Health
Down to the wire on Obamacare sign-ups
(HealthDay)—Health officials are urging Americans considering an Obamacare health plan for 2016 to act quickly to snag coverage and avoid rising penalties for remaining uninsured.
Dec 14, 2015
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Postpartum family planning services should be a top reproductive health priority
Approximately one-quarter of inter-birth intervals in low- and middle-income countries are less than 24 months in length, exposing infants to risks of prematurity, low birthweight, and death. Increased evidence of these health ...
Dec 11, 2015
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Health
Five things young adults should know about buying health insurance
Imagine what you could do with $2,000. If you're between 18 and 34, you might travel somewhere fun. Maybe buy a big TV. But would you buy health insurance?
Nov 14, 2015
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India's 'medicine man' brings pills to the poor
It's early morning but already "Medicine Baba" Omkarnath Sharma is pounding the pavement in one of New Delhi's upscale neighbourhoods, collecting the wellheeled's leftover pills, capsules and syrups.
Nov 9, 2015
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Older tobacco users pay more for health insurance under Affordable Care Act
A new study finds tobacco users would pay more for a health insurance plan from the Affordable Care Act exchanges than non-tobacco users in nearly every county of the 37 states that used healthcare.gov to sell their plans ...
Oct 8, 2015
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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.
Sep 23, 2015
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AMA: Ruling makes it easier for insurers to terminate doctors
(HealthDay)—The outcome of a recent case regarding the termination of physicians by an insurance company following a dispute over the necessity of medical services provided has serious implications for physicians and their ...
Aug 31, 2015
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Health insurance websites show improved efforts to support patient decision making
Websites for national and state health insurance marketplaces show evidence of improved efforts to assist patients in choosing health insurance plans, such as providing decision support tools, experts from the Perelman School ...
Aug 17, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Feds release updated strategy against AIDS in America
U.S. health officials have updated their strategic plan for fighting AIDS, setting new goals for reducing infections and deaths.
Jul 30, 2015
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Report documents unmet need for expanded family planning services at CHCs
As part of a unique survey of nearly 2,000 women of childbearing age who receive health care at the nation's community health centers, 90 percent reported that they were not actively seeking to become pregnant in the next ...
Jul 28, 2015
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