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- 1Women veterans say military healthcare system fails them at home▼Women fight America’s wars. The military healthcare system fails them at home
A new opinion piece argues that women who serve in America's wars are being let down by the military healthcare system once they return home. It highlights a gap between women's growing role in the armed forces and the support and medical care available to them as veterans, prompting renewed debate over how the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs serve female service members.
- 2US Healthcare Crisis Fuels Call for Universal Public Health Insurance●US Healthcare Crisis: Universal Public Health Insurance Is the Answer
A Bloomberg opinion piece argues that universal public health insurance is the answer to the United States' ongoing healthcare crisis. The article contends that millions of Americans face unaffordable care and gaps in coverage, and that a publicly funded universal system would address these failures. The argument feeds into a long-running American debate over single-payer healthcare versus the current mixed public-private model.
- 3Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Prison Healthcare System's Fate●US Supreme Court receives arguments about fate of prison healthcare system
The US Supreme Court has heard arguments concerning the future of a prison healthcare system, a case that could determine how medical care for incarcerated people is run and funded. Reports from the proceedings focus on what the ruling may mean for prison conditions and inmates' constitutional right to adequate medical treatment.
- 4Leidos Wins $129 Million ICE Health Records Support Contract●Leidos Wins $129 Million ICE Electronic Health Records Support BPA
Technology firm Leidos has won a $129 million blanket purchase agreement to support electronic health records systems for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Under the deal, Leidos will provide technical and operational support for medical record systems used across ICE detention facilities. The contract adds to Leidos' large federal health IT portfolio and comes as immigration detention conditions and detainee medical care remain under scrutiny.
- 5Tulavi Therapeutics Wins Breakthrough Technology Designation from Premier●Tulavi Therapeutics Awarded Breakthrough Technology Designation for Synthetic Implantable Products with Premier, Inc.
Tulavi Therapeutics has been awarded a Breakthrough Technology Designation from Premier, Inc. for its synthetic implantable products. The designation, granted by the healthcare improvement alliance Premier, is intended to highlight promising new technologies for hospitals and health systems. The recognition could help accelerate adoption of Tulavi's synthetic implantable products across Premier's network of US healthcare providers.