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Just whether the persistence of high-cost care reflects good medicine, a deep human craving to cling to life, or both is unclear. But the rhetoric about “end-of-life” care has changed more than the reality. To the question -- Can we die in peace and with dignity? -- the answer is “not yet.”

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[OP-ED]: Can we die in…

For those of us who had hoped that American attitudes toward death were shifting in ways that would…
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Older Latinos tend to suffer more because of the language barrier in health care in the United States. Source: Latina Lista.
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LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN HEALTH
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Rep. Danica Roem (D-Prince William) sits with supporters of Medicaid expansion during Wednesday’s vote. Steve Helber/AP
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Virginia expands Medicaid
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Democratic Senator from New Jersey, Bob Menendez. Source: AP.
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'Severely Admonished'
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Seema Verma, now administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, guided her home state of Indiana to expand Medicaid eligibility under the governor at the time, Mike Pence, while emphasizing "personal responsibility." Credit Stephen Crowley / The New York Times
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No job, No Medicaid
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View of a poster during a protest by the Granny Brigade against the tax reform on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, outside the Trump Tower in New York (USA). EFE / ALBA VIGARAY
Policy
It never rains but it pours
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You can’t control the budget unless you’re willing to make changes in Social Security, Medicare and some other health programs.
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[OP-ED]: A budget primer --…
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A protester flies a flag burned May 1, 2017, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the general strike against the cuts, which coincides with May Day, International Labor Day. EFE
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[OP-ED]: Puerto Ricans Are…
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El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump (i), y la administradora de los Centros de los programas de seguros de salud Medicare y Medicaid, Seema Verma (d), durante un panel sobre el plan sanitario republicano en la Sala Roosevelt de la Casa Blanca en Washington, Estados Unidos,
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[OP-ED]: The national slush…
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Seema Verma, escucha al vicepresidente de EEUU, Mike Pence, tras tomar juramento como administradora de los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS), en la oficina Eisenhower de la Casa Blanca, en Washington, DC, EEUU. EFE
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[OP-ED]: Making Medicaid…