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Automakers Struggle to Understand Whether New US Bill Allows EV Tax Credits for Customers
US automakers and dealers are still trying to figure out if the $430 billion (roughly Rs. 34,23,000 crore) climate, health care and tax bill that the US House of Representatives is set to vote on Friday will continue to let them offer $7,500 (roughly Rs. 5,97,000) tax credits to would-be buyers of electric vehicles (EVs).
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Smartphone Sensor Data Could Determine Cannabis Intoxication With 90 Percent Accuracy: Study
New research says that smartphone sensors can be used to detect cannabis intoxication. The research, by Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, was published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal.
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"Quality Healthcare": Visuals Contradict Madhya Pradesh Policy Promise
Four separate videos of the poor conditions in Madhya Pradesh's government health care facilities show that the sector far removed from the state's policy promise of "high quality and affordable healthcare" irrespective of age, gender, and place.
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Doctors' Body Urges Centre To Relook Revised COVID-19 Discharge Policy
An association of doctors in West Bengal has shot off letters to the Union health ministry and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, making a case for a relook at the revised policy for discharge of coronavirus patients and setting up dedicated critical care units in COVID-19 hospitals of the state.
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Odisha Government Formulating New Health Policy And Vision 2025
With the Odisha government in the process of formulating a State Health Policy and Vision for 2025, chief district medical officers have been asked to collect suggestions from the people, a senior minister has said.
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US Judge Rules Obama's Signature Health Care Policy Unconstitutional
A U.S. federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional, a decision that was likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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A $6 Billion China Startup Wants To Be The Amazon Of Health Care
As soon as you're diagnosed as diabetic, ads for treatments show up on social feeds. You get alerts on health supplements, maybe nutrition tips. Prompts on insurance policies pop up on your phone.
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Bill Gates Calls On US To Lead Fight Against A Pandemic That Could Kill 33 Million
Bill Gates says the White House and Congress have failed to lead the nation and the world in preparing for the "significant probability of a large and lethal modern-day pandemic occurring in our lifetimes."
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Tamil Nadu Government Will Set Up Palliative Care Units
Even though, the state lacks a palliative care policy, the State Health Department recently announced that palliative care will be offered at all the government hospitals. Palliative care aims at improving the lives of patients and their families, who are suffering from life-threatening illness by reducing the pain and aiding through physical and ...
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Donald Trump's First 100 Days: A Chaotic Discovery Of Power
From his resounding setbacks in Congress to his stunning policy flip-flops, Donald Trump has faced a steep learning curve in his opening months at the White House.
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Free Health Screening To Start Initially In 100 Districts: Minister JP Nadda
A new health policy ensuring universal and comprehensive health care would be in place shortly and adequate funds would be provided to the states for its implementation, Union Minister J P Nadda said on Tuesday.
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National Health Policy Proposes Free Drugs, Diagnostics and Emergency Care Services
National Health Policy 2017 aims at providing affordable healthcare for all. The policy proposed free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency care services in all public hospitals.
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Obamacare Repeal Could Take Months; Replacement, Years: Republican Aides
Repealing Obamacare could take months and developing replacement health insurance plans could take years, senior Republican aides in the US Congress said on Thursday, discouraging talk of a quick end to the program after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20.
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Women's Rights In Danger In US: Gloria Steinem
Women's rights advocates must pay attention to threats in individual US states where policies could set back abortion availability and health care as much as the plans of President-elect Donald Trump, activist Gloria Steinem said on Thursday.
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Donald Trump Looks To Obamacare Critic, Indiana Expert To Overhaul Health Care
President-elect Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday he has chosen a vociferous Obamacare critic and an Indiana policy expert to help him overhaul the US healthcare system, a transition official told Reuters.
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Automakers Struggle to Understand Whether New US Bill Allows EV Tax Credits for Customers
US automakers and dealers are still trying to figure out if the $430 billion (roughly Rs. 34,23,000 crore) climate, health care and tax bill that the US House of Representatives is set to vote on Friday will continue to let them offer $7,500 (roughly Rs. 5,97,000) tax credits to would-be buyers of electric vehicles (EVs).
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Smartphone Sensor Data Could Determine Cannabis Intoxication With 90 Percent Accuracy: Study
New research says that smartphone sensors can be used to detect cannabis intoxication. The research, by Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, was published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal.
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"Quality Healthcare": Visuals Contradict Madhya Pradesh Policy Promise
Four separate videos of the poor conditions in Madhya Pradesh's government health care facilities show that the sector far removed from the state's policy promise of "high quality and affordable healthcare" irrespective of age, gender, and place.
-
Doctors' Body Urges Centre To Relook Revised COVID-19 Discharge Policy
An association of doctors in West Bengal has shot off letters to the Union health ministry and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, making a case for a relook at the revised policy for discharge of coronavirus patients and setting up dedicated critical care units in COVID-19 hospitals of the state.
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Odisha Government Formulating New Health Policy And Vision 2025
With the Odisha government in the process of formulating a State Health Policy and Vision for 2025, chief district medical officers have been asked to collect suggestions from the people, a senior minister has said.
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US Judge Rules Obama's Signature Health Care Policy Unconstitutional
A U.S. federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional, a decision that was likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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A $6 Billion China Startup Wants To Be The Amazon Of Health Care
As soon as you're diagnosed as diabetic, ads for treatments show up on social feeds. You get alerts on health supplements, maybe nutrition tips. Prompts on insurance policies pop up on your phone.
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Bill Gates Calls On US To Lead Fight Against A Pandemic That Could Kill 33 Million
Bill Gates says the White House and Congress have failed to lead the nation and the world in preparing for the "significant probability of a large and lethal modern-day pandemic occurring in our lifetimes."
-
Tamil Nadu Government Will Set Up Palliative Care Units
Even though, the state lacks a palliative care policy, the State Health Department recently announced that palliative care will be offered at all the government hospitals. Palliative care aims at improving the lives of patients and their families, who are suffering from life-threatening illness by reducing the pain and aiding through physical and ...
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Donald Trump's First 100 Days: A Chaotic Discovery Of Power
From his resounding setbacks in Congress to his stunning policy flip-flops, Donald Trump has faced a steep learning curve in his opening months at the White House.
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Free Health Screening To Start Initially In 100 Districts: Minister JP Nadda
A new health policy ensuring universal and comprehensive health care would be in place shortly and adequate funds would be provided to the states for its implementation, Union Minister J P Nadda said on Tuesday.
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National Health Policy Proposes Free Drugs, Diagnostics and Emergency Care Services
National Health Policy 2017 aims at providing affordable healthcare for all. The policy proposed free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency care services in all public hospitals.
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Obamacare Repeal Could Take Months; Replacement, Years: Republican Aides
Repealing Obamacare could take months and developing replacement health insurance plans could take years, senior Republican aides in the US Congress said on Thursday, discouraging talk of a quick end to the program after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20.
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Women's Rights In Danger In US: Gloria Steinem
Women's rights advocates must pay attention to threats in individual US states where policies could set back abortion availability and health care as much as the plans of President-elect Donald Trump, activist Gloria Steinem said on Thursday.
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Donald Trump Looks To Obamacare Critic, Indiana Expert To Overhaul Health Care
President-elect Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday he has chosen a vociferous Obamacare critic and an Indiana policy expert to help him overhaul the US healthcare system, a transition official told Reuters.
