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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. The asset limit for a household would be $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 per couple.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Written by Pat Moody on Moody on the Market When it comes to healthcare, and primary care in particular, it has become increasingly difficult to remain successful as a small, independent practice. The good doctors say that to state that stepping outside of the traditional box of healthcare has been challenging would be an understatement.

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Federal Marijuana Rescheduling: States Get Ready

FDA Law Blog

Governors, state cannabis regulators, law enforcement groups and local governments weighed in, as did marijuana advocates and opponents, marijuana industry associations, Members of Congress, federal law enforcement groups, healthcare and human rights groups, unions and trade associations, and private individuals. 53,688 (Aug.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

The PR first sets out to establish that it has authority to regulate in vitro diagnostic “test systems” as devices, and not just the system’s individual components, such as reagents, instruments, specimen collection devices, and software. Specific features of the PR will foreseeably yield new bases for challenge.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. Race, racism, and racial inequality have tangible impacts on people’s livelihoods, much less their experiences in the healthcare system. 2016 Jul;91(7):916-20. September 12, 2018.

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It Takes Three [Components] to Make a Thing Go Riiiiiight – OPDP Challenges Two-Part Ad

FDA Law Blog

Component 1 was a disease state component – identified as “The Journey Forward: Ryan Murphy” or “The Journey Forward: Allysa Seely.” (Note that Allysa Seely is a Paralympian gold medal triathlete, and swimmer Ryan Murphy is a 2016 Olympian and gold medalist.)

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Episode 213: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 13 – Centering Asian Americans: Racism, Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Fields Guests: Thu Quach, PhD, and Tung Nguyen, MD Time Stamps 00:00 Introduction 04:00 How Dr. Thu Quach’s and Dr. Tung Nguyen’s journeys shape their work 11:40 Policy work as a way of mitigating burnout 12:55 Balancing individual and communal focus (include?) Women of Color Against Violence, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2016, pp.