The two Indianapolis women met at a summer camp for children with sickle cell and now advocate for others who have the chronic blood disease.
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‘Mistreated in health care’: Sickle cell advocates rally at Indiana Statehouse
The majority of Indiana’s patients are Black residents in Lake and Marion counties who are on Medicaid.
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‘We can help people’: Indy barber tackles high blood pressure for Black customers
“I want to live to see my kids grow old,” one patient said.
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ACA enrollment grows as Indiana unwinds Medicaid coverage
This article was originally published by Indiana Capital Chronicle, a Free Press Indiana partner. By Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle Hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers recently transferred into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, many of them first-time users of the program. Part of that growth is likely due to Indiana’s unwinding of Medicaid coverage, or the review […]
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‘I was so overly excited’: New eastside pharmacy accepts all Medicaid plans
The location is open to the public, but primarily services people covered by Medicaid.
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‘Black women aren’t being heard’: Helping new moms prepare for birth
Indiana has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. The majority of those deaths are Black women.
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Blocked for state award, Dr. Caitlin Bernard receives one from abortion rights group
Bernard became a national figure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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How Marion County will spend ‘unprecedented’ new public health funding
Spending priorities include maternal and infant health and violence prevention.
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‘A significant spike’: Indy hospitals see surge of flu, COVID-19, RSV patients
Health officials are asking people who have mild symptoms to use a pharmacy clinic or urgent care.
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It’s freezing. Here’s some info on warming centers, power outages and frozen pipes.
Indiana will continue to bear the brunt of a blistering winter storm that’s sweeping across the U.S. for the next several days.
