Med Students Chip In To Help The Uninsured
Almost 1 million New York City residents are still uninsured. Rather than go to emergency rooms or city hospitals, some of them get free care from medical school students.
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Houston Firefighters Bring Digital Doctors On Calls
The city is harnessing telemedicine to cut down on the overwhelming number of residents seeking primary care help by calling 911.
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Battle For Mental Health Parity Produces Mixed Results
Some of the obvious problems, such as separate deductibles for mental health care, have been eliminated. But advocates are concerned about more subtle insurance processes, such as reviews of medical necessity, that could be hampering coverage.
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Some Face A Big Bill From Medi-Cal — After They Die
California is one of the few states that charge the estates of deceased Medicaid beneficiaries for the cost of their health coverage. A bill is moving through the state legislature to stop the practice.
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FDA Heads Into Uncharted Territory Of 鈥楤iosimiliar鈥 Drugs
Under a new process set out by the health law, the FDA approved the first so-called biosimilar drug for sale in the U.S. It鈥檚 a copy of the cancer medicine Neupogen that will be sold under the brand name Zarxio.
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Mental Health Privacy Questions Arise In Rape Case At University Of Oregon
In a lawsuit over a rape case involving three basketball players, the university accessed a student鈥檚 mental health records detailing treatment she received at the campus clinic.
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Awake, And Safe, All Night Despite Dementia
A special 鈥渄aycare at night鈥 program in the Bronx cares for Alzheimer鈥檚 patients whose internal clocks mistake night for day.
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Digital Dilemma For Medicine: How To Share Records
Most industries share complicated digital files to do business, but health care still leans hard on paper printouts and fax machines. Despite a $30 billion taxpayer investment in electronic health records since 2009, most of those systems are unable to talk to each other.
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Fancy Flourishes At Hospitals Don鈥檛 Impress Patients, Study Finds
A study at Baltimore鈥檚 Johns Hopkins finds that patients in older buildings rate their care about the same as those in a sleek new hospital tower.
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In The Medicare Bonus Round, The Winners Are鈥mall, Specialty Hospitals!
Some hospital revenue is now going to be tied to how happy you - the patient - are when you stay there. But not all hospitals are going to be capable of winning the Medicare sweepstakes.
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Texas Insurance Brokers Play Bigger Obamacare Role
Despite an uneasy relationship with the health law, insurance brokers are touting their expertise and helping Texans sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance.
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Tax Preparers Brace To Be Bearers Of Bad Health Law News
With Affordable Care Act open enrollment ending Feb. 15, taxpayers could find themselves shut out of health insurance 鈥 and saddled with big fines 鈥 if they don鈥檛 do their taxes early this year.
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Health Insurance Startup Collapses In Iowa
Obamacare provided billions in seed money to help establish insurance companies called co-ops. One of the biggest has now gone under, and its state overseer is telling clients to switch carriers.
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Rural Doctor Launches Startup To Ease Pain Of Dying Patients
Getting basic health care to rural areas has always been difficult, and delivering specialized care is even harder. One doctor is raising money to get palliative care to patients in rural California.
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Medicaid’s Western Push Hits Montana
After sitting out the first full year of Obamacare鈥檚 Medicaid expansion, lawmakers in Montana have moved on to arguing -- not about whether -- but about how much federal cash to pull down.
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When Home And Health Are Just Out Of Reach
Health insurance doesn't pay for housing, but sometimes that is what a patient needs most. A Medicaid experiment, called Money Follows The Person, helps some elderly and disabled people move out of institutions into their own homes.
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Too Little, Too Late For Many New Yorkers Seeking Hospice
Evidence shows hospice care can extend life and save money, but only if patients and doctors dare ask for the help. One New Yorker said hospice gave her back a normal life 鈥 at peace, pain subdued.
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Alaska鈥檚 New Governor Sets Sights On Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Bill Walker, an Independent, campaigned on Medicaid expansion and now he has to pitch it to a reluctant Republican legislature.
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In New York, Video Chat Trumps Quarantine To Combat TB
While Americans debate whether we should quarantine people who might have Ebola but clearly aren't contagious, others wander among us who are infected with tuberculosis 鈥 another disease that's highly communicable in some forms.
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One Man Explains Why He Is Still Uninsured
Leaburn Alexander works two jobs and has a monster commute. There鈥檚 no wiggle room in his budget to pay a health insurance premium 鈥 and no time even to meet with an enrollment counselor.