The pandemic, which has disrupted so much of our lives, has shaken up health benefits, too—and sometimes for the better.
Sep 29, 2020
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Offering the option of government coverage to workers and their families has become one of the most contentious issues in the debate about overhauling health care to cover the uninsured and curb costs. Obama has proposed ...
Apr 15, 2009
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Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping anyone from the government program expired.
May 6, 2024
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The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, the name for the federal high-risk health insurance pool established by the Affordable Care Act, is serving its purpose as a bridge program, according to a new Commonwealth Fund ...
Sep 13, 2012
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Medicare's randomized trial of a new bundled payment model for hip and knee replacement surgeries led to $812 in savings per procedure, or a 3.1% reduction in costs, when compared with traditional means of paying for care, ...
Jan 3, 2019
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Daily food and water insecurities are continuing to impact those living in low-socio economic countries, and women are paying the biggest price with their mental health.
Apr 20, 2023
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A new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo provides a groundbreaking look at how advance care planning medical orders inform emergency medical service (EMS) providers' experiences involving people with intellectual ...
Oct 6, 2017
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Pregnancies among women with disabilities are 42% more likely to be unintended than pregnancies among women without disabilities, says a new report published in the journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Feb 28, 2020
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A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims UnitedHealth Group is using a faulty artificial intelligence algorithm to wrongly deny coverage for Medicare patients who need rehabilitation care following hospitalizations.
Nov 16, 2023
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Every morning, Britta Vander Linden dons compression stockings, a cumbersome process she calls "putting on my legs."
Oct 30, 2019
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