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Pennsylvania: Retooling for Geographic, Racial and Ethnic Growth .
Executive Summary
Pennsylvania is growing older and very quickly. The Commonwealth faces an unprecedented demographic shift similar to the super aging of our country and that of the world. Of its 12,801,989 residents, 40% are 50 years of age and older and 18.7% are over the age of 65. The Commonwealth is ranked eighth in the
USA in terms of the percent of its population who are 65 and older and the number of older adults is expected to exponentially increase as 79% of the population is greater than 18 years of age. This dramatic demographic trend has significant impact for all aspects of society, including ensuring healthy aging for all its residents.
Single-Payer Reform and Rural Health in the United States: Lessons from Our Northern Neighbor
Abstract
Single-payer health reform has secured its place in the mainstream American health policy debate, yet its implications for particular subpopulations or sectors of care remain understudied. Amidst many unanswered questions from policymakers and political pundits, rural health has emerged as one such area. This article explores rural Canada’s five-decade-long experience with a national publicly funded health insurance program as a valuable opportunity for cross-national learning. During March 2020, I conducted 13 semi-structured, elite stakeholder interviews with government officials, academic researchers, rural hospital executives, public health association leaders, rural health administrators, and representatives from provincial medical, hospital, and physician associations in Ontario. I found that a single-payer model confers notable advantages over a market-based model, includ
When will ICE detainees get vaccinated? I don t know, state official says
Palm Springs Desert Sun
Murkiness surrounding how the people held in federal immigration detention centers in California will get vaccinated, and who will administer those shots, is frustrating some Democratic legislators and immigrant advocates.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has said the federal government is allocating COVID-19 vaccines for immigrant detainees to state and local health departments. State officials, meanwhile, have not provided any proposals for vaccinating this population.
“It’s clear that public health authorities at the state and local level have at least some role to play, whether it’s providing the vaccine or simply being involved in the coordination and distribution of the vaccine,” said Hamid Yazdan Panah, advocacy director for Immigrant Defense Advocates. “At the very least, public health officials have a role to play in terms of providing information and ed
Some immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been receiving COVID-19 vaccines a move that could stoke Republican fears about illegal immigrants being prioritized over American citizens.