News tagged with health reform
New University of Washington survey explores attitudes of tea party supporters
(PhysOrg.com) -- The tea party movement has gotten much attention in recent months, but aside from decrying big government and excessive spending, who are the supporters and what else do they appear to believe?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab
Presenting a united front in the war on obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related disorders, seven of America’s leading public health and economics experts are urging passage of taxes on sugar-sweetened ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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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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Bioethicist calls Jon Stewart 'our greatest public intellectual'
In an article in the American Journal of Bioethics, a Loyola bioethicist is calling political satirist Jon Stewart "our greatest public intellectual. This is no joke."
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Ten US states to file suit against health care reform
Ten US states plan to file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of health care reform as soon as President Barack Obama signs it into law, Florida's attorney general said Monday.
Mar 22, 2010 |
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New book compares health care in New York, Paris and London
Why do other countries spend less on health care and yet achieve near-universal coverage and often better outcomes than the United States? This question has come up repeatedly during the health reform debate, and yet the ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Health Care bill clears key Senate test
(AP) -- Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test in the pre-dawn hours early Monday, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all ...
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Who gets expensive cancer drugs? A tale of 2 nations
The well-worn notion that patients in the United States have unfettered access to the most expensive cancer drugs while the United Kingdom's nationalized health care system regularly denies access to some high-cost treatments ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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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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US House to vote on Obama's historic health plan
US President Barack Obama's quest for health care reform comes to a head on Sunday when the House of Representatives votes on legislation to extend health insurance to virtually all Americans.
Mar 21, 2010 |
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Doctors hard to find for patients in Massachusetts' first for-profit health plan
The first for-profit insurance company approved to offer government-subsidized coverage under Massachusetts' health reform has dangerously restricted access to primary care, according to data reported in Thursday's New En ...
Aug 04, 2010 |
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AARP: Prescription drug prices on the rise
(AP) -- Prices of the most popular brand-name prescription drugs are on the rise even as the economy falters, the AARP says.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Universal coverage may narrow racial, ethnic and socioeconomic gaps in health care
Health care disparities in the U.S. have long been noted, with particular attention paid to the gaps separating racial and economic groups. And while some research has looked at how insurance—and lack of insurance—contributes ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Nonprofit nursing homes provide better care, major study finds
A major new statistical review of 82 individual research studies has revealed that nonprofit nursing homes deliver, on average, higher quality care than for-profit nursing homes. The findings could have a bearing on the present ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Survey of young adults finds wide majority support health reform
An overwhelming majority -- 88 percent -- of young adults across the political spectrum think it is important for Congress and the President to pass health reform legislation that would assure affordable health insurance ...
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Healthcare reform
Healthcare reform is a general rubric used for discussing major health policy creation or changes—for the most part, governmental policy that affects healthcare delivery in a given place. Healthcare reform typically attempts to:
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