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Read full article here at 2022 Journal of Counseling Research and Practice. ABSTRACT COVID-19 has ushered in a new chapter of counseling in the United States and throughout the world. Counselors’ responses to the pandemic have been fundamentally reshaped by universal elements ofthe information age, including high-speed internet, smartphones, and computer based technologies such as synchronous meeting software and collaboration tools. Now, clinicians can use technology to all

Source: http://interactioninstitute.org/illustrating-equality-vs-equity/ When people get annual checkups and go to the doctor themselves because they're concerned about their health, they don't get as sick as often, and avoid burdening society with the costs of being taken to the hospital when they can't take care of themselves. Denying care by default, the approach of most private health insurers to anything beyond routine visits, then burdens society with monitoring, negot

Senators Warren and Sanders universal care plan is worth a closer look. Image credit: AFP via Getty Images. The first draft of this post was in the spring of 2020, when DC insight meditation teacher Hugh Byrne invited thoughtful responses  in an FB post to CNN's Chris Cillizza calling Senator Sanders answer on how to pay for Medicare for All (MFA) 'disastrous'. Senators Warren and Sanders' plans are a fair enough starting point to discuss how we pay for universal care, and

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