Health Law Is an Issue in Fight Over Supreme Court Pick Brett Kavanaugh
The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is prompting a new round of fighting about the Affordable Care Act, as Democrats warn that he could imperil the health law and Republicans...
View ArticleKids learn what a career in a health field is like
Kids from our area are getting a lesson on what it’s like to have a career in the health field. More than 30 children from Coatesville and Chester are taking part in the Health Career Summer Academy....
View ArticleEditorial: Caring about children’s health after they’re born
President Donald Trump wants abortion to dominate the confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. What better way to divide Americans while distracting people from this country’s...
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Advocate Aurora Health and Foxconn plan to collaborate on developing new...
Jim Skogsbergh (from left) and Nick Turkal, co-CEOs of Advocate Aurora Health, and Leonard Wu, CEO of Foxconn Health Technology Business Group, sign a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on...
View ArticleCost containment is a top priority among health system executives
When Rob Lazerow, a managing director at the Advisory Board Co., recently met with the executive team of a large health system, he noticed a construction project had been downsized from the prior year....
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Is it true that ‘healthy obesity’ boosts death risk?
Metabolically healthy obesity — also known as “healthy obesity” — describes obesity not accompanied by metabolic health complications, such as diabetes, hypertension, or high cholesterol. Is ‘healthy...
View ArticlePrivate health insurance rankings to give consumers more information about...
Updated July 15, 2018 14:18:11 Private health insurance premiums will be ranked in a bid to help consumers figure out exactly what they are paying for, from April next year. The Federal Government has...
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My Health Record: Your questions answered on cybersecurity, police and privacy
Every Australian will soon have a My Health Record — an online summary of their health information — unless they opt out over the next three months. From Monday, Australians will have until October 15...
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The Health 202: Trump White House finds new reason to target Medicaid
THE PROGNOSIS The Trump administration is trying out a new argument to defend its support of work requirements for social safety net programs like Medicaid: The Johnson-era “War on Poverty” was...
View ArticleStrengthening institutional capacity for equitable health research: lessons...
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My Health Record systems collapse under more opt-outs than expected
Australians attempting to opt out of the government’s new centralised health records system online have been met with an unreliable website. Those phoning in have faced horrendous wait times,...
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Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your...
Health Insurance Hustle The Confounding Way We Pay for Care This story was co-published with NPR. To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month’s health insurance industry gathering in San Diego...
View ArticleWe won’t know more about marijuana’s health benefits until feds stop labeling...
First, because marijuana remains a federal Schedule I drug, research is severely restricted. However, there has been extensive research done in Europe and Israel. This research has shown multiple...
View ArticleAdvisers applaud House bills to expand health savings accounts
Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee approved a roster of bills designed to increase HSA contribution limits and the number of people who qualify to use them. “It’s exciting to see Congress...
View ArticleZika and health cuts blamed for rise in baby death rates in Brazil
The number of children dying in their first year of life has risen in Brazil for the first time since 1990. It’s a worrying setback for a country once seen as a model of poverty reduction. The infant...
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Saharan dust creates health hazard, hurricane hindrance
Caption Close This NASA graphic from June 28 shows dust from the Saharan Desert makes its way west from the country of Chad in central Africa. This NASA graphic from June 28 shows dust from the...
View ArticleFormer Health agency’s top attorney charged after OSBI determines she sent...
The former top lawyer at the Oklahoma Health Department was accused Tuesday in a criminal charge of sending threatening emails to herself in an attention-seeking ploy. Julie Ezell, 37, of Edmond,...
View ArticleLancet Global Health Article, Commentary Examine Tracking Aid For RMNCH
Lancet Global Health Article, Commentary Examine Tracking Aid For RMNCH Jul 18, 2018 The Lancet Global Health: Tracking aid for global health goals: a systematic comparison of four approaches applied...
View ArticleUS health care companies begin exploring blockchain technologies
The sprawling U.S. health care industry has trouble managing patient information: Every doctor, medical office, hospital, pharmacy, therapist and insurance company needs different pieces of data to...
View ArticleHealth-Care Coverage Is Increasingly Determined by Where You Live
Robert Kingsland will have to pay hundreds of dollars if he goes without insurance next year, even though Congress recently repealed the Affordable Care Act’s penalty for not having coverage. That is...
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