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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care.

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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)

Medi-Cal Minimum Medical Loss Ratio – Increases the minimum medical loss ratio for managed care plans, commencing January 1, 2026. This means patients will no longer be automatically grandfathered in for medications that are not on—or are removed from—the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drug List (CDL). million total funds ($1.46

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Gun Violence

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Additional free firearm resources available at: The BulletPoints Project provides clinical tools for doctors and medical educators to help prevent firearm injury. Users also can share resources, like tips for helping survivors cope, and find local behavioral health services. Also view this guide.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

At that time, I was working on the opposition because my view was it was a false choice for people until they had a full array of services, including palliative care that was really not hospice and palliative care weren’t very well known or available in the early ’90s. Is your brain hurting yet with all these questions?

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. Health insurers issue millions of denials every year. But chemotherapy has also ravaged Tennant’s body and his quality of life.