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US top court wrestles with final health law hearings

Supreme Court justices battled Wednesday over the fate of US President Barack Obama's health care reforms, with liberals fighting to salvage the rest of the law if a key provision is declared unconstitutional.

Health created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Final day of Supreme Court health law hearings

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether President Barack Obama's landmark health care law should be struck down if its key requirement that all Americans buy insurance is declared unconstitutional.

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Financial burden of prescription drugs is dropping: Costs remain a challenge for many

The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, ...

Health created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many people continue to smoke after being diagnosed with cancer

A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the st ...

Cancer created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Public health insurance offers insured infants better, less costly care than private plans

In the fierce national debate over a new federal law that requires all Americans to have health insurance, it's widely assumed that private health insurance can do a better job than the public insurance funded by the U.S. ...

Health created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Taiwan to curb 'big-stomach' eating contests

Taiwan moved Thursday to curb eating contests, a fad that has caused at least one death, and suggested the national health insurance stop paying for participants seeking medical treatment afterwards.

Health created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Mammography use up for US immigrants

While mammography rates have improved among foreign-born women residing in the United States, these women are still less likely to have undergone breast cancer screening than native-born U.S. women.

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New insured numbers show tug-of-war between economy and health care reform

The estimates of the population without health insurance in the United States remained unchanged in 2010, as compared to 2009, reflecting the counteracting effects of not only the sluggish economic recovery but also the preliminary ...

Health created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Families shifting from private to public health insurance for children: study

Families are increasingly relying on public health insurance plans to provide coverage for their children, a growing trend that researchers say is tied to job losses, coverage changes to private health insurance plans, and ...

Health created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children with public health insurance less likely to receive comprehensive primary care

Children with public insurance are 22 percent less likely to receive comprehensive primary care than those with private insurance, according to new research from the University of Michigan Medical School.

Health created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher Medicaid payments to dentists associated with increased rate of dental care among children

Children and adolescents from states that had higher Medicaid payment levels to dentists between 2000 and 2008 were more likely to receive dental care, although children covered by Medicaid received dental care less often ...

Health created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical debt occurs despite insurance, study shows

Health insurance is not protecting Arizonans from having problems paying medical bills, and having bill problems is keeping families from getting needed medical care and prescription medicines, a new study has found.

Health created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why disparities in dental care persist for African-Americans even when they have insurance coverage

African Americans receive poorer dental care than white Americans, even when they have some dental insurance coverage. To better understand why this is so, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ...

Health created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Specialty physicians turn away two-thirds of children with public insurance

Sixty-six percent of publicly-insured children were unable to get a doctor's appointment for medical conditions requiring outpatient specialty care including diabetes and seizures, while children with identical symptoms and ...

Health created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Diagnosis on state health care

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick defended the state’s five-year-old health care reform Thursday (April 28), saying it has resulted in 98 percent of residents and 99.8 percent of children being covered ...

Health created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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