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National

'Horrible' Minn. Shooting; 1 Dead, 4 Injured; Suspect 'No Stranger' To Police

10:16pm February 09, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke said police were "very familiar" with the suspect, a local man. He described Gregory Paul Ulrich, 67, as having a "history of conflict."

Juan Lopez Aguilar (left), a Maya man who fled violence in Guatemala three years ago, tells Dr. Nick Nelson he fears returning to the land of his birth. "There are a lot of gangs," he tells the doctor. "They want to kill people in my community."

Medical Clinics That Treat Refugees Help Determine The Case For Asylum

8:30am July 10, 2018

by Anna Gorman

It often falls to health care providers to discern whether the asylum-seekers who say they've been tortured or persecuted in their homeland bear physical and psychological evidence of that harm.

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Inside the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in its earliest days. The clinic opened on June 7, 1967, and treated 250 patients that day. It's motto, then and now: "Health care is a right, not a privilege."

A 1960s 'Hippie Clinic' In San Francisco Inspired A Medical Philosophy

6:00am December 30, 2017

by Carrie Feibel

Fifty years ago a community health clinic first opened its doors as a safe, sympathetic space for countercultural youth. Today its motto is the same: "Health care is a right, not a privilege."

When deductibles and copays are high, quite a few people with insurance turn to free clinics for care.

For The Insured But Cash-Strapped, Free Health Clinics Still Have A Place

5:57pm April 19, 2016

by Michelle Andrews

Although many people thought the federal health law would reduce the need for free clinics, low-income people with high deductibles and copays still frequent the clinics for routine care.

Women can get a free pregnancy test and a free ultrasound at the clinic, as well as counseling regarding three options — parenting, adoption and abortion. The clinic will not refer clients for abortions.

California Law Adds New Twist To Abortion, Religious Freedom Debate

12:36pm November 05, 2015

by Kelly McEvers

A California law will soon require pregnancy centers that oppose abortion to provide notice to their clients of the availability of abortion services in the state. Clinics are crying foul — and suing.

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Coordinating care for high-risk patients was expected to save money and improve quality of care. A Medicare experiment didn't pan out.

Health & Safety

Experiment In Coordinated Care For Medicare Failed To Show Savings

12:05pm July 27, 2015

by Jay Hancock

The test aimed to help high-risk Medicare patients navigate the health care maze. But after three years, expected improvements in quality and savings failed to materialize.