The ACA requires insurance companies to provide new mothers with breast pumps and other equipment that is necessary to help them breast feed. Unfortunately, the law doesn’t specify the type or quality of the breast pumps to be provided, so the companies (with doctors’ recommendations) get to decide. This issue […]

On March 7th, Kathleen Sebelius of Health and Human Services announced that there has been a slowdown in medical spending since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare, Sebelius said, is due the credit for increased efficiency and slowed medical spending growth. “The health care law’s push for coordinated […]

Federal, state, and local governments regulate many aspects of health care. However, it is physicians, nurses, and other health professionals that provide care directly to patients.  The ever growing demands of an aging population have led to overfilled hospitals, struggling to avoid turning away patients, with some nurses caring for […]

In Colorado, a Latino baby is 63% more likely to die in the first year of life than a white baby. The mortality rate for black babies is more than 3 times the rate of white babies. The mortality rate for white babies in Colorado is lower than the national […]

Since the Newtown shooting, the national discourse on mental health and treatment has been at the forefront of political interest. Connecticut is currently reviewing a chance to improve mental health policies in public schools. While President Obama is developing a plan to provide $15 million for training school teachers and […]