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New Study: Expanding Medicaid Reduces Access to Health Care
Ted Kennedy helped to create the S-CHIP program. Image via Wikipedia
Chapin White of the Center for Studying Health System Change has published an important new paper in Health Services Research, a journal of health economics, which suggests that a critical part of the Affordable Care Act—its expansion of Medicaid coverage to 16 million more Americans—may actually reduce those individuals’ access to health care.
White’s report comes on the heels of numerous studies that show that patients on Medicaid, our national government-run health-care program for the poor, do far worse on health outcomes than do those on private insurance,… Continue reading
Health Highlights: March 8, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
CDC Campaign Promotes HIV Testing, Awareness
Among Black Women
A new campaign to increase HIV testing and awareness among black women
was launched Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
HIV/AIDS is a major health issue among black women. The CDC’s “Take
Charge. Take the Test” campaign — which features community outreach, a
website and advertising — was launched in conjunction with National Women
and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
The campaign was launched in 10 cities where black women… Continue reading
Health Net of California Introduces SmartCare
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Health
Net of California, Inc. is introducing SmartCare, an expanded
tailored network in Southern California that is built on innovative
strategic alliances with health care providers, an expanded benefit
offering and emphasis on complementary care.
“We’re taking one of our pioneering tailored networks, the Bronze HMO,
and expanding benefits and adding incentives for healthy habits,” said
Steve Sell, president of Health Net’s Western Region Health Plan. “Even
with these additions, SmartCare premiums in many cases still will be up
to 25 percent less than a comparable level of benefits available through
our full statewide HMO network.”
The… Continue reading
Health Highlights: March 2, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
U.S. Senate Supports Controversial Policy on
Contraceptives
The U.S. Senate on Thursday struck down a Republican-led proposal that
would have allowed employers and health insurers to deny coverage of
women’s contraceptives for religious reasons.
“The Senate will not allow women’s health care choices to be taken away
from them,” Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, told The New York
Times after the 51-to-48 vote.
The proposal challenged a controversial provision of President Obama‘s
health care plan requiring health insurers and employers… Continue reading
Health Highlights: March 1, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
FDA Approves Four-Strain Flu
Vaccine
A new nasal-spray flu vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration protects against four strains of common flu, adding one
more barrier to infection.
Okayed for people 2 to 49 years old, the FluMist Quadrivalent vaccine
from AstraZeneca guards against two strains of influenza A and two strains
of influenza B, the Associate Press reported. Previous vaccines
protected against two influenza A strains but only one influenza B strain.
“Illness caused by Influenza B virus… Continue reading
Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Artificial Hips a Bigger Problem Than Breast
Implants: Study
Hundreds of thousands of people who received artificial metal-on-metal
hips made by Johnson & Johnson, among others, may face serious health
threats, including long-term disability, British health experts report.
The BMJ and BBC researchers said more people are at risk
from the metal artificial hips than are affected by faulty breast implants
made in France, the subject of another recent European medical device
scare.
Their investigation found that toxic cobalt and chromium ions… Continue reading
Health Management to Present at Investor Conferences
NAPLES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA – News) today announced
that senior management will present at the following investor
conferences during the week of February 27, 2012:
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February 27, 2012 at 2:40 pm ET at the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield &
Leveraged Finance Conference held at the Loews Miami Beach in Miami,
Florida. -
February 28, 2012 at 3:30 pm ET at the Citi 2012 Global Health Care
Conference held at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. -
February 29, 2012 at 12:00 pm ET at the RBC Capital Markets’ Global
Healthcare Conference held at the New York… Continue reading
