• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
cropped-rhj-header-logo-transparent-background-e1619110790271.png

Radio Health Journal

The latest in health, science, technology, and the intersection of medicine and public policy.

  • Home
  • Archive
    • Full Segment Archive
    • Advanced Search
    • Filters
    • Recent Segments
    • Segment Type
      • Feature Stories
      • Inside Looks
      • Medical Notes
    • Terms
      • Books & Publications
      • Guests
      • Institutions & Organizations
      • Medical Conditions
      • Medical Journals
      • Program Numbers
      • Topics Archive
  • How to Listen
    • Podcast & Other Digital Outlets
    • Terrestrial Broadcast
    • Ways to Listen Overview
  • About
    • About Radio Health Journal
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ
    • Our Team
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Login
    • Become an Affiliate
    • Benefits of Being an Affiliate
    • More About Syndicated Radio Programming
    • Public Affairs & FCC Requirements FAQ
    • Sample Programs

Access to Care

You are here: Archive / Terms / Topics / Health Care / Access to Care

How Safety Net Hospitals Increase Access to Health Care

>> April 16, 2023

Dr. Ricardo Nuila discusses why the safety net hospital model may be more effective than the standard, privatized healthcare approach.

topics: Access to Care| Emergency Medicine and First Responders| Health Care| Hospitals| Insurance| Medicare and Medicaid| Patient Care and Safety| Public Health and Public Safety| Vulnerable Populations

Pharmacy Deserts: The Shrinking Access to Healthcare

>> October 2, 2022

Neighborhood pharmacies are closing across the nation, leaving their communities without close access to medication and other healthcare needs.

topics: Access to Care| Affordable Care Act| Business and Industry| Consumerism| Corporatization| Health Care| Pharmaceutical Industry| Public Health| Transportation and Traffic Safety| Vulnerable Populations
otc hearing aids

New Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Category

>> December 19, 2021

Many people who need hearing aids never get them, in part because they currently require a prescription and expensive treatment. An expert discusses the FDA’s new proposed category of over-the-counter hearing aids.

topics: Access to Care| Aging and the Elderly| Cognitive Decline| Communication| Consumerism| Consumerism and Consumer Safety/Protection| Crime and Criminal Justice| Education| Federal Government and Regulation| Health Care| Health Cost| Hearing Aids| Insurance| Medicare and Medicaid| Myths| News and Headlines| Prescription Drugs| Public Health| Public Policy and Regulation| Social Isolation and Loneliness| Technology| Treatments

Medical Notes: Week of May 17, 2020

>> May 17, 2020

People with heart attacks and other health emergencies are avoiding the emergency room for fear of contracting Covid-19. Then, a study showing that artificial intelligence can predict with about 80 percent accuracy which moderately-infected Covid-19 patients will get worse and which ones won’t. Next, a study saying that having your first child by C-section …

topics: Access to Care| Artificial Intelligence (AI)| Biology| Covid-19 Pandemic| Emergency Medicine and First Responders| Fertility| Fertility Rates| Gender and Identity| Health Care| Infectious Disease and Vaccination| News and Headlines| Pregnancy and Child Birth| Prevention| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Research and Clinical Trials| Sleep| Technology| Viruses| Women's Health

Medical Notes: Week of February 9, 2020

>> February 9, 2020

The gap between black and white uninsured rates has dropped by more than four percent. Plus, a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine shows that only two percent of those who are considered high risk for drug overdose have filled a prescription for Naloxone. Then, Cancer patients often receive radiation therapy over several months, but a new …

topics: Access to Care| Addiction| Affordable Care Act| Behavioral Science| Cancer Treatment and Research| Discrimination and Racism| Drug Overdose| Drug Use and Abuse| Ethnicity| Health Care| Insurance| News and Headlines| Opioid Epidemic| Pharmacology and Toxicology| Prescription Drugs| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Safety| Radiation| Research and Clinical Trials| Technology
Rural Maternity Units Closing

Rural Maternity Units Closing

>> October 13, 2019

A large number of hospitals in rural areas have closed, and many more have closed their maternity units, leaving many rural mothers-to-be with no nearby place to deliver their babies or even get prenatal care. Experts discuss the financial and demographic reasons behind these closures, the danger it presents to mothers and children, and some ways to counter …

topics: Access to Care| Children and Parenting| Children and Youth at Risk| Economics and Finance| Family and Interpersonal Relationships| Health Care| Hospitals| Maternity| Parenting Issues| Pregnancy and Child Birth| Prevention| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Rural Issues| Vulnerable Populations
Examining "Medicare For All"

Examining “Medicare For All”

>> April 7, 2019

Two Congressional plans, one from each side of the political spectrum, are competing to blow up the current healthcare system. Here experts examine one of them—the left’s bid to replace private insurers with a government-run single-payer plan labeled “Medicare for All.” Alternatives may include bolstering the Affordable Care Act, or getting rid of it …

topics: Access to Care| Economics and Finance| Federal and State Government| Federal Government| Federal Government and Regulation| Government and Legislation| Health Care| Insurance| Journalism| Legal Issues and the Courts| Medicare and Medicaid| Nurses| Politics| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Policy and Regulation
An Unusual Court Challenge to Obamacare

An Unusual Court Challenge to Obamacare

>> July 29, 2018

A number of court cases have challenged the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, and the federal government has always defended the law—until now, and a Federal Court case brought by the State of Texas. With the stakes increased, experts discuss what the government’s reversal means to consumers.

topics: Access to Care| Affordable Care Act| Constitutional Rights| Federal and State Government| Federal Government| Government and Legislation| Health Care| Insurance| Legal Issues and the Courts| Poverty| Public Policy and Regulation
Big Data and Healthcare

Big Data and Healthcare (2018)

>> March 18, 2018

Big data is changing the world, but it’s been slow in coming to healthcare. An expert in healthcare IT explains how that’s changing and what it could mean to treatment.

topics: Access to Care| Artificial Intelligence (AI)| Business and Industry| Diagnoses| Health Care| Health Cost| Insurance| Mathematics and Data| Medical Records| Technology
Undocumented Immigrants Skipping Healthcare

Undocumented Immigrants Skipping Healthcare

>> October 8, 2017

With the federal government’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, many of them are skipping going to the doctor or the emergency room for fear of deportation.

topics: Access to Care| Behavioral Science| Crime and Criminal Justice| Debate| Discrimination and Racism| Doctors| Emergency Medicine and First Responders| Family Medicine| Fears and Phobias| Federal and State Government| Federal Government| Federal Government and Regulation| Government and Legislation| Health Care| Immigration| Insurance| Law Enforcement and Police| Politics| Primary Care| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Policy and Regulation

Rural Hospital Closures

>> August 21, 2017

Experts discuss the need for rural healthcare and the close link between hospitals and community economics.

topics: Access to Care| Business and Industry| Economics and Finance| Federal and State Government| Federal Government| Government and Legislation| Health Care| Hospitals| Medicare and Medicaid| Prevention| Public Health| Public Health and Public Safety| Public Policy and Regulation| Vulnerable Populations

The Affordable Care Act and Access to Care

>> December 14, 2014

As "Obamacare" health insurance exchanges enter their second year, some insured people are finding that getting access to care is extremely difficult due to meager provider networks and low doctors' payments. Many insured are also being surprised by high deductibles and co-payments.

topics: Access to Care| Affordable Care Act| Government and Legislation| Health Care| Insurance| Legal Issues and the Courts| Patient Care and Safety| Public Policy and Regulation

↑ Return to Top

Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in public health, science, tech, research & more.

Enter your email address to get notifications & instant access to new Radio Health Journal segments as they are released.

Name
Enter your email address
Become an affiliate

Start airing Radio Health Journal on your platform to satisfy FCC OPIF requirements, including quarterly issues/programming reports.

Become an Affiliate

Connect

Interact with us by sharing comments, favorite segments, questions or even suggest a topic.

  • Facebook link
  • Twitter link
  • Instagram link
  • Pinterest link
  • Spotify link
  • YouTube channel link
  • rss feed link
  • contactemail

American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) logo

Listen

Archive

Broadcast

Guests

Podcast & Digital Outlets

Recently Aired

Terms

Topics

Ways to Listen

Learn

About Us

Affiliates

Contact Info

FAQ

Our Team

Public Affairs & FCC Requirements

AURN.com

Sitemap

© Copyright 2023 – American Urban Radio Networks

↑ Return to top

Radio Health Journal Newsletter SignupStay up-to-date on the latest trends in public health, science, tech, research & more.

Subscribe to get the latest from Radio Health Journal directly in your inbox.

Name
[email protected]