President Donald Trump donated his third quarter salary of $100,000 to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, a division of HHS, to aid efforts addressing the opioid epidemic, the White House confirmed Nov. 26 on Twitter.
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The Democratic Party is sounding the alarm "at all levels" that "Medicare for All" is a liability for the 2020 election, according to The New York Times.
Here are the healthcare plans the top five Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning on:
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., released a mental health plan Nov. 25 as part of her 2020 campaign for president.
San Francisco-based Dignity Health has rearranged jobs and avoided some layoffs announced last month at two California hospitals, union and hospital officials told the Ventura County Star.
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Lisa Oldham, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE, serves as Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Nursing Operations at Orange Regional Medical Center
Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, Ind., released a long-term care plan that proposes creating a $90 per day long-term care benefit, based on income, for adults over age 65.
Nurses nationwide should support Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to build a safer, healthier and more equitable society, according to an editorial written by Bonnie Castillo, RN, executive director of National Nurses United, published in The Hill.
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Lawrence Massa, former CEO of the Minnesota Hospital Association, died Nov. 22 from cancer, according to the West Central Tribune.