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Health Insurance Costs Among Middle-aged Adults

Health Insurance Costs Among Middle-aged Adults

Nearly half of adults in their 50s and early 60s weren’t sure they'll be able to afford health insurance after their retirement, and two-thirds worried about the potential effects of health ...

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Financial Hardship in Cancer: Fresh Insights

Financial Hardship in Cancer: Fresh Insights

Among adult cancer survivors in the United States, health insurance literacy was linked to medical financial hardship as well as non-medical financial sacrifices, stated new American Cancer ...

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Losing Medicaid Coverage Linked to Reduced Use of Healthcare

Losing Medicaid Coverage Linked to Reduced Use of Healthcare

Among adults with mental health disorders, losing Medicaid coverage was found to lead to lasting reductions in overall healthcare use and in outpatients mental health treatment specifically,...

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Achieving Universal Health Coverage Should Top Your Agenda, Say G20 Leaders

Achieving Universal Health Coverage Should Top Your Agenda, Say G20 Leaders

In Japan G20 leaders should focus on fulfilling their obligations to improve and expand their nations' health care systems. In a commentary published today, 20 health data, financi...

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Health Insurance Linked to Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Aging Immigrants

Health Insurance Linked to Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Aging Immigrants

Aging immigrants with health insurance are found to be at a lower cardiovascular disease risk, said study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The findings are published...

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Paying Patients to Use Lower-priced Health Providers can Reduce Health Spending, Says Study

Paying Patients to Use Lower-priced Health Providers can Reduce Health Spending, Says Study

A new study has found that paying people to use lower-price medical providers can help reduce health care spending. Examining a program that pays patients $25 to $500 for using a lowe...

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US Spends More on Healthcare Among Developed Countries

US Spends More on Healthcare Among Developed Countries

Americans on average continue to spend much more for health care -- while getting less care -- than people in other developed countries, according to a study from a team led by a Johns Hopki...

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Diabetes Patients With High Deductible Health Plans Experience Delays in Seeking Care: Study

Diabetes Patients With High Deductible Health Plans Experience Delays in Seeking Care: Study

Diabetes patients who switched to high-deductible health plans had associated delays in care for dangerous blood vessel diseases, found research from the Department of Population Medicine at...

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Medical Bill Section Not Covered by Insurance Tends to Surprise 57% of Americans

Medical Bill Section Not Covered by Insurance Tends to Surprise 57% of Americans

Fifty-seven percent of American adults are surprised when they receive their medical bills, finds a new survey. The public holds insurers and hospitals most accountable when they receive an ...

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Affordable Care Act Benefits Stroke Survivors

Affordable Care Act Benefits Stroke Survivors

Affordable Care Act (ACA) was found to be effective at increasing insurance and decreasing cost-related non-adherence to medication among stroke survivors younger than 65 in the United State...

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Affordable Care Act May Have Cut Down Uninsured Cardiac-Related Hospitalizations

Affordable Care Act May Have Cut Down Uninsured Cardiac-Related Hospitalizations

Affordable Care Act(ACA) was implemented to improve the access of health care coverage to low-income families by expanding Medicaid. This led to an immediate decline in the percentage of ind...

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Improving Health Insurance Literacy Aids Missourians' ACA Enrollment, Say Health Policy Experts

Improving Health Insurance Literacy Aids Missourians' ACA Enrollment, Say Health Policy Experts

Health policy experts and community partners across Missouri revealed that community outreach and educational support for navigating health insurance options available in the Affordable Care...

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Immigrants Use Little Health Care, Subsidize Care of Non-immigrants

Immigrants Use Little Health Care, Subsidize Care of Non-immigrants

New study published today in the International Journal of Health Services finds that immigrants pay more money into both private and public health insurance programs than they take out. ...

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Drug Prices Not Consistently Adjusted with Value in the US: Study

Drug Prices Not Consistently Adjusted with Value in the US: Study

Health care reimbursements in many countries for drugs are directly associated with their value or net health benefits in treating disease. But a new study finds that it is not the case in t...

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Use of Emergency Department Drops After Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Use of Emergency Department Drops After Affordable Care Act (ACA)

The use of emergency department (ED) has dropped after two years since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , according to a new study at the University of California - San F...

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