Tag: equitable access
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Black Farmers Look to the Future After a Year of Economic Uncertainty
Resilience in the Fields: A Year of Uncertainty The past year has tested farmers across the United States, but the story is especially poignant for Black farmers who have long navigated a landscape of structural challenges. As headlines focus on macroeconomic shifts, many in this community are choosing to translate hardship into forward-looking strategies—investing in…
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Insurance Approvals And Neurosurgical Patients: A Call for Accountability
Hidden Pathologies, Hidden Obstacles: Why Insurance Denials Cost Lives When people think of insurance hurdles, they envision bureaucratic delays or paperwork glitches. In neurosurgery, the problem runs far deeper: many conditions lie beneath the skull or spine, silent for years, and only reveal themselves through catastrophic events. From craniopharyngiomas to arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), these lesions…