Tag Archives: Healthcare

New York City to invest $100 million a year to provide healthcare to undocumented, low-wage workers

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new healthcare plan for “all New Yorkers” to include illegal immigrants and low-wage workers that would cost the city $ 100 million a year. De Blasio made his announcement on Tuesday hours before President Trump was scheduled to air a national address regarding the government shutdown… Read More »

Daily on Healthcare: Pelosi wants to revive Obamacare provision Supreme Court struck down…Is Trump ready to sign off on plan to expand Obamacare?

Smart content. Deeper culture. Better access.  Be one of the first to subscribe to the Washington Examiner magazine. SIGN UP! If you’d like to continue receiving Washington Examiner’s Daily on Healthcare newsletter, SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://newsletters.washingtonexaminer.com/newsletter/daily-on-healthcare/ Pelosi wants to revive Obamacare provision Supreme Court struck down. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that Congress should require states… Read More »

Commentary: GSK, Pfizer and GE shift away from diversification in latest round of health-care deals

GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and General Electric all made key announcements Wednesday signaling that health-care companies are shifting to focus their businesses on their greatest strengths and abandoning the diversification strategies that have characterized health care for the past two decades.

As many as 1 in 6 healthcare workers are immigrants, JAMA shows

About one in six medical professionals in the United States are immigrants from other countries, according to new research published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. And they often fill employment gaps left by a dearth of American-born workers, concentrated largely in rural and community markets, which have a tougher time attracting talent.… Read More »