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Uninsured turn to daily deal sites for health care
(AP) -- The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.
Dec 31, 2011 |
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Vets oppose bill that raises health care fees
(AP) -- Health care fees for working-age military retirees would increase slightly under a defense bill unveiled Monday that drew fierce opposition from the 2.1 million-strong Veterans of Foreign Wars.
May 09, 2011 |
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Health reform predicted to increase need for primary care providers
Expansion of health care coverage mandated by health reform will push demand for primary care providers sharply upward, and thousands of new physicians are necessary to accommodate the increase, a new study finds.
Mar 25, 2011 |
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4.7 million Californians to gain coverage under health reform, new study estimates
Up to two-thirds of California's 7 million uninsured residents will become eligible for health insurance coverage when health care reform is implemented in 2014, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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New state scorecard on children's health care finds wide geographic disparities
Two years after the reauthorization and expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a new Commonwealth Fund state-by-state scorecard evaluating how the health care system is working for children finds that ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Health care reform can help align preventive care recommendations with Medicare coverage
Health care reform should be able to mend a disconnect that has existed between the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a task force charged by the government to review clinical preventive ...
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Courts may not get last word in health care fight
(AP) -- Opponents of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are a cheering a federal court ruling that one of its core provisions is unconstitutional. They may not realize that Obama has a fallback ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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5.7 million Californians lack access to job-based coverage
Most Americans receive health insurance coverage through their employer, or through an employed family member's dependent coverage. Yet having a job is no guarantee of coverage, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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World Health Report 2010 balanced but incomplete account of how to achieve universal health coverage
With the financial crisis still hanging over many countries, this year's World Health Report from the World Health Organization, "Health Systems Financing: The Path to Universal Coverage" is timely and relevant to the question ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Health care law may hamper limited insurance plans
(AP) -- The new health care law could make it difficult for companies like McDonald's to continue offering limited insurance coverage to their low-wage workers.
Sep 30, 2010 |
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US ranks last among 7 countries on health system performance
Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—on ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Senate fails to spare doctors from Medicare cuts
(AP) -- After a week of partisan wrangling, the Senate on Friday passed legislation to spare doctors a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments looming for months. But the last-ditch effort came too late.
Jun 19, 2010 |
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Report: Employers to see 2011 medical costs jump
(AP) -- Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, and more will ask workers to share a bigger chunk of the expense, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Few health reform options would have covered more people at lower cost than new law, study finds
The recently enacted federal health care reform law provides health insurance coverage to the largest number of Americans while keeping federal costs as low as reasonably possible, according to a new analysis from the RAND ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Researchers find Mass. health care reform improved access to inpatient procedures among minorities
Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University School of Medicine have found that health care reform in Massachusetts has improved minority access for some inpatient procedures. These findings are ...
Apr 29, 2010 |
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