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Slowdown in health care spending growth could save Americans $770 billion, study finds

A slowdown in the growth of U.S. health care costs could mean that Americans could save as much as $770 billion on Medicare spending over the next decade, Harvard economists say.

Health created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Navy creates iPad app for managing stress and fending off PTSD

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is co-funding an affordable, hi-tech, solution for managing stress that could help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), helping warfighters and potentially saving ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Survival of 'Obamacare' tops list of biggest health news in 2012

(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 ...

Other created Dec 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current health costs pushing docs to make urgent choices

(HealthDay)—The current growth in health care's share of the gross domestic product (GDP) and need to implement learning health systems is forcing physicians to make important choices, according to a perspective ...

Health created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people

(AP)—Congressional budget analysts are now estimating that nearly 6 million Americans—most of them in the middle class—will have to pay a tax penalty for not getting health insurance once President Barack Obama's health ...

Health created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA outlines path for lower-priced biotech drugs

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to review the first lower-cost versions of biotech drugs, expensive medications which have never before faced generic competition.

Medications created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Policymakers should prepare for major uncertainties with Medicaid expansion

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 ...

Health created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

White House waffling on long-term care plan?

(AP) -- The White House appeared to waffle Monday on the fate of a financially troubled long-term care program in President Barack Obama's health overhaul law, as supporters and foes heaped criticism on the administration.

Health created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ruling could speed repeal of long-term care plan

(AP) -- A troubled long-term care plan in President Barack Obama's health overhaul has suffered another setback.

Health created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reduce health care spending in socially and fiscally responsible manner, ACP to Congress

Recommendations to reduce federal health care spending in a socially and fiscally responsible manner today were made in a letter to the Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction from the American College of Physicia ...

Health created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Future labor shortfalls of medical professionals predicted due to new demands of health-care reform

One consequence of the expanded access to health care facilitated by health care reform will be a shortfall in the necessary numbers of physicians and other advanced medical professionals. According to a study published in ...

Other created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medicare should employ new data sources, methods to ensure accuracy of geographic adjustments to payments

Geographic adjustments to Medicare payments are intended to accurately and equitably cover regional variations in wages, rents, and other costs incurred by hospitals and individual health care practitioners, but almost 40 ...

Health created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0