News tagged with government insurance


Utah to be first to use dual-model health exchange

(AP)—The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities.

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Study shows US diabetes care improves, potential gaps remain

(Medical Xpress)—According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Americans with diabetes had increasingly better control of their blood sugar and cholesterol levels and at ...

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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.

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CMS softens Medicare Advantage funding changes

Medicare Advantage customers may not see the drastic 2014 benefit cuts or premium hikes that insurers have been warning about after all.

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Expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania would increase federal revenue to the state, study finds

Expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania under the Affordable Care Act would boost federal revenue to the state by more than $2 billion annually and provide 340,000 residents with health insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation ...

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Feds take lead on health insurance exchanges

(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 ...

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Doctor shortage to hit Chicago's poorer neighborhoods harder, study finds

Some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods are expected to see the greatest demand for additional primary care doctors in 2014, as the Affordable Care Act boosts the number of newly insured patients seeking medical services, ...

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New report: State action on Affordable Care Act's 2014 health insurance market reforms

Only 11 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws or issued regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act's major health insurance market reforms that go into effect in 2014, according to a new Commonwealth ...

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Many states say 'no' to health insurance exchanges

(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 ...

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Study: Less-experienced physicians more costly than more-experienced physicians

Physicians with the least experience spend significantly more money treating patients than physicians who have the most experience, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

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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.

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Racial gap in kids' dental care vanishing: study

(HealthDay) -- Since 1964, the disparity between black and white children's dental care has narrowed dramatically, a new study finds.

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State budgets hinge on SCOTUS health ruling: UMD experts

Maryland and other states have a lot riding on the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), regardless of how the justices rule, University of Maryland experts say.

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Americans support medicare reform, but not on their dime: poll

(HealthDay) -- Medicare, the federal health insurance program for older and disabled Americans, may be hurtling toward the critical list, but most people don't want to pay for needed reforms from their own wallets, a new ...

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Supreme Court misunderstanding on health overhaul?

(AP) -- A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is ...

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