Health

ACA marketplaces expand coverage for chronically ill

(HealthDay)—The Affordable Care Act's Marketplaces covered a disproportionate share of non-elderly adults with high health care risks in the 2014 to 2015 time period, according to a study published in the April issue of ...

Health

Obama comes out fighting on health care

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to turn the focus away from the glitch-riven debut of his landmark health care law to its benefits, hoping to reverse a rough political run.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

ACR supports patients' access to treatments act of 2013

(HealthDay)—The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has joined the Coalition for Accessible Treatments, in support of the Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2013, which will reduce the out-of-pocket expenses for medications, ...

Health

Clinton takes on Big Pharma, lays out drug plan (Update)

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan Tuesday to limit prescription medicine costs, challenging the US pharmaceutical industry after the price for one drug skyrocketed by 5,000 percent.

Medical economics

Tackling concussion in contact sports head on

Over the years, the focus of injury from sporting contests has broadened from immediate physical health risks to include long-term and long-latency injuries caused by concussions and repeated head trauma.

Health

Cost of health care a burden for most US households

Since 2001, health care costs have become more burdensome for almost all Americans, at every income level and in every geographic area, finds a new study published in The Milbank Quarterly.

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