In a major President’s Day surprise, two of the Indianapolis areas’ leading health care institutions are joining forces. Community Health Network and Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County have established an innovative partnership between Wishard-Eskenazi Health and Community Health Network to place both systems and Indianapolis in the best possible position for health care […]
Less than a year from now, Indianapolis and Indiana’s newest hospital, Eskenazi Hospital, will open for business. The new hospital will be the successor to Wishard Hospital. The new hospital was made possible by a landslide vote of residents in 2009 and the generosity of Sidney and Lois Eskenazi who donated $40 million towards the […]
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says he’s confident the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutionality of the health care law. SEE ALSO: 6 Boys…
Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. SEE ALSO:Â Obama Rejects Money Tied To Fugitive The White House […]
SIERRA LEONE — Women are pouring into hospitals in Sierra Leone since the government waived fees for pregnant women and children. The efforts are having a striking impact, cutting into the mortality rate for pregnant women and reducing malaria death for children. Various countries in sub-saharan Africa have gone to some from of free healthcare and […]
Though the conditions of confinement have many negative effects on African-Americans, there seems to be at least one positive outcome of imprisonment: better health care. A research study published by Vanderbilt University sociologist Evelyn Patterson in 2010 shows state prisons are having a positive effect on the mortality rates of Black men. The Grio Reports: […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 51 Minutes. Audio©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Congressman Andre Carson spent nearly an hour talking with Afternoons with Amos listeners about Libya, jobs, the economy, getting the Justice Department more involved in issues of police abuse of power and civil rights violations in Indy, health care and lots more. Hear the complete […]
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Audio Included in Post. Runs 17 Minutes. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Crystal Thomas, Regional Director of the Department of Health and Human Services recently talked with Amos and Afternoons with Amos about the Open Enrollment period for Medicare. In the interview Thomas talks about positive changes in medicare as part of the new Health Care […]
(CNN) — After completing his second year of business classes at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama, in 2007, Joshua Armstrong decided to take a break from full-time studies. Armstrong, who had been insured through his parents’ health insurance policy, thought he would remain on that plan until he finished school and found a job offering […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 27 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. The “New” Wishard Hospital is under construction and under budget. Health and Hospital CEO Matt Gutwein and Vice-President Greg Porter appeared on Afternoons with Amos to report on the progress in constructing the New Wishard. Matt and Greg brought a mock-up of the new hospital […]
