Just over a million people in Wisconsin are covered by health insurance through Medicaid programs, the majority through BadgerCare Plus. Thanks to a federal provision, those who signed up for […]
ProPublica’s Caroline Chen – Science Journalist in Residen...
Every school term, UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications and University Communications invites a science writer to campus as the Science Journalist in Residence. This provides that person a […]
Nursing Homes and COVID-19
Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine changes direction, at least a little bit, from our typical science-related topics. But it does relate to the coronavirus. Why were nursing homes hit so […]
Maternal Health Care in Rural Wisconsin
According to national statistics, more than 54% of rural counties have no hospital-based obstetrics services, leaving 18 million reproductive-age rural women without access to care. Here in Wisconsin, there are […]
Physician Calls for Creation of a Patients’ Union
Hooman Norchashm is a cardio-thoracic surgeon in Philadelphia who has gotten fed up with the way his medical profession — and other health-related industries, such as insurance companies — treat […]
What to Know About the Health Insurance Open Enrollment Period
Wednesday marks the first day of open enrollment in health care plans through the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, for 2018. Despite GOP efforts over the past months to repeal […]
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