Insurance expansion associated with increase in surgical treatment of thyroid...
The 2006 Massachusetts health reform, a model for the Affordable Care Act, was associated with significant increases in surgical intervention for thyroid cancer, specifically among nonwhite...
View ArticleStudy shows health insurance plans too complicated to understand
A new survey by experts at the Health Disparities Institute of UConn Health shows that many patients across Connecticut are struggling to understand their complex, jargon-filled private health...
View ArticleThe USA can learn from these foreign health care systems
The U.S. has lots to learn when it comes to health care coverage.
View ArticleStudy: Medicaid patients wait longer to see doctors
Waiting to see a doctor is frustrating, as anyone who has spent too much time flipping through old magazines or warily eyeing coughing strangers can attest. According to a new study by MIT researchers,...
View ArticleWhat US healthcare needs most is visionary leadership
The American healthcare delivery system is breaking. It is faltering in so many ways that it seems like the overall system is beyond fixing. It has become contentious and politicized to the point where...
View ArticleOutpatient wait times are longer for Medicaid recipients
(HealthDay)—Medicaid patients have slightly longer waits at medical appointments than those with private insurance, according to a report published in the May issue of Health Affairs.
View ArticleMedical care, health have improved for low-income adults under ACA
The Affordable Care Act's health coverage expansions have produced major improvements in medical care and health for low-income adults, including reduced out-of-pocket spending, better access to...
View ArticleAmericans show strong support for mental health coverage
Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, overwhelmingly feel that insurance should cover mental health. Seventy-seven percent of all Americans said private health insurance offered through an...
View ArticleSome private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which
The recent jailing of British breast surgeon Ian Paterson after performing multiple unnecessary operations has highlighted the issue of hospital safety.
View Article1991-2014 saw minimal change in health spending per state
(HealthDay)—From 1991 to 2014 there was minimal change in health spending by state, according to a study published online June 14 in Health Affairs.
View ArticleInsurance approval rates for clinical trial participation rose under...
Approval rates for privately insured patients seeking to enroll in oncology clinical trials increased after the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleOver-the-counter devices hold their own against costly hearing aids
Hearing aids that can cost more than $2,000 apiece are only slightly more effective than some over-the-counter sound-amplification devices that sell for just a few hundred dollars, according to a...
View ArticleStudy reveals costs of maternal health
New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has for the first time identified and quantified the factors pushing up maternal health costs in the New South Wales public hospital system,...
View ArticleDoes health insurance status affect childhood cancer survival?
A new study examines whether insurance status may affect survival in children diagnosed with cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the...
View Article'Medicare for all' could be cheaper than you think
Public support for single-payer health care has been rising in recent months amid failed Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleWhat the latest health overhaul push means for consumers
Only one thing is certain for insurance shoppers if the latest attempt to replace former President Barack Obama's health care law succeeds: Uncertainty.
View ArticleDelays for melanoma surgeries linked to insurance type
A retrospective review of several thousand melanoma cases in North Carolina found that Medicaid patients were more likely to experience surgical treatment delays than patients with private insurance,...
View ArticlePoll: Adult caregivers overwhelmed and undertrained
Adult caregivers looking after aging relatives and friends have little training for their stressful roles but still find the experience rewarding, according to a poll released Thursday.
View ArticleState laws requiring autism coverage by private insurers led to increases in...
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that the enactment of state laws mandating coverage of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was followed by...
View ArticleThe U.S. health care system—a patchwork that no one likes
Almost all parties agree that the health care system in the U.S., which is responsible for about 17 percent of our GDP, is badly broken. Soaring costs, low quality, insurance reimbursements and...
View ArticleMinorities less likely to have breast reconstruction, but not for the reason...
Minority women are far less likely to undergo breast reconstruction than white women, even if they live in the same area and have similar insurance. The finding from a new study from the Perelman...
View ArticleTo make surgery safer and less expensive for all, take Michigan's model...
Half the dollars spent on health care in America have something to do with a surgical procedure - including post-surgery care to fix problems that could have been prevented.
View ArticleVA patients face disparities in kidney transplantation
Military veterans with VA insurance experience low rates of transplantation and high rates of death while on the transplant waiting list, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week...
View ArticleHow Obamacare changed the love lives of young adults
It seems that each week, a new development about the Affordable Care Act calls into question the future of health care in the U.S. Such policy changes may also have much more far-reaching effects on...
View ArticleDeceleration in health care spending growth in 2016
(HealthDay)—Health care spending growth slowed in 2016 following faster growth in 2014 and 2015, according to research published online Dec. 6 in Health Affairs.
View ArticleFew California retailers offer pharmacist-prescribed birth control, despite law
A new law took effect in California last year allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control. But few of the state's pharmacies are actually offering this service, according to new UC Berkeley research.
View ArticleMaking insurers participate in marketplace could cut volatility
(HealthDay)—Requiring insurers that participate in Medicare or Medicaid to also participate in Marketplaces in the same geographic area could improve access to insurance, according to a study published...
View ArticleMore sought mental health specialty care in 2008 to 2015
(HealthDay)—Between 2008 and 2015 there was an increase in the number of U.S. adults who received outpatient mental health care in the specialty sector, according to a study published in the December...
View ArticleTime to stop using 9 million children as a bargaining CHIP
Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, health care has been front and center in American politics. Yet attention has almost exclusively focused on the Affordable Care Act and congressional...
View ArticleWhites with mental illness far more likely to report insufficient money for...
White adults with mental illness were significantly more likely than those of other ethnicities to report having insufficient money for mental health care or facing delays in care, a Mount Sinai study...
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