Health
Keeping people out of poverty—do health insurance benefits make a difference?
Do Medicaid and other health insurance programs help keep families out of poverty?
Oct 19, 2017
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News tagged with public insurance
Pediatrics
Post-bleed hydrocephalus risk up in low-income preemies
(HealthDay)—Preterm neonates born to low-income parents have a disproportionately high risk of developing posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) that requires multiple surgeries and extensive follow-up, according to research ...
Oct 18, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Study explores if insurance is keeping pace with trends in targeted cancer therapy
New research from the University of California, San Francisco (USCF) and City of Hope in the July 2020 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examines coverage trends for circulating tumor DNA ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Medications
Germany to pay more for children's meds as shortages spike
Germany will pay up to 50 percent more for common children's medication such as cough syrup and fever drugs to combat a severe shortage this winter, the health minister said Tuesday.
Dec 20, 2022
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Health
Study suggests increased risk of restraint use in black patients in the emergency setting
A study published in the most recent issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), journal showed an increased risk of restraint use in Black patients compared with white patients in the emergency setting. The risk was not ...
Nov 3, 2020
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Health
Achieving prevention and health, rather than more health care
Rutgers is researching a new health care model that emphasizes primary care and prevention over emergency care in underserved communities
Apr 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
STD cases in the US spiked during pandemic
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people isolated at home, sexually transmitted disease (STDs) cases increased across the United States.
Apr 12, 2022
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Health
Five percent of workers gave up smoking when the anti-tobacco law took effect in Spain
The enforcement of Law 42/2010, which extends the smoking ban to public places, has accompanied a progressive reduction in the percentage of smokers (from 40.3% to 35.3%) and in consumption amongst the working population. ...
May 22, 2012
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Health
Divorce costs thousands of women health insurance coverage
(Medical Xpress)—About 115,000 women lose their private health insurance every year in the wake of divorce, according to a University of Michigan study.
Nov 12, 2012
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Diabetes
Affordable Care Act slashed the uninsured rate among people with diabetes
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided health insurance for an estimated 1.9 million people with diabetes, according to a newly published study.
Sep 23, 2019
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