Health Care News and Resources – Week of March 6, 2017

HEALTH INSURANCE

• End of Obamacare Could Mean Costly Changes for New York, from NCPR.
• With ‘Trumpcare’ On Horizon, Voters Go Wobbly on Repeal, from Kaiser Health News.

HOME HEALTH

• Advocates for Aging Call Homecare Worker Shortage a “Crisis,” from NCPR.

MEDICAID

• For New Medicaid Patients, The Doctor Is in (Generally), But You May Have to Wait, from Kaiser Health News.

OPIOID ABUSE

• Poll: More People Are Taking Opioids, Even as Their Concerns Rise, from NPR.

PALLIATIVE CARE

• Design Can Provide Comfort for Palliative Care, Hospice Care Patients and Families, from H&HN.