Medical economics
Medicaid improves access to care, but effects vary by race
Medicaid is an important tool to reduce insurance-related health disparities among Americans, according to Penn State researchers.
Dec 5, 2018
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News tagged with uninsured
Health
Researchers study the impact of insurance coverage on transferred patients
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers seek to identify the relationship between insurance coverage and the mortality rate of patients transferred between hospitals.
Nov 7, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Insurance-related disparities in timely access to gold standard dialysis procedure
Patients with newly diagnosed kidney failure must wait for up to 3 months before they qualify for Medicare. A new study found that this short period of time without insurance is associated with delays in the placement and ...
Nov 1, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
CDC-led study reports prevalence of out-of-pocket payments for screening mammograms
More than 20% of women aged 50-64 years and those aged 65-74 years with Medicare coverage reported paying out-of-pocket costs for their most recent screening mammogram, according to a study led by researchers from the Centers ...
Oct 9, 2018
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Health
Child participation in Medicaid, CHIP up from 2013 to 2016
(HealthDay)—From 2013 to 2016 there was an increase in children's participation in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), according to a report published in the August issue of Health Affairs.
Sep 5, 2018
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Health
Frequent use of the ER fell after the Affordable Care Act
The odds of being a frequent user of California's emergency departments dropped in the two years following the implementation of major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in January 2014, according to a new study ...
Jun 12, 2018
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Health
Most primary care offices do not offer reduced price care to the uninsured, study finds
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the uninsured face significant barriers to primary care, highlighting a group that remains vulnerable even after the Affordable Care Act insurance ...
Apr 4, 2018
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Health
Doctors facing challenge to help needy while protecting practices
(HealthDay)—Physicians are increasingly being challenged to protect their practice finances while helping patients without insurance, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
Mar 12, 2018
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Health
More Americans pushed into high-deductible health plans
(HealthDay)—The number of uninsured American adults held steady at about 13 percent in 2017, but many more insured Americans are being presented with high deductibles, new research shows.
Feb 22, 2018
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Cardiology
Catastrophic costs for hospitalization expenses common among uninsured heart and stroke patients
The majority of patients without health insurance who were hospitalized for heart attack, stroke or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery experienced catastrophic healthcare expenses before passage of the Affordable ...
Nov 14, 2017
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