Gaps Remain Among States’ Medicaid Efforts To Help People Kick Smoking Habit
(By – Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health New) The 2010 federal health law has a provision that was supposed to make
Read More
Health Care – General
Visualizing Health Policy: Recent Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation) This Visualizing Health Policy infographic charts recent trends in employer-sponsored health insurance premiums. Between 1999
Read MoreNew Kaiser/New York Times Survey Finds One in Five Working-Age Americans With Health Insurance Report Problems Paying Medical Bills
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation) Among the Insured with Medical Bill Problems, 63% Report Using Up Most or All Their
Read MoreCleveland Pressures Hospitals To Keep ERs Open To All Ambulances
(By – Sarah Jane Tribble, Ideastream, via Kaiser health News) When East Cleveland’s emergency medical squad gets called to treat
Read MoreMore Employers Offer Plans That Provide Lump Sums For Critical Illnesses
(By – Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News) Insurance policies that pay a lump sum if workers get cancer or another
Read MoreDo You Speak Health Insurance? It’s Not Easy.
(By – Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio, via Kaiser health News) Solicit opinions about health insurance and you’re almost guaranteed
Read MoreThe 2016 Outlook for Health Care Costs
In an article titled “How painful will health care costs be in 2016?” Larry Light of MONEYWATCH takes a look both
Read MoreEffect of Medicare Part D on the Availability of Medical Treatment for Patients With Glaucoma
(Source – US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) Can federal legislation affect the availability of medical treatment for
Read MoreAn Analysis of Potential Overuse of CT Imaging
A December 28 publication in JAMA Internal Medicine points toward the possibility that increases in the emergency use of expensive computed
Read MoreNew NIH-funded memory drug moves into Phase 1 clinical study
(Source – National Institutes of Health) Collaboration between NIH and Tetra Discovery Partners leads to development of treatment that may
Read More