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• 米国の成人の3分の2近く（64％）が医療費の支払いに不安を感じており、そのうち30％は「非常に不安」と回答している。これはガソリン代への懸念を上回る結果となった。 • 他の経済的圧力がある中で、医療費の負担能力は引き続き国民の最大の懸念事項となっている。 • この世論調査は、医療費の上昇に伴う家計への継続的な経済的負担を浮き彫りにしている。

• チャリティ団体は、3回目ではなく1回目の流産後から専門的なケアを開始することで、将来的な喪失のリスクを軽減できると述べています。 • ある研究によると、女性が1回目の流産後に専門的なケアを受けられるようにすることで、英国全土で年間約1万件の妊娠喪失を防げる可能性があります。 • 現在、イングランド、ウェールズ、および北アイルランドの女性がNHS（国民保健サービス）で早期流産に関する専門的なケアを受けるには、最低3回の流産を経験している必要があります。

• A majority of Americans express concern over rising healthcare costs and support increased federal tax spending to address these challenges, according to the Axios/Ipsos American Health Index released March 17, 2026. • The poll demonstrates bipartisan support for government action on healthcare affordability, reflecting widespread concern among the U.S. public about escalating medical expenses. • Americans also show increased trust in government handling of childhood vaccination decisions, signaling broader public confidence in health policy interventions.

• Medicare underpayments to hospitals totaled more than $100 billion in 2024, according to testimony provided to the House Ways and Means Committee by the American Hospital Association. • Hospitals are managing significant cost pressures while treating a sicker, more medically complex, and aging patient population, with persistent misalignments between care provision and reimbursement rates. • The financial strain reflects broader healthcare system challenges as providers struggle with inadequate government reimbursement alongside rising operational costs.

CCTV footage circulating on social media showed children at the Little Aresha daycare centre in Yogyakarta, most under two, lying on the floor wearing only diapers with their hands and feet bound with rags.

Federal raids unfold in Twin Cities amid ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Minnesota officialsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFederal agents under the command of the Trump administration have descended on Minnesota’s Twin Cities again to primarily target alleged fraud at daycares after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s so-called “Operation Metro Surge” all but wound down earlier in the year.“Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” the US justice department told the Guardian in a statement on Tuesday. Continue reading...