Health
Having an economic safety net encourages struggling Americans to become entrepreneurs, study says
Is it a hand up or a hand out?
Jul 13, 2016
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ObamaCare buyers could have fewer choices in 2017
(HealthDay)—With the nation's largest health insurer exiting all but a few Affordable Care Act exchanges next year, some Americans may be left with fewer choices and some might see higher monthly premiums.
May 2, 2016
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Full-time employment with no health benefits was a trend for workers in 2012
(Medical Xpress)—Almost half of the 6.9 million Californians who lacked insurance in 2012 were in a family with a full-time worker, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Dec 23, 2014
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Two papers expose gaps in health coverage for children, recommend solutions
Despite the promise of health reform, millions of U.S. children still lack quality health coverage or have trouble getting the services they need to stay healthy or to develop properly, according to two articles published ...
Dec 8, 2014
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Health
Estimating county health statistics by looking at tweets
A researcher at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) has found that Twitter knows if you're obese—or at least, if your county is. Tweets can accurately predict a county's rates of obesity, diabetes, teen births, health ...
Mar 27, 2014
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Almost 15 percent of Americans still uninsured, report finds
(HealthDay)—As the final phase of the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called "Obamacare," begins, a new report shows that more than 45 million Americans still don't have health insurance.
Dec 17, 2013
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Race a bigger health care barrier than insurance status
Race appears to be a larger factor in disparities in health care use than whether or not a person has health insurance, finds a new study in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Blacks, Hispanics, and ...
Nov 8, 2013
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Affordable Care Act could cause people to leave their jobs
As a consequence of the Affordable Care Act, between 500,000 and 900,000 Americans may choose to stop working. That possibility is predicted in a new analysis of an analogous situation in reverse: the abrupt end of Tennessee's ...
Jul 15, 2013
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Cardiology
Controlling blood pressure, cholesterol may significantly cut heart disease risk
Simultaneously controlling your high blood pressure and high cholesterol may cut your risk for heart disease by half or more, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Yet fewer than ...
Jul 1, 2013
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Expanding Medicaid: Mental and financial health improve, but no improvement shown in physical health
New findings from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment show that Medicaid coverage had no detectable effect on the prevalence of diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, but substantially reduced depression, ...
May 1, 2013
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