Medicaid, which is jointly funded by federal and state tax dollars, covers more than 73 million Americans. Many GOP and Democratic states agreed to expand Medicaid under the health law. The incoming administration has stated an interest to restructure how Medicaid coverage for poor Americans is financed by giving block grants of money to states.

HealthCetera's Kristi Westphaln,PNP, #AdverseEffects segment reports on the potential impact of restructuring how Medicaid is financed and the potential impact this might have on providing health care access to children insured by Medicaid.

December 2016, the U.S. Department of Veterans […]

Republicans have no firm plan for replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Many women are concerned an ACA repeal will have a negative impact on their reproductive health. For women, one of the biggest benefits of the Affordable Care Act has been access to no-cost birth control.

Republicans don't need to repeal Obamacare in full to deny women access to no-cost contraception. Rather, they need only to remove birth control from the list of preventative services providers are required to cover without co-pay.

HealthCetera's Barbara Glickstein interviewed certified nurse midwife Christa Palancia Esposito C.N.M., M.S. on the impact on girls and women if the birth control mandate is repealed. Ms. Palancia Esposito is a Visiting Instructor at Fairfield University Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is a practicing nurse midwife at Women’s Health Care of Connecticut in Trumbull, CT.

Lots of people are saying they’re depressed over the outcome of the 2016 elections. A low level anxiety about the future and feelings of deep concern over our country’s support for a new president who has expressed bigotry and misogyny has led to some people saying, “I’m so depressed.” But for those who have experienced […]

The recent death of movie star Debbie Reynolds just a day after her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, died from a heart attack, focused attention on a condition known as broken heart syndrome.   It’s a real medical affliction, called stress-induced cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy. And it can strike even healthy people. It’s physical symptoms mimic a […]

“What if mental disorders were caused by electrical changes in the brain?” At TEDMED 2016, Kafui Dzirasa MD, PhD., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University explained why mental disorders like bipolar disorder and other mental disorders are more than just chemical imbalances. Dr. Kzirasa is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist. He’s also […]

So many inspiring stories gathered at this year’s TEDMED 2016 What if?event. Meet this TEDMED attendee who is a nurse poet and storyteller. Honestly, it seemed like every person I met there embraced the arts with their science. When OB/GYN clinical nurse and nurse educator Michele Reisinger, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, goes about her clinical work and […]

Priya Raja is a second year medical student at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and this year is a fellow in the Stanford-ABC News Fellowship in Media and Global Health. She’s policy focused and understands the power of multimedia and storytelling in influencing health and health policy. As a fellow, she spent […]

Being at this year’s TEDMED fired up neurons in my brain that haven’t been turned on ever or for quite awhile. Innovative ideas in science, medicine, music, art and techno-fashion will do that to you.   The theme was “What if?” described by Jay Walker, chairman of TEDMED, as the “two words of the scientific imagination.” […]

Data from the US Department of Health and Human Services National Assessment of Adult Literacy estimates that approximately 77 million Americans are currently at risk for low health literacy.   From a refugee family who arrives to a health care visit with minimal English speaking skills to an English speaking family attempting to understand a […]