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Study finds health insurance helps lower-income Americans avoid depression, diabetes, major financial shocks Enrollment in Medicaid helps lower-income Americans overcome depression, get proper treatment for diabetes, and avoid catastrophic medical bills, but does not appear to reduce the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to a new study with a unique approach to analyzing one of America's major health-insurance programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-health-lower-income-americans-depression-diabetes.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 08:50:03 EST news286788809 Expanding Medicaid: Mental and financial health improve, but no improvement shown in physical health New findings from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment show that Medicaid coverage had no detectable effect on the prevalence of diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, but substantially reduced depression, nearly eliminated catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditures, and increased the diagnosis of diabetes and the use of diabetes medication among low-income adults. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment is the first use of a randomized controlled study design to evaluate the impact of covering the uninsured with Medicaid and provides important evidence for policy makers as the U.S. undertakes Medicaid expansion in 2014. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-medicaid-mental-financial-health-shown.html Health Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:01 EST news286644231 Many uninsured vets will be eligible for Medicaid under ACA (HealthDay)—A large proportion of uninsured veterans and their spouses will be eligible for Medicaid or new subsidies for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a report published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-uninsured-vets-eligible-medicaid-aca.html Health Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:40:01 EST news283784268 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 Researchers find that doula care for low-income women could save taxpayers money New research from the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health has found lower cesarean birth rates among Medicaid beneficiaries with access to support from a birth doula than among Medicaid patients nationally. A doula is not a medical provider, but is a trained, experienced professional person who can provide information, physical assistance and support to a woman during childbirth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-doula-low-income-women-taxpayers-money.html Health Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:33:55 EST news280082019 Black and Hispanic patients less likely to complete substance abuse treatment, study shows Roughly half of all black and Hispanic patients who enter publicly funded alcohol treatment programs do not complete treatment, compared to 62 percent of white patients, according to a new study from a team of researchers including the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Comparable disparities were also identified for drug treatment program completion rates. The study, published in the latest issue of Health Affairs, shows that completion disparities among racial groups are likely related to differences in socioeconomic status and, in particular, greater unemployment and housing instability for black and Hispanic patients. The researchers suggest that funding for integrated services and increased Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could help to improve access to treatment programs for minorities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-black-hispanic-patients-substance-abuse.html Addiction Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:34:01 EST news276798833 U.S. quit-smoking policies need improving, experts say (HealthDay)—U.S. federal and state policies are at a "tipping point" in terms of winning the war against smoking, according to an American Lung Association report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-quit-smoking-policies-experts.html Addiction Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:10:01 EST news273776490 More than a million women could gain access to potentially life saving tests for cancer A study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) indicates that full implementation of the Affordable Care Act would expand health insurance coverage for more low-income women, enabling more than a million women to obtain potentially life-saving screening for breast and cervical cancer. The study, "Health Care Reform and Women's Insurance Coverage for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening," was published in a recent issue of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-million-women-gain-access-potentially.html Cancer Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:00:02 EST news272206669 Assessing the cost of the Affordable Care Act and expanding Medicaid (Medical Xpress)—Extending Medicaid coverage to currently uninsured adults is likely to increase the cost of the program, according to health policy researchers, because those patients are prone to have more expensive health problems than nondisabled adults currently enrolled in Medicaid. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-medicaid.html Health Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:55:38 EST news271097731 Health reform 2.0: Governors pushing back on Medicaid expansion (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 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 Change in health insurance status linked to greater emergency department use Recent changes in health insurance status were linked to greater emergency department use by newly insured and newly uninsured adults, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. The article is part of the journal's Health Care Reform series. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-status-linked-greater-emergency.html Health Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:00:03 EST news251986115 Study finds continuous health coverage essential for patients managing diabetes When patients with diabetes experience interruptions in health - insurance coverage, they are less likely to receive the screening tests and vaccines they need to protect their health. A new study finds that this is true even when patients receive free or reduced-cost medical care at federally funded safety net clinics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-health-coverage-essential-patients-diabetes.html Health Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:23:11 EST news244912982 Three quarters of those who have lost jobs and health insurance are skipping needed health care Nearly three-quarters (72%) of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs over the last two years said that they skipped needed health care or did not fill prescriptions because of cost, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The same proportion is also struggling with medical bills or medical debt, compared to about half (49%) who lost jobs but not their health insurance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-quarters-lost-jobs-health.html Health Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:49:19 EST news233376539 Health reform essential to young adults: Nearly half can't afford needed health care Young adults ages 19-29 are struggling to get the health care they need more than almost any other age group, demonstrating the need for Affordable Care Act provisions, some already in place, that will expand health insurance and make it more affordable, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. The report found that in 2010, 45 percent of young adults couldn't afford the care they needed, meaning they didn't fill a prescription, didn't go to the doctor when they were sick, or skipped a test, treatment, or follow-up visit, up from 32 percent who went without needed care because of cost in 2001. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-health-reform-essential-young-adults.html Health Thu, 26 May 2011 03:26:56 EST news225598906 Reformed Medicaid program must put coordinated care at forefront of efforts A reformed Medicaid program must put coordinated primary care at the forefront of its efforts, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said in a new position paper released today at Internal Medicine 2011, ACP's annual scientific meeting. Medicaid and Health Care Reform highlights how primary care physicians will assume a major role in providing care to Medicaid beneficiaries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-reformed-medicaid-forefront-efforts.html Health Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:24:39 EST news221502267