Funding contracts for Planned Parenthood, Equality Health Center in Concord, Lovering Health Center in Greenland, Amoskeag Health in Manchester, and others are set to expire Wednesday – the last day of the 2021 state fiscal year.
Typically, whenever reproductive health centers exhaust their funding by the end of the fiscal year, the Executive Council approves a retroactive funding contract to cover the care that was provided after June 30.
This year, however, members of the Republican-dominated council said they might not approve those retroactive contracts until DHHS carries out an audit to ensure the organizations aren’t using state money toward abortions.
“I think it’s only prudent that we have this information before we’re actually approving a contract,” said Councilor Dave Wheeler, a Milford Republican.
Pandemic reveals health care inequity
Published: 4/17/2021 1:00:11 PM
As an African American nurse, health care provider, and public health worker, Bobbie Bagley says she has “lived it” from both sides. The “it” being the inequities and systemic racism that exist in the health care system inequities that have come under the spotlight of the pandemic as COVID-19 disproportionately affects people of color.
Inequities existed long before COVID-19 though, says Bagley, director of the Division of Public Health and Community Services for the city of Nashua. She recalls her mother’s experience in an emergency room after falling and suffering a pelvic fracture. “I was astonished at how she was treated. The nurse slammed the bed up; she was there for an injury. As a nurse myself, I thought maybe she’s tired or doesn’t like old people,” says Bagley. “This is what we do, we try to make excuses. The last place you try to go is it’s because I’m Black or Brown.”
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NH healthcare providers reporting say acceptance growing among staff
February 8, 2021
Dr. Peter Nashed receives his second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Concord Hospital.
In early January, some healthcare providers reported a third of their staff were opting out of the Covid-19 vaccine – a number concerning to some health officials, especially as new, more contagious mutations of the virus spread around the United States.
U.S health officials have warned that as the virus becomes more contagious, 70% to 90% of the population might need to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity.
Now, employers in the healthcare industry say that number is improving. With education and patience, many of the same fears and concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine have been allayed.