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Beyond Rx? CVS Health-Aetna deal may mean more services
CVS Health wants to do much more than fill your prescription or jab your arm with an annual flu shot.
Dec 4, 2017
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Motorcycle crashes cause five times as many deaths as car accidents, six times the health costs
Motorcycle accidents are costly in terms of lives and health care costs. Compared with car accidents, motorcycle accidents cause 3 times the injuries, 6 times the medical costs and 5 times the deaths, found new research in ...
Nov 20, 2017
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Medicaid expansion under ACA linked to higher rate of smoking cessation
When low-income adults were newly covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they were more likely to quit smoking cigarettes than their counterparts in states that did not offer Medicaid expansion, according ...
Nov 13, 2017
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New study explains why US health care spending increased $1 trillion
A new study finds that the cost of health care in the United States increased nearly $1 trillion from 1996 to 2013 and measures the causes behind this immense growth.
Nov 7, 2017
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Potentially preventable spending concentrated in frail elderly
(HealthDay)—Much of the total potentially preventable spending for Medicare beneficiaries is concentrated among frail elderly individuals, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Oct 18, 2017
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Research explains lack of evidence for some health care treatments
In 2002, Eric Patashnik, came across a puzzling study in the New England Journal of Medicine, which found that a widely used surgical procedure for osteoarthritis of the knee worked no better than a sham procedure in which ...
Oct 17, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Family members play important role in managing chronic illness
Family members often play an important role in managing chronic illnesses, and a family approach may produce more effective, long-term benefits for the patient, according to a Penn State researcher.
Oct 16, 2017
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Low-cost, high-volume services make up big portion of spending on unneeded health care
Low-cost, high-volume health services account for a high percentage of unnecessary health spending, adding strain to the health care system, new UCLA-led research suggests.
Oct 5, 2017
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Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program participation may reduce health care costs
A study led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigator suggests that participation in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) may reduce health care costs ...
Sep 25, 2017
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Want to fix America's health care? First, focus on food
The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
Sep 18, 2017
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