Recently the solution to decrease the wealth gap is to increase the living or minimum wage for workers. The Los Angelas City Council recently approved an increased minimum wage for hotel workers at establishments with at least 125 rooms to $15.37. New York Mayor de Blasio plans to sign an executive order to increase the … Continue reading
Recently CVS Health has entered partnerships with 41 different health systems that will connect their minute clinics with the electronic medical records of said health systems. The most recent of these agreements is with MedStar Health, an expansive and high quality medical system centered around the Baltimore and D.C. areas. This agreement between MedStar and … Continue reading
The Affordable Care Act is attempting to bridge the health disparity gap in mental health services of millions of people who were previously uninsured or whose policies did not include mental health coverage before. However, as millions of Americans now gain health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, the reality of the difficulties … Continue reading
Since Bill Clinton was elected into office, the minimum wage for tipped workers hasn’t changed. It’s been set at $2.13 an hour since 1991. Up until 1996, the tipped minimum wage was pegged to increase with increases in the minimum wage, but for nearly two decades that number has remained stagnant. To understand the tipped minimum … Continue reading
As star-studded protests are lining the streets of New York in Manhattan and on Wall Street, it appears that an international debate has been stirred about the importance of protecting the environment. However, while the United Nations met this week to discuss how this goal can be reached, the reality of a national debate in … Continue reading
This past Thursday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing at which the security of HealthCare.gov was again called into question. The catalyst for the line of questioning came in the form of a recently published report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggesting 28 different ways in which the Center for Medicare … Continue reading
On Tuesday September 16, Ukraine’s parliament ratified an association agreement with the European Union. The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France approved the deal on the same day, solidifying the prospect of free trade between the former Soviet state and the EU’s 28 members. While on the surface the accord appears a decisive step towards the … Continue reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to regulate laboratory diagnostic tests (LDTs) is gaining momentum, but also facing much criticism. The FDA recently informed Congress of their intent to regulate LDTs, which previously did not require FDA approval. The FDA has yet to release their draft guidance documents, but they are on track … Continue reading
During the past two weeks, one of the most catching statements on the American Internet service came from Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Chairman stated that Americans lack real choices among Internet service providers (ISP), with fewer than one in four American homes having access to two or more ISPs … Continue reading
Health care policy in our nation is a car with two engines and two drivers relentlessly pulling against each other, creating an incredible mess that will be a responsibility for those not driving to clean up. This endless tug-of-war is stopping anything from being accomplished, and it seems that neither side shows any signs of … Continue reading
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