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If there is one thing that can get always get people’s attention, it’s money. The U.S. is one of the highest spenders in the world when it comes to healthcare, with approximately $3.5 trillion spent in 2017 (Peter G. Peterson Foundation [PGPF], 2019). The cost of healthcare in the U.S. is continually growing (PFPF, 2019).Continue reading “The Cost of Sustainable Family-Planning Care”

Last week’s blog focused on the advantages of online or mobile applications used for family planning services, such as Nurx and Pill Club. However, along with the use of telehealth services comes the question of how these innovative companies are protecting patients’ private health information. Of course, every health care provider knows that patient informationContinue reading “Privacy in Telehealth”

Many women already find it difficult to make time for their health, and the shortage of clinics providing Title X funded care has made it even harder for low-income women to access family planning care. An overwhelming majority (99%) of women have used contraception of some form at some point in their life, and itContinue reading “Innovative Changes to Accessing Family Planning Care”

Many would argue that providing assistance to those in need is a fundamental value of the United States. For centuries, the government has been creating programs and policies on a federal level that seek to provide healthcare for those who cannot afford it on their own (Longest, 2010). The type of health insurance that aContinue reading “The Influence of the Public Sector on Women’s Healthcare”

The Title X program was enacted on a federal level in 1970 as the only federal grant program dedicated to providing family planning care (United States Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2019). In the 1960’s, it became clear that unintended pregnancies could cause financial hardship and poor health outcomes among women living inContinue reading “History and Those Writing It”

Health policy-making is a human endeavor, and as such, is inextricably linked with the ethics of those involved (Longest, 2010). A lesson learned early on by nursing students are the ethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence, and nonmaleficence (Longest, 2010). Each of these pillars has its own place in the world of health policy, andContinue reading “Ethics and Health Policy”