The national uninsurance rate for adults under age 65 with schizophrenia decreased by 50% after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research published ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Many Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults may have trouble accessing health care and insurance because of language barriers, a new analysis indicates.
Dec 28, 2022
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Two years ago, we examined where Canada stood compared to similar countries on COVID-19 rates. This was part of a larger study that looked at COVID-19 infections based on a country's welfare regime: liberal, social democratic ...
Dec 22, 2022
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The antiviral Paxlovid has kept patients from becoming severely ill and dying from COVID-19 since it became available—at no cost to them. But by the middle of next year, the U.S. government will stop subsidizing the medication. ...
Dec 8, 2022
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State laws designed to prevent dangerous drinking behaviors do not appear to have that effect, according to a study published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Alcohol exclusion laws allow insurance companies ...
Nov 28, 2022
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During the first decade following passage of the Affordable Care Act (enacted March 2010), U.S. adults with mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) experienced significant increases in health insurance coverage. ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Writing in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, two telemedicine experts and a historian at Johns Hopkins Medicine say audio-only telephone visits are an essential link to health care providers for patients ...
Nov 15, 2022
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A growing number of U.S. teenagers are undergoing weight-loss surgery, but the figures suggest many still lack access to the procedures—especially underinsured Black and Hispanic kids.
Nov 14, 2022
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Enjoy it while it lasts: Workers' pay has been growing faster than the cost of job-based health insurance.
Nov 7, 2022
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It took nearly a year for Kelly Macauley to realize the health plan she bought while shopping for insurance coverage last October was not, in fact, insurance. Sure, red flags popped up along the way, but when she called to ...
Nov 3, 2022
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