Replacing visual acuity screenings for new Medicare enrollees with coverage of a dilated eye exam for healthy patients entering the government insurance program for the elderly "would be highly cost-effective," suggests a ...
Jan 9, 2012
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It's no secret that the current health care system doesn't best serve every American's needs, and one of the most evident examples of this is the rising unaffordability of insulin for patients with diabetes.
Jul 27, 2020
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(Medical Xpress) -- Increases in copayments of only a few dollars for ALL Kids, Alabama's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), led to declines in the use of several healthcare services for the children they affected, ...
Feb 17, 2012
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Earlier this month, researchers and advocates from 40 countries formed a global alliance to enable the secure sharing of genomic and clinical data, aiming to end the era in which only the people who collected your genetic ...
Jul 3, 2013
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As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Feb 21, 2022
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The official word on COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization and the U.S. government, is that it's no longer an emergency. But while that's a milestone, it's hardly an all-clear for everyone to behave as if the ...
May 26, 2023
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(HealthDay) -- Since 1964, the disparity between black and white children's dental care has narrowed dramatically, a new study finds.
Jul 5, 2012
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Americans have been getting COVID treatments such as Paxlovid for free, but that's about to end.
Oct 30, 2023
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The US law that extends health insurance coverage to most Americans, dubbed "Obamacare" by its detractors, is 2,400 pages long but only certain points have been challenged before the US Supreme Court.
Mar 23, 2012
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A new RAND Corporation study concludes that eliminating a key part of health care reform that requires all Americans to have health insurance would sharply lower the number of people gaining coverage, but would not dramatically ...
Feb 16, 2012
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