WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Young Invincibles, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Thursday, a federal appeals court blocked the Save on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan in its entirety, preventing forgiveness and manageable student loan payments for millions of borrowers. This news comes shortly after lawsuits in Missouri and Kansas issued injunctions, challenging the SAVE plan, specifically aspects that lowered payments and issued immediate cancellatio  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * April Lunch and Learn: The Nomad life By Tammy Worth One of the major perks of being a freelance writer is being untethered to an office, allowing us to create and manage our own schedules. Some writers have learned how to take this to the next level by living in other countries or spending months traveling while they work. In our April Lunch and Learn, we feature  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * Conversation with Medicare Director Focuses on Drug Price Negotiations By Prerna Mona Khanna, M.D., MPH, California Health Journalism Fellow In this Q&A session at Health Journalism 2024, Meena Seshamani, director of the Center for Medicare at CMS, provided updates on negotiations and implementation of Medicare's historic prescription drug price negotiations, impl  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * How Journalists Can Navigate Libraries and Databases to Find Stories By Shi En Kim, AHCJ Freelance Travel Fellow Troves of information are available online for reporters to access without having ever to leave our seats -- if you know where and how to look. The HJ24 session, "Mining library resources and honing your database skills to get the story," was a jam-pa  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 20 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 18, 2024: * * * Largest Survey of Trans People Shows Satisfaction With Choices Despite Sharp Disparities By Marijke Rowland, California Health Fellowship The lead researcher for the largest survey of transgender people ever conducted in the United States shared preliminary findings with reporters at Health Journalism 2024 last month. The 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey polled more t  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * Lifting Up the Voices of Black Moms When Covering Maternal Health By Candice Wilder, Equity in Health Journalism Fellowship Listening to the voices of Black mothers has become even more critical in the context of America's maternal health crisis. In 2022, there were approximately 22 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the United States --   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * May Lunch and Learn: Find the Right Mix of Assignments By Barbara Mantel Finding the right mix of assignments can be a challenge. In our May Lunch and Learn, participants discussed their strategies for making sure they have plenty of work without getting overwhelmed. Covering conferences One participant who regularly covers conferences for a client said these a  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 20 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 18, 2024: * * * Millions Burdened by the Cost of Long-Term Care By Breanna Reeves, Equity in Health Journalism Fellowship Robert Ingenito became his father's primary caregiver in 2018 as his then-88-year-old father began to age, and went on to experience a mild stroke and fractured hip. Ingenito's experience as a caregiver who faced the financial challenges of caregiving kicked o  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * Patient Advocates Say New Nursing Home Staffing Standards Don't Go Far Enough By Liz Seegert You may have heard (or even written about) the new minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, finalized on April 22. "Controversial" is only one of many adjectives that has been used to describe the regulations, which require a minimum of 3.48 hours of nursin  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * Polio Eradication Faces New Obstacles By Beth Howard, AHCJ Freelance Health Journalism Travel Scholarship recipient At Health Journalism 2024 in June, panelists explored the ongoing global effort to combat polio and improve vaccination rates. Fabien Diomande, M.D., M.Sc., who leads polio eradication efforts at the Task Force for Global Health, offered some perspe  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 21 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 19, 2024: * * * Problem Gambling on the Rise as More States Legalize Sports Betting By Suzanne King, Kansas-Missouri Health Journalism Fellowship Before Ted Hartwell became the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling's executive director, he was a founding cellist with the Las Vegas Philharmonic. His career change came after Hartwell almost lost it all gambling. "About 17 years ago,  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 20 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: A recent report found that 67% of family caregivers of older adults struggle to balance their jobs and caregiving roles, leading to serious ramifications for employers and the economy. The report from S&P Global and AARP, highlights the push-pull many caregivers face due to lack of family-friendly policies or cohesive community-based services and supports: * 27% of working caregivers  more