by Monty Self | May 18, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
A pregnant mother or newborn dies every seven seconds, according to new data from the World Health Organization. Tragically, these numbers have not improved over the last eight years. Internationally, we are seeing 1.9 million stillbirths, 2.3 million newborns die...
by Monty Self | May 15, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
California lawmakers voted on May 4 to loan $150 million to at-risk hospitals throughout the state in order to help prevent closures. This is partially in response to the Madera Community Hospital’s closure in December 2022, which left the county’s 160,000 residents...
by Monty Self | May 8, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Millions of U.S. adults went without necessary health care services in the last 12 months due to a lack of transportation. According to a new study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 21% of U.S. adults who do not have access to a vehicle or public...
by Michael Chancellor | May 2, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The aftershocks of the pandemic continue to challenge us in the area of mental health. However, it is unwise to place all the blame on the pandemic for the worsening mental health issues in the United States. Prior to the pandemic, rates of mental illness in the...
by Monty Self | Apr 13, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The U.S. was debating the merits of the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act in 2009 when, in the heat of debate, then Governor Sarah Palin proclaimed that the Democrat health care expansion plan would create “death panels.” ACA Section 1233 on “Advance Care...