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An Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care
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Food And Health
- December 02, 2015Web First
Health Spending Hits $3 Trillion
- After five consecutive years of low growth, authors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report that national health spending in the US grew 5.3 percent in 2014.
- December 09, 2015Health Reform
A Market-Oriented Reform Plan
- Joseph Antos, James Capretta, and coauthors present proposals to replace the Affordable Care Act and to enact major reforms across the health care system.
- December 07, 2015Care for Elders
Medicare Home Visits Cut Admissions
- Soeren Mattke and colleagues evaluated a home visit program offered to Medicare Advantage plan members in several states and found that participants had fewer hospital and nursing home admissions.
- December 07, 2015Health Spending
Solvaldi And Spending
- Charles Roehrig explains how new hepatitis C drugs contributed to growth in health spending.
Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is testing how to pay providers for episodes of care instead of for individual services.November 23, 2015
Enforcing Mental Health Parity
- Five years after the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act took effect, access to equal benefits and qualified providers remains elusive for many insured Americans.November 11, 2015
An Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care
A physician reflects on the bitter reality of delayed and denied care that her immigrant patient faced more than a decade ago and that many immigrants still face today.
The Diet-Health Connection
- November coauthor Julia Wolfson, in a WTOP-FM interview, explains the ways diet and health are intertwined.
Current Issue
- From The Editor-In-Chief
- Entry Point: Direct Primary Care
- Marketplace Year Two Assessed
- Federal Marketplace Competition
- ACA Assisters Status Report
- ACA And Medicare Colonoscopies
- Complex Patient Care Worldwide
- Medicare Home Visits Benefits
- DATAWATCH: Public vs. Private Payments
- Life Expectancy And Education
- Web First: New Payment Models For LTSS
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- HHS And Treasury Release Substantive Guidance On ACA State Innovation Waivers 12 Dec 2015
- Health Policy Brief: Dietary Guidelines For Americans 11 Dec 2015
- Narrative Matters: An Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care 11 Dec 2015
- Preventing Older Adults From Falling: Evaluation Of A New York Foundation’s Initiative Shows Success 11 Dec 2015
- It’s Time For Fairness In Organ Distribution 10 Dec 2015
- The Global Struggle To Care For Patients With Complex Needs December 09, 2015
- An Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care December 07, 2015
- National Health Spending in 2014 December 02, 2015
- Financing Long-Term Services And Supports November 17, 2015
- Food And Health November 05, 2015
- The Global Struggle To Care For Patients With Complex Needs December 09, 2015
- Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Care for Older Adults: Lessons From the Field December 02, 2015
- Financing Long-Term Services And Supports November 17, 2015
- Food And Health November 05, 2015
- Primary Care Physicians In Ten Countries Report Challenges Caring For Patients With Complex Health Needs
- The Most Crowded US Hospital Emergency Departments Did Not Adopt Effective Interventions To Improve Flow, 2007-10
- The Growing Difference Between Public And Private Payment Rates For Inpatient Hospital Care
- An Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care
- Leveraging The Affordable Care Act To Enroll Justice-Involved Populations In Medicaid: State And Local Efforts
- Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
- National Health Spending In 2014: Faster Growth Driven By Coverage Expansion And Prescription Drug Spending
- Five Years Later: Awareness Of New York City's Calorie Labels Declined, With No Changes In Calories Purchased
- Three Interventions That Reduce Childhood Obesity Are Projected To Save More Than They Cost To Implement
- The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost
- Three Interventions That Reduce Childhood Obesity Are Projected To Save More Than They Cost To Implement
- Focus On Obesity
- Exposure To Harmful Workplace Practices Could Account For Inequality In Life Spans Across Different Demographic Groups
- Improvements In US Diet Helped Reduce Disease Burden And Lower Premature Deaths, 1999-2012; Overall Diet Remains Poor
- Severe Obesity In Adults Cost State Medicaid Programs Nearly $8 Billion In 2013