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New Data Shows Health Care Policy and Costs Top of Mind for Consumers Leading Up to 2020 Presidential Election

October 14, 2020

Sapphire Digital Survey Reveals Consumers’ View of Health Care Price Transparency and How Health Care Policy Will Influence Their Vote

Sapphire Digital, a leader in empowering consumers to make better choices that deliver health care savings, today announced survey results assessing consumer views on the health care system and health care policy leading up to the 2020 presidential election. The findings reveal health care policy will influence 79% of U.S. adults’ votes in the election, with 50% of those consumers reporting health policy will most influence or heavily influence their votes compared to other policy issues. Additionally, more than one-third (34%) of adults surveyed report they would like to see both presidential candidates prioritize lowering care costs leading up to the election.

For years, health care costs have been on the rise and the recent financial impact of COVID-19 has made cost concerns even more prominent. With consumers looking to

Mountain Health hospitals revert to ‘no visitation’ policy | Wc News

October 14, 2020

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HUNTINGTON — Mountain Health Network announced Monday that, as of 6 p.m., its “no visitation” policy will again be in effect for both Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center due to an increase in community spread of COVID-19.

“This was a difficult decision, as we know the importance family plays in a patient’s recovery. But after considering what was best for our patients and employees, it was a decision we had to make,” said Dr. Hoyt Burdick, chief clinical officer for Mountain Health Network, in a release. “As community spread increases, we must adapt our policies in order to preserve everyone’s safety. We truly appreciate the community’s understanding and cooperation.”

The following restrictions are in place for both hospitals until further notice:

No one will be permitted to accompany or visit a patient in the hospital with few exceptions. This restriction also applies to many persons previously considered

The Great Barrington Declaration: Capitalism’s global policy of herd immunity

October 14, 2020

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“Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus as a threshold of vaccination is reached. Herd immunity is achieved by protecting people from a virus, not by exposing them to it. Never in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy for responding to an outbreak, let alone a pandemic. Allowing a dangerous virus that we don’t fully understand to run free is simply unethical. It’s not an option.” – Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization press brief, October 12, 2020.

The director-general’s opening remarks come as a response to an announcement made last week of the Great Barrington Declaration, an international proposal written and signed at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on October 4.

The declaration advocates an approach to herd immunity called “focused protection,” where

Mental Wellness Day: Experts Canvass Implementation of Mental Health Policy

October 13, 2020

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By Funmi Ogundare

Stakeholders weekend converged on Zoom for the third Olashore International School (OIS) mental wellness summit with the theme ‘Mental Wellness: A Central Pillar of Adolescent Wellbeing’, where they called for the implementation of the framework of the mental health policy in Nigeria.

The programme was part of efforts to commemorate the World Mental Health Day, usually held on October 10 every year.

Such framework they said would help parents, caregivers, school administrators and other stakeholders to develop a better understanding of, and better address the mental health issues that negatively affect young people.

In her keynote address, the Executive Director, The Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, World Health Organisation (WHO), Ms. Helga Fogstad, said supporting the mental health of adolescents is crucial, as it helps to improve the quality of life, strengthens human capital, prevents the condition of harm and enhances their skills development.

“The

Mountain Health hospitals revert to ‘no visitation’ policy | News

October 12, 2020

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HUNTINGTON — Mountain Health Network announced Monday that, as of 6 p.m., its “no visitation” policy will again be in effect for both Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center due to an increase in community spread of COVID-19.

“This was a difficult decision, as we know the importance family plays in a patient’s recovery. But after considering what was best for our patients and employees, it was a decision we had to make,” said Dr. Hoyt Burdick, chief clinical officer for Mountain Health Network, in a release. “As community spread increases, we must adapt our policies in order to preserve everyone’s safety. We truly appreciate the community’s understanding and cooperation.”

The following restrictions are in place for both hospitals until further notice:

No one will be permitted to accompany or visit a patient in the hospital with few exceptions. This restriction also applies to many persons previously considered

West Virginia health system again enacts no-visitor policy

October 12, 2020

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia health system is again banning visitors from its hospitals as community spread of the coronavirus increases in the region, network officials say.

Mountain Health Network announced Monday that most visitors will not be allowed in its medical centers, including at St. Mary’s in Huntington, one of the largest hospitals in the state, news outlets reported.

Essential caregivers will be allowed for patients in labor and delivery, in the pediatrics unit and in the neonatal units, officials said. Patients nearing the end of their life also will be allowed limited visitors, according to a statement from the system.

At urgent care centers and emergency rooms, only one patient will be allowed in an exam room, though a parent or guardian can accompany minors.

The policy was first enacted in March as the virus began to spread, but it was lifted in June with

Mountain Health hospitals revert to ‘no visitation’ policy | Coronavirus

October 12, 2020

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HUNTINGTON — Mountain Health Network announced Monday that, as of 6 p.m., its “no visitation” policy will again be in effect for both Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center due to an increase in community spread of COVID-19.

“This was a difficult decision, as we know the importance family plays in a patient’s recovery. But after considering what was best for our patients and employees, it was a decision we had to make,” said Dr. Hoyt Burdick, chief clinical officer for Mountain Health Network, in a release. “As community spread increases, we must adapt our policies in order to preserve everyone’s safety. We truly appreciate the community’s understanding and cooperation.”

The following restrictions are in place for both hospitals until further notice:

No one will be permitted to accompany or visit a patient in the hospital with few exceptions. This restriction also applies to many persons previously considered

Trump’s Illness and the Need for a Reset on U.S. Coronavirus Policy

October 7, 2020

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COVID-19 surged across the U.S. South in July and August, becoming the newest epicenter of the pandemic. During the summer of 2020, more than 20 percent of the entire world’s new COVID-19 cases occurred in the southern states led by Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and Arizona.

Reasons for the summer rise in cases have been debated, but for me it was relatively straightforward: the White House Coronavirus Task Force insisted that the individual states lead and chart their own COVID-19 destiny, while the federal government would back them up with manufacturing support. This was a failed strategy from day one. Individual states lacked the expertise to contain the virus, and they needed the smoke screen of the Department of Health and Human Services for the governors to justify unpopular measures for virus containment

Despite a southern summer peak of COVID-19, there was still a chance to quell the epidemic. By

Health Policy & Law Daily News Service

October 6, 2020

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Whitmer shifts nursing home policy with new ‘care and recover centers’

October 2, 2020

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Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration moved Wednesday to select centers under stricter guidelines to help care for elderly individuals with COVID-19, altering a policy that’s drawn criticism during the pandemic.

Whitmer’s office announced an executive order Wednesday evening establishing what it called “care and recovery centers.” Whitmer’s administration made the changes five months after initially signing an executive order establishing “regional hubs.”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (Photo: Paul Sancya, AP)

The regional centers — wings, units or buildings located in existing nursing homes across the state — will have to meet additional safety and preparedness standards compared to the state’s past regional hubs, which were put in place at the height of the pandemic to care for individuals discharged from hospitals or residing in facilities that couldn’t properly isolate them.

Existing regional hubs could potentially qualify as new “care and recovery centers,” also known as CRCs.

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