What We're Reading: The Future of Right-to-Die Initiatives
What we're reading, November 10, 2016: right-to-die supporters start eyeing the next states; healthcare winners and losers after the election; and women are promoting birth control access before the Affordable Care Act is dismantled.
On Election Day, Colorado approved an initiative that would provide access to life-ending medications for terminally ill patients.
There is a lot of uncertainty in the healthcare industry following Donald Trump’s election. Drug makers’ stocks were up, but hospital stocks were down the day after Election Day, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seems poised to be gutted.
Women are taking to social media to encourage each other to get to the gynecologist and enjoy access to contraceptives as guaranteed under Obamacare while they still can. Women are concerned that birth control costs will increase and access to Planned Parenthood limited under the next administration,
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