Ontario's premier has repeatedly pushed back in recent weeks against criticism that his government is not providing the province's hospital system with enough funding to address problems like hallway health care. That comes as the association that represents Ontario's hospitals is warning that funding uncertainty is causing critical financial strain.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
Trustees of the financiallys truggling Maimonides Hospital, located in heavily orthodox Jewish south Brooklyn, filed a lawsuit early this week to stop a government takeover of the 80-year-old medical facility. Maimonides' leadership plans to merge with the city's public hospital system - Health + Hospitals - converting the private, independent hospital into a city-run facility overseen by a board and president/CEO appointed by the mayor.
While NYSNA nurses are fighting for safe staffing, reverse staff and service cuts that harm patient care, stronger safety and workplace violence protections, guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence in patient care, and fair wages and benefits to recruit and retain enough nurses for quality care, the total compensation for Montefiore, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian CEOs, including salaries, benefits, and perks, increased by over 54% from 2020 to 2023 according to 990 tax filings
Yesterday, at 5:46PM, the Senate rejected a cloture vote on the Democratic continuing resolution, which in addition to funding government, would extend healthcare support and prohibit impoundment. It was a party line vote. Yesterday, at 6:41PM, the Senate rejected a cloture vote on the Republican continuing resolution. Three Democrats voted with 52 Republicans in favor: Catherine Cortez Masto John Fetterman Angus King Rand Paul voted with Democrats against. And so, at midnight, nonessential functions of the Federal government started to shut down.
Around 5% of a Travis County homeowner's property tax bill goes to Central Health. Those taxes must support health care for low-income and indigent residents. Central Health's new annual tax rate is 11.8 cents per $100 of valuation - an effective increase of more than 9% from last year. That means the average homeowner will pay around $64 more to Central Health on their next bill.
The alternative is strikes continue to hold back the NHS's recovery, the costs of industrial action slow down investment in new technology, equipment and additional specialty places, the changes that we all agree need to be made are blocked, and patients continue to be failed. From there, the public will conclude that Labour has failed on the NHS and they will elect a Reform government instead a party that has openly said it will replace the NHS with an insurance-based system.
The court ruled that the administration can continue to freeze or terminate billions of dollars that Congress had earmarked for foreign aid spending. In a 2-to-1 vote, a panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the plaintiffs in the case...did not have the legal standing to bring a lawsuit.
A UK government-funded study shows that without concerted action, increased rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could lead to global annual GDP losses of $1.7tn over the next quarter of a century.
Public health care money generally cannot be used to pay for abortions, but Medicaid patients go to Planned Parenthood for other needs in part because it can be difficult to find a doctor who takes the publicly funded insurance.
St Helier Hospital is getting a multi-million pound boost! After years of campaigning and a recent meeting with the Minister of Health by Merton Labour, vital upgrades are on the way to improve care and modernise our local hospital. This is a huge step forward for our local NHS, she said.
