http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—More than half the states in the nation have decided against creating on their own one of the most complex yet vital parts of the massive 2010 health reform law, which was championed by President Barack Obama. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-feds-health-exchanges.html Health Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:50:01 EST news281963123 Women's issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a checklist for the state-based health insurance exchanges, one that will help ensure that women, children and family members can get the services they need to prevent costly and debilitating medical problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-women-health-priority-state-exchange.html Health Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:47:08 EST news281717222 (HealthDay)—One in five Americans knows a victim of gun violence and four in 10 are worried about becoming the victim of gun violence, according to a new poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-americans-victim-gun-violence-poll.html Health Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:31:21 EST news281367053 (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 (HealthDay)—The public's health care agenda places creation of a health insurance exchange or marketplace as a top priority, according to a report published by the Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-health-exchanges-priority-agenda.html Health Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:20:01 EST news279990479 (HealthDay)—Insured Americans with serious medical conditions say the financial stress of rising out-of-pocket health care costs is forcing them to juggle household budgets, delay or skimp on care and even run up credit cards or dodge debt collectors, a new study reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-high-medical-bills-americans-extreme.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:10:01 EST news277728121 (HealthDay)—With millions of Americans watching and waiting, the U.S. Supreme Court largely upheld the Obama Administration's health care reform legislation, making the survival of "Obamacare" this year's top health news story. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-survival-obamacare-tops-biggest-health.html Other Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:29:04 EST news275927336 (HealthDay)—Half of the states in the nation have rebuffed a key provision of the Obama administration's health reform law: the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges, according to data compiled by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-states-health-exchanges_1.html Health Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:40:02 EST news275076519 (AP)—A new report says states can receive more than $9 in federal money for every dollar they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-obama-health-law-good-states.html Health Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:32:18 EST news273169931 A study out Monday says most Medicare recipients—59 percent—would pay higher premiums under a hypothetical privatized system, with wide regional differences leading to big hikes in some states. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-privatized-medicare-premiums.html Health Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:57:04 EST news269521020 (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 (AP)—There's a new health care survey, and at first it sounds like good news about insurance costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-premiums-family-health.html Health Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:01:58 EST news266583711 (HealthDay) -- About 40 million Americans are addicted to cigarettes, alcohol or drugs, new research finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-million-americans-addicted-cigarettes-alcohol.html Addiction Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:40:01 EST news260125846 One quarter of Americans report problems paying for medical bills, and more than half say they have skipped or cut back on health care due to the cost, according to a survey released Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-health-americans-survey.html Health Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:04:34 EST news258692667 (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