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Tuesday May 22, 2012
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  • New Study Finds Military Marriages Are Not More Vulnerable To Divorce - Health Insurance (Monday, 14 May) - Despite the fact that military service means working long hours with unpredictable schedules, frequent relocations, and separations from loved ones due to deployment, a new study published in the Journal of Family Issues (a SAGE journal) finds that marriages of military members are not more vulnerable than civilian marriages......
  • Colon Cancer And Economic Theory In Health Care - Health Insurance (Monday, 14 May) - A study of 7,424 privately insured colon cancer patients found that managed care presence in the market and hospital competition increased the likelihood laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer lowered costs, a national team of researchers led by a professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health and...
  • The Insurance Status Of Children In The Emergency Department May Lead To Disparities In Treatment - Health Insurance (Friday, 11 May) - In 2009, children with public insurance were three times more likely and children with no insurance were eleven time more likely not to have a primary care physician, compared with children with private insurance. Without a primary care physician, the Emergency Department (ED) often becomes the primary point of contact...
  • Medical Bills: Sticker Shock And Confused Consumers - Health Insurance (Friday, 27 April) - You're enjoying a quiet weekend at home when suddenly you double over in pain. You need emergency appendectomy surgery......
  • 26% Of Working Age Adults In USA Lack Health Insurance - Health Insurance (Thursday, 19 April) - Just over one quarter (26%) of all Americans of working age in 2011 experienced a gap in health insurance cover, says a new report published by the Commonwealth Fund. The authors explained that in many cases, when people change their jobs or become unemployed, many of them lose health coverage......
  • The Majority Of California's Medi-Cal Caregivers Live In Or Near Poverty - Health Insurance (Friday, 13 April) - The demand for caregivers is growing rapidly as California's population ages, but the majority of state's Medi-Cal caregivers earn poverty or near-poverty wages and have poor access to health care and food, a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found......
  • Risky Treatments With Larger Rewards Preferable To 'Safe Bets' For Cancer Patients - Health Insurance (Wednesday, 11 April) - A new analysis provides a closer look at how much cancer patients value hope - with important implications for how insurers value treatment, particularly in end-of-life care......
  • How Insurance Status Influences Emergency Department Visit Rates - Health Insurance (Friday, 30 March) - A study published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, reveals that newly insured and newly uninsured adults are more likely to go to the emergency department (ED) due to recent changes in health insurance status. The report is part of the journal's Health Care...
  • Affordable Care Act's Patients' Bill Of Rights: Nearly All States Have Taken Action - Health Insurance (Friday, 23 March) - As the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act approaches, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds that 49 states and the District of Columbia have already taken action supporting the law's implementation, such as passing legislation, issuing regulations or other guidance, or actively reviewing insurer filings......
  • News From The Annals Of Family Medicine: March/April 2012 - Health Insurance (Tuesday, 13 March) - Four articles in the current issue draw attention to policy initiatives and implications of the rapidly changing U.S. health care environment. Collectively, they examine some of the challenges and opportunities facing the country following the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act......