Hospitals Step Up To Help Seniors Avoid Falls
(By – Susan Jaffe, Kaiser Health News) Daphne Brown, 65, was putting away the dishes in her Washington kitchen when
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Health Care – General
New NIH awards will support development of therapeutic alternatives to traditional antibiotics
(Source – National Institutes of Health) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes
Read MoreIncentive Worth $550 Fails To Motivate Obese Workers To Lose Weight
(By – Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News) Promising workers lower health insurance premiums for losing weight did nothing to help
Read MoreLA Chapter Splitting From National Alzheimer’s Association
(By – Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News) The Los Angeles-area chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is splitting from the national organization,
Read MoreGaps 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 MoreVisualizing 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
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