Oral health worse among undocumented immigrants
…to which differences in oral health, which is important not only in its own right, but also as an indicator of broader physical health, exist along the lines of citizenship…
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Power to the people: An experiment on community-based health monitoring in Uganda
…Experiment on Community-Based Monitoring in Uganda,” assesses whether the use of community-based health care monitoring in Uganda increases the level and quality of health care, thereby improving health outcomes. Using…
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2011 Medicare Trustees Report
…the anticipated cost-saving effects of the Affordable Care Act (the major health care reform bill passed in 2010); moreover, it notes that “actual future costs for Medicare are likely to…
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Obamacare appears to save a Millennial’s life every day
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email One provision of the Affordable Care Act – the health legislation popularly known as Obamacare – allows young people, aged 19 to 25, to be…
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Malpractice risk according to physician specialty
…well as a high cumulative career malpractice risk in both high and low-risk specialties, may help to explain perceived malpractice risk among U.S. physicians.” Tags: safety, health care reform, law…
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Geographic variation in Medicare drug spending
…authors suggest that studies on resource deployment and usage would shed light on public policy design to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of U.S. health care. Tags: health care reform…
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Importance of the individual insurance mandate: Evidence from Massachusetts
…the authors state that the national law’s mandate “could play an even larger role in encouraging the healthy to participate in health insurance markets.” Tags: consumer affairs, health care reform…
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How state decisions on expanding Medicaid influence the success of insurance marketplaces: Research brief
…affordable private plans to consumers. What shapes the health of a health insurance exchange? A major, widely popular goal of the national health reform is to make insurance affordable for…
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One vote out of step? The effects of salient roll-call votes in the 2010 election
…It is also possible that the failure of health care reform would have demobilized some Democratic donors, interest groups and voters in 2010.” Tags: Congress, elections, presidency, health care reform…
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Homelessness in the United States: Trends and demographics
…Finally, although health care reform opens new opportunities for homeless persons, there remain significant logistical hurdles to extending Medicaid to this population. Keywords: youth, children, transient population, soup kitchen, street…
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