Iris Telehealth
JANUARY 15, 2018
If you need medical care, the first thing you do is set a doctor’s appointment, right? But in some rural areas, basic healthcare needs aren’t met that simply. Imagine you’re living in Western Nebraska. Or Central Oklahoma. Or rural Maine. If there is a healthcare facility in the area, you’re in luck! And if the [ ] The post The Rural Healthcare Crisis You May Not Know About appeared first on Iris Telehealth.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 15, 2018
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” These were the words of William Shakespeare, and I have found them to be very true in my own life. I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes in 1989 at two years of age. It was very scary for my whole family, since at that time, very little was known about diabetes. This was especially true of my home country, Honduras, and in Central America, more broadly.
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 15, 2018
On January 1, 2018, an Obama-era excise tax on medical device manufacturers went back into effect following a two-year suspension. The 2.3 percent excise tax was originally imposed in 2013 to support the Affordable Care Act. Republicans voted to suspend the tax in 2016 and 2017, presuming that it would be completely eradicated before 2018. Many Democrats, including those from affected states like Minnesota and Massachusetts, also supported the suspension.
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