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Featuring more than 200 examples of the century's best political art, a new history of health care reform provides an entertaining review of 100 years of partisan wrangling – from Theodore Roosevelt's support for protection from the "hazards of sickness" in 1912 to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act in 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-health-history-humor.html Health Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:00:01 EST news270378814 (HealthDay)—The Obama administration snatched victory in the battle over health reform when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the president's controversial health law earlier this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-health-reform-governors-medicaid-expansion.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:58:43 EST news267382715 (HealthDay)—Under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration's controversial reform of health care, states are supposed to assist uninsured Americans in buying health coverage by setting up so-called "insurance exchanges." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-health-reform-states-balking-exchanges.html Health Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:20:01 EST news267268133 (Medical Xpress)—For years policymakers have attempted to replace Medicare's fee-for- service payment system with approaches that pay one price for an aggregation of services. The intent has been to reward providers for offering needed care in the most appropriate and cost-effective manner. But many of these programs have known pitfalls, says Stuart Altman, an economist and the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-alternatives-medicare-fee-for-service-payment.html Health Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:16:32 EST news266084186 Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney has appeared to contradict previous campaign statements by saying President Barack Obama's health reform law entails a "tax" and not a penalty. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-romney-threads-position-health-law.html Health Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:57:30 EST news260679444 Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM, BUSPH), along with the VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, have found inpatient medical procedures increased more among non-elderly, lower- and medium- income populations, Hispanics and whites, after health care reform went into effect in Massachusetts. The findings, which currently appear in Medical Care, suggest improved access to outpatient care for vulnerable subpopulations since health care reform took effect. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-massachusetts-health-reform-inpatient-surgical.html Health Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:48:42 EST news258803314 In order to secure his sweeping 2010 health care reforms, US President Barack Obama's staff oversaw an unusually close collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry, documents show. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-obama-collaboration-big-pharma-exposed.html Other Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:54:57 EST news258555291 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that health insurance exchanges, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, may need to be monitored to make sure there is sufficient competition between private insurance plans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-lack-competition-hike-health-exchanges.html Health Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:21:11 EST news258096066 (AP) -- More than 3 million health insurance policyholders and thousands of employers will share $1.3 billion in rebates this year, thanks to President Barack Obama's health care law, a nonpartisan research group said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-rebates-health-law-1b.html Health Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:31:27 EST news254680279 US President Barack Obama on Monday challenged the "unelected" Supreme Court not to take the "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" step of overturning his landmark health reform law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-obama-supreme-court-health-law.html Health Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:04:55 EST news252605089 A US Supreme Court justice seen as a key swing vote challenged landmark health care reforms Tuesday, as arguments focused on whether Americans can be forced to buy health insurance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-supreme-court-health-mandate.html Health Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:22:12 EST news252076915 Amid anticipation akin to a major sports event, the US Supreme Court begins hearing arguments Monday on President Barack Obama's landmark health reform, a case with huge implications for the nation and 2012 elections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-supreme-court-key-health-overhaul.html Health Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:05:33 EST news251957127 Neal Katyal, who as acting US Solicitor General defended the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's flagship health reform in lower courts, has warned in an interview with AFP of "grave" and "profound" consequences if the Supreme Court accepts a challenge to the law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-obamacare-grave-profound.html Health Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:15:12 EST news251882102 A dozen people camped out in front of the US Supreme Court overnight into Saturday to make sure they would get a first glimpse of a historic hearing into the president's health reform law next week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-high-court-health.html Health Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:15:51 EST news251835336 US President Barack Obama's landmark health reform faces a make-or-break test in the Supreme Court next week in a historic case likely to shape the nation's future political landscape. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-obama-health-reform-supreme-court.html Health Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:30:01 EST news251695007 History may judge Barack Obama's health care plan either as the anchor of a legacy of reform, or an emblem of a presidency born in high ambition but dragged down by political reality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-supreme-court-reignite-health-debate.html Health Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:26:46 EST news251695588 (AP) -- The nation's big insurers are spending millions to carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even though there's a chance the wide-reaching law won't survive Supreme Court scrutiny. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-overhaul.html Health Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:20:01 EST news251694173 (Medical Xpress) -- Even a $10 increase in premiums can drive people to a different health care plan. That's good news for health care reform, which relies heavily on competition and consumer response to pricing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-slightly-people.html Health Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:50:31 EST news251621420 Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have conducted a study on a modified version of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP) to help promote early intervention and treatment for patients with drug use in primary care. The findings, which validate this modified version of the SIP in a primary care setting, will appear online in the American Journal on Addictions in the March issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-validate-drug-consequences-primary.html Addiction Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24:08 EST news251547459 Seven US states have filed a lawsuit challenging a requirement in President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law that religious organizations provide insurance covering birth control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-states-obama-birth.html Other Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:40:10 EST news249280803 Calorie listings on fast-food chain restaurant menus might meet federal labeling requirements but don't do a good job of helping consumers trying to make healthy meal choices, a new Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) study reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fast-food-menu-calorie-legally-compliant.html Health Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:14:25 EST news249225255 US President Barack Obama Friday announced a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control which prompted election-year Republican critics to claim he was waging a war on religion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-obama-forges-compromise-birth.html Health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:20:32 EST news248102405 The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-financial-burden-prescription-drugs.html Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:15 EST news247941667 Rules that allow some small employers to avoid regulation under the federal Affordable Care Act are unlikely to have a major impact on the future cost of health insurance unless those rules are relaxed to allow more businesses to opt out, according to a new RAND Corporation study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-small-employers-opt-health-reform.html Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:39 EST news247941632 The number of low-income, uninsured Americans enrolling in Medicaid under the expanded coverage made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 could vary considerably from the levels currently projected by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. They report that it's probably more realistic to say somewhere between 8 million and 22 million may enroll in Medicaid by 2014 instead of the 16 million predicted by the CBO. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-policymakers-major-uncertainties-medicaid-expansion.html Health Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:55:57 EST news238866949 Company-provided health insurance, one of the largest costs of US businesses and households alike, rose nine percent over the past year despite the sluggish economy, according to a new study released Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-health-year.html Health Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:35:08 EST news236356496 The Obama administration said Tuesday it would not ask a US appeals court to reconsider its finding that part of the landmark health reform bill is unconstitutional. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-wont-court-health.html Health Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:03:33 EST news236343799 A US court has dealt a new blow to the health care reform law seen as President Barack Obama's proudest domestic achievement, declaring its centerpiece provision unconstitutional. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-court-health-law-provision-unconstitutional.html Health Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:30:11 EST news232381796 (Medical Xpress) -- Patient demand for care from safety-net providers (such as community health centers and public hospitals) in Massachusetts has increased, even though the number of patients with health insurance also increased following the state's passage of health care reform, according to a report in the August 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The article is part of the journal's Health Care Reform series. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-massachusetts-health-care-reform-demand-medical.html Health Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:30:01 EST news232074300 A new study by Harvard Medical School researchers published today [July 21] in the Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that access to outpatient psychiatric care in the greater Boston area is severely limited, even for people with reputedly excellent private health insurance. Given that the federal health law is modeled after the Massachusetts health reform, the findings have national implications, the researchers say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-privately-hard-psychiatric-massachusetts.html Health Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:47:29 EST news230438837