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Improved Access To Care For Young Adults Allowed To Stay On Parents’ Health Insurance
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that laws permitting children to stay on their parents’ health insurance through age 26 result in improved access to health care compared to states without those laws. This analysis indicates the potential positive impact of a key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)…
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No commentsAlthough The Financial Burden Of Prescription Drugs Is Dropping, Costs Remain A Challenge For Many
The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study…
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No commentsJustifying Insurance Coverage For Orphan Drugs
How can insurers justify spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient per year on “orphan drugs” – extremely expensive medications for rare conditions that are mostly chronic and life-threatening – when this money could provide greater overall health benefit if spread out among many other patients? Those spending decisions reflect the “rule of rescue,” the value that o…
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No commentsStudy Examines Misconceptions Of Who Picks Up Tab When Patients Walk Out
There are ways in which patients who leave the hospital against medical advice wind up paying for that decision. Being saddled with the full cost of their hospital stay, however, is not one of them. Insurance companies know this. Patients who walk out may know this. But many physicians, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, do not…
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No commentsStudy Reveals 1 In 10 Canadians Cannot Afford Prescription Drugs
One in ten Canadians cannot afford to take their prescription drugs as directed, according to an analysis by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto. The study, published in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) is the first to examine the relationship between drug insurance and the use of prescription drugs in Canada…
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No commentsIn Hospital In-Patient Setting, Uninsured Receive Same Quantity, Value Of Imaging Services As Insured
Insurance status doesn’t affect the quantity (or value) of imaging services received by patients in a hospital, in-patient setting, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Approximately 51 million Americans, or 16.7 percent of the population, were without health insurance for some or all of 2009…
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No commentsKaiser Permanente Study Finds Continuous Health Coverage Essential For Patients Managing Diabetes
When patients with diabetes experience interruptions in health – insurance coverage, they are less likely to receive the screening tests and vaccines they need to protect their health. A new study finds that this is true even when patients receive free or reduced-cost medical care at federally funded safety net clinics…
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No commentsMedicare And Private Insurance Spending Similar Throughout Texas
Variations in health care spending by Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) are similar throughout the state despite previous research, which found significant spending differences between the private and commercial sector in McAllen, Texas…
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No commentsHealth Reform – Individual States Given More Flexibility And Freedom, USA
US states are being given more freedom and flexibility in the implementation of health reform as stipulated in the Affordable Care Act, which aims to make sure all US citizens have access to affordable, quality health insurance, according to a bulletin released by the HHS (Department of Health and Human Services)…
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No commentsNot All NJ Youngsters Are Equal When It Comes To Use Of Dental Services
When it comes to receiving dental care, New Jersey has its share of underserved children, according to a Rutgers study. In 2009, more than one-fifth of the state’s children between 3 and 18 received no dental care within the previous year…
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