Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: health insurance program http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Title V coverage varies across states for diabetes (HealthDay)—There is significant state by state variation in Title V medical coverage for children with diabetes, according to a study published in the April issue of The Journal of Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-title-coverage-varies-states-diabetes.html Pediatrics Fri, 10 May 2013 14:15:01 EST news287414088 ASU experts say raising the age of eligibility and other reforms will put Medicare on solid footing Raising the age of eligibility and reforming some Medicare practices can go a long way to making it sustainable, according to three Arizona State University healthcare policy experts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-asu-experts-age-eligibility-reforms.html Health Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:47:44 EST news286105656 Cancer patients may be unintended victims of budget cuts (HealthDay)—Thousands of Medicare cancer patients are being denied treatment at clinics nationwide because of federal budget cuts related to the so-called sequester, according to a published report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cancer-patients-unintended-victims.html Health Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:20:01 EST news284310154 Study confirms rapid rise in antipsychotic treatment of medicaid-insured children (Medical Xpress)—A new study from the University of Maryland (UM) found that use of antipsychotic drugs from 1997 to 2006 increased 7- to 12-fold in a Medicaid population of about 500,000 children ages two to 17. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-rapid-antipsychotic-treatment-medicaid-insured-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:10:02 EST news283225526 Preparation underway for implementation of ACA in 2014 (HealthDay)—As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) nears, states are preparing for some of its provisions, including expanded access to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the use of information technology, according to a report issued by the Kaiser Family Foundation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-underway-aca.html Health Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:30:01 EST news281105031 Record number of children covered by health insurance in 2011 A record number of U.S. children were covered by health insurance in 2011, mostly due to substantial increases in the enrollment rates of public insurance, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-children-health.html Health Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:11:49 EST news279288703 ER referral ups specialist access for publicly insured (HealthDay)—Specialists are more willing to see publicly insured children if they are referred from an emergency department, according to research published online Jan. 10 in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-er-referral-ups-specialist-access.html Health Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:50:01 EST news279204300 Higher proportion of California children uninsured than in US, analysis shows Compared to the nation, a higher proportion of children in California are uninsured, one in every 10 children or more than 1.1 million in 2011. More of California's children have public health insurance and fewer through their parents' employer. And, over the past three years, a decade of advances in California children's public insurance enrollment has stalled, as coverage in Healthy Families (California's children's health insurance program) declined as a result of reductions in state government funding. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-higher-proportion-california-children-uninsured.html Health Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:31:43 EST news272140294 Questions for Medicare in outbreak (AP)—Questions are being raised about Medicare in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation's drug supply. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-medicare-outbreak.html Health Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:00:59 EST news269874053 Taiwan may not sustain popular health insurance (AP)—A government official says Taiwan might be unable to support its highly-praised health insurance program because of a growing elderly population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-taiwan-sustain-popular-health.html Health Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:50:43 EST news268544998 In some US states, not poor enough for health care Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough. She makes about $15,000 a year, supporting her daughter and unemployed husband. She thought she'd get health insurance after the Supreme Court this year upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-states-poor-health.html Health Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:33:11 EST news264162727