Senators advocate TRICARE to cover OTC contraception
According to Military Times, several senators sent a letter to the Department of Defense (Department of Defense) on Monday asking Tricare, the military health plan, to stock and cover the first FDA-approved OTC contraceptive. He insisted. Unlike other private health insurance plans, TRICARE is not covered by the Affordable Care Act, so military members and their dependents are not entitled to receive contraceptives at no copay. As a result, the senators are pushing for coverage through a letter to the Department of Defense, asking them to respond by the end of this month with details of a plan to stock and cover OTC contraceptives at no out-of-pocket cost, or why they can’t support it. I asked for it. request. The letter was sent to Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Maisie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). Approved by and supported by 31 colleagues.
Harassment in the medical workplace will double from 2018 to 2022, study finds
New survey data released Tuesday in the CDC’s Vital Signs Report showed that the number of health care workers who were harassed at work in 2022 was twice as high as in 2018, according to CBS News. The survey showed that 13.4% of healthcare workers have experienced workplace harassment, up from 6.4% in 2018. They also found that healthcare workers who reported being harassed reported increased levels of depression, anxiety, and burnout compared to their non-harassed colleagues. Conversely, positive working conditions, such as trust in the support of management and supervisors, contributed to lower odds of poor mental health and burnout. As a result, CDC developed Impact Wellbeing, a national campaign that provides resources to employers to support the mental health of health care workers.
Young people are twice as likely as teenagers to suffer from depression and anxiety, study finds
Making Care Common, a nationally representative study by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, found that young Americans experience depression and anxiety twice as often as teenagers, the report said. ing. washington post. Conducted in December 2022, 1,853 people, including 396 teenagers, 709 young adults and 748 caregivers, answered approximately 50 questions on topics such as mental health, social media use, values and behavior. I answered. According to the survey, 36% of young people reported feeling anxious and 29% reported feeling depressed. In contrast, 18% of teens reported feeling anxious and 15% reported feeling depressed. They linked high levels of mental illness among young people to the current challenges of entering adulthood, including soaring housing prices, global disasters, and starting college and careers during a pandemic.