The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the numerous weaknesses in the U.S. healthcare system. Millions have lost their health insurance and millions more can barely afford it. Racial, ethnic, economic, and geographic disparities ...
Aug 5, 2020
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Nurses are heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. May 12 is International Nurses Day, which commemorates the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the first "professional nurse." The World Health Organization also named this year the ...
May 12, 2020
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The Affordable Care Act remains on life support after a panel of federal judges ruled on Dec. 18, 2019 that the law's individual mandate requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional.
Dec 23, 2019
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Medical bankruptcy has been a talking point for many Democratic candidates as they make their individual cases for health care reform. This begs a few questions about how widespread these bankruptcies are and what causes ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Understanding what matters to women and communities new to Australia is fundamental to health care reform to end preventable stillbirth in migrant and refugee populations, according to the authors of a Perspective published ...
Jun 11, 2019
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(HealthDay)—There are few life events more unsettling than being in a hospital emergency room. In situations that threaten life or limb, you may not have any say in your care.
Jan 2, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Health insurance coverage rates have held steady in the United States, despite continued commotion over the future of the Affordable Care Act, a new government report shows.
Aug 29, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Time is running out for millions of American kids covered by the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Jan 12, 2018
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A team of researchers based at IUPUI has conducted the first systematic review of studies examining the relationship between high-deductible health care plans and the use of health care services. They found these plans reduce ...
Oct 3, 2017
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The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
Sep 18, 2017
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