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5 dni temu · “This is an exciting day for health and health care in Maryland,” said Health Services Cost Review Commission Chair Dr. Joshua Sharfstein. "Building on our strong legacy of innovation and our track record of national leadership, Maryland is working towards a health care system that provides accessible, affordable, and high quality clinical ...
1 dzień temu · Maryland: Abortion, already legal in Maryland, now is constitutionally protected. Read more. Colorado: "Colorado is already a regional hub for abortion access," Colorado Public Radio's Bente Birkeland reports. The amendment approved by voters would codify current legal protections and also allow the state to provide public funding, like ...
1 dzień temu · Nevada. On July 1, Nevada officials certified Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom’s abortion rights ballot initiative. It will appear on the November ballot. In late May, Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom submitted more than 200,000 signatures, surpassing the 102,362 signatures required by state law.
30 wrz 2024 · Oregon first legalized the practice in 1994. Since then nine other states and the District of Columbia have followed suit with similar laws. Technically, medical aid in dying is “the act of prescribing lethal medications to a consenting patient who can self-ingest them with the intent of hastening their death,” according to the Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology.
8 sty 2024 · In November, the immigrants’ rights group CASA announced that they will be pushing for the General Assembly to pass legislation to create accessible health care for all Marylanders, regardless of citizenship or employment status.
12 mar 2021 · The House of Delegates passed several bills Friday designed to bolster the state’s public health system. Some measures were born of the COVID-19 pandemic, others address historic racial disparities in government services, and others simply add to existing state programs.
The Maryland Primary Care Program has demonstrated how linking the public health system to primary care practices, paired with strategic financial and resource investments in primary care, can enable the delivery of high-value care and reduce acute hospital utilization.
