Illinois on Tuesday. “It was insulting. It was insulting to me as an individual. You can’t respect my need for those medications, and just think of all this people who don’t have that advocacy,” said Mary Rothschild, a […]
