Tag: health care

Dr. Erik Unruh knew he wanted a career that would allow him to make an impact. He kept coming back to medicine.  “It’s not a secret that medicine can be challenging to navigate, both as…

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 67-year-old male in relatively good health. I exercise regularly (four times a week). I have been taking medication for hypertension, which is getting much better since I started a…

Crews tear up a section of the old parking lot in front of the Medical Arts Building at 826 E. Madison Ave. in preparation for a new lot, as seen at right. The overhang on…

Nationally, more and more Americans have been enrolled in health insurance since the Affordable Care Act was implemented. But no longer in Kansas, which now has a higher uninsurance rate than the national average rate…

According to the most recent data from Pew Research Center, National Election Studies, Gallup, ABC/The Washington Post, CBS/New York Times and CNN polls, only one-fifth of Americans say they trust the federal government to do…

Two major hospital remodel projects are expected to be completed this month and have so far come in under budget. Crews are renovating two sites. Allen County Regional Hospital’s former labor and delivery unit is…

Every minute matters during an emergency. So when officials with Saint Luke’s Health System took over Allen County Regional Hospital, they were concerned that so many local residents chose to seek care — especially emergency…

A health clinic at Moran will close next month. The Allen County Regional Hospital and Saint Luke’s Health System announced the clinic’s closing on Thursday, although patients were notified in a letter earlier this month.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived at the White House promising to “build back” America, and legislation he’s signing Tuesday delivers a slimmer, though not insignificant, version of that once sweeping idea. Approved by…

It’s called “The Great Unwinding.” That’s what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have termed  a massive reversal of emergency health coverage incentives put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that many…