Health
Hospital readmission rates misleading, study finds
When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, hospitals look bad.
Oct 10, 2012
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Health
Rejecting 'Obamacare' would be 'grave and profound'
Neal Katyal, who as acting US Solicitor General defended the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's flagship health reform in lower courts, has warned in an interview with AFP of "grave" and "profound" consequences ...
Mar 25, 2012
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Health
Budget office: Obama's health law reduces deficit
(AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase America's huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting Obama's contention ...
Jul 25, 2012
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
US experiencing increasingly restricted access to abortion care
The legal limitations restricting access to reproductive health care in the United States continue to expand at a significant pace, according to updated data released today by the Center for Public Health Law Research at ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Medications
National study: Teen misuse and abuse of prescription drugs up 33 percent since 2008
New, nationally projectable survey results released today by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation confirmed that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
A post-pandemic path to solving the nursing home crisis
In "Long-Term Care Policy after COVID-19—Solving the Nursing Home Crisis," published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a collaboration of experts across several Penn schools advocates for "a combination of funding, ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Health
Fate of 'uninsurables' hinges on Supreme Court
(AP) -- Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack Obama's ...
May 17, 2012
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Health
Health law sign-ups keep growing; uninsured rate declines
Nearly a million people signed up for health insurance under President Barack Obama's law even after the official enrollment season ended, helping push the share of uninsured Americans below 10 percent and underscoring how ...
Aug 13, 2015
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Health
US extends key deadline of Obama healthcare reform law
US states will be given additional time to decide whether to put in place a key aspect of President Barack Obama's health care reform program, the administration's top health policy official said Thursday.
Nov 16, 2012
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Health
As more hospitals create police forces, critics warn of pitfalls
When Destiny heard screams, she raced to a hospital room where she saw a patient assaulting a care technician. As a charge nurse at Northeast Georgia Health System, she was trained to de-escalate violent situations.
May 18, 2023
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