Oncology & Cancer
Lack of insurance keeps many Americans from best cancer meds
A cutting-edge class of drugs is saving and extending the lives of cancer patients.
Jun 3, 2024
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News tagged with uninsured americans
Diabetes
More Americans will only have to pay $35 a month for insulin in 2024
Managing diabetes will be a less expensive proposition for more Americans in 2024.
Jan 2, 2024
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Diabetes
1.3 million American adults with diabetes ration their insulin due to cost
An analysis of national health data in the United States has found that insulin rationing is common among those living with diabetes, especially among older adults and the uninsured. Limiting Medicare copays to $35 a month ...
Oct 17, 2022
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Addiction
Out-of-pocket cost of naloxone may keep many uninsured from using life-saving treatment
The cost of buying the opioid antidote naloxone is out of reach for many uninsured Americans, a hurdle that may keep the treatment from saving more people who overdose on opioids, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Aug 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Free COVID tests, treatments for uninsured Americans cut for lack of funding
Uninsured Americans will no longer be covered for free COVID-19 tests and treatments because of the budget impasse in Congress, a Biden administration official said Tuesday.
Mar 23, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Medicaid expansion linked to drop in uninsured with breast cancer
(HealthDay)—Expansion of Medicaid was associated with a reduction in the number of uninsured patients with breast cancer, according to a study published online July 1 in JAMA Surgery.
Jul 2, 2020
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Health
Obamacare linked to fewer leg amputations for minorities
(HealthDay)—There's been a significant drop in diabetes-related lower leg amputations among non-white patients in states that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare, a new study finds.
Jun 18, 2020
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Medical economics
Medicaid improves access to care, but effects vary by race
Medicaid is an important tool to reduce insurance-related health disparities among Americans, according to Penn State researchers.
Dec 5, 2018
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Health
More Americans pushed into high-deductible health plans
(HealthDay)—The number of uninsured American adults held steady at about 13 percent in 2017, but many more insured Americans are being presented with high deductibles, new research shows.
Feb 22, 2018
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Health
Survey: US uninsured up 3.5M this year; expected to rise
The number of U.S. adults without health insurance is up nearly 3.5 million this year, as rising premiums and political turmoil over "Obamacare" undermine coverage gains that drove the nation's uninsured rate to a historic ...
Oct 20, 2017
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