May 4th 2024
This week, the Center on Health Equity and Access highlights a variety of gaps that exist in health care, spanning women's health, the rising rate of metabolic disease, and policy for LGBTQ+ and immigrant populations. The consensus among featured experts points to comprehensive care models.
Louisiana Budget Showdown Threatens Opening of $1.1 Billion Medical Center
June 2nd 2015Governor Bobby Jindal wants the state budget to meet requirements of Americans for Tax Reform. Even a less severe plan that has passed the Louisiana House still falls short in funding to compensate private operators of charity hospitals and medical schools.
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Oncologists Evaluate Costs and Patient Barriers to Cancer Care
May 31st 2015During the Health Services Research and Quality of Care session on the second day of the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, being held at the McCormick Convention Center, Chicago, oncologists discussed barriers to patient participation in cancer clinical trials, and discussed attributes of the high cost of care.
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Characteristics, Medication Use of Early Marketplace Enrollees
May 28th 2015Individuals who enrolled in health insurance on the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces had lower average drug spending and were less likely to use most medication classes than patients with employer-sponsored coverage, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
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Benefit Design for Newly Eligible Adults in Medicaid Expansion States
May 27th 2015A review of the benefit design choices made by states that expanded Medicaid (as of the end of 2014), revealed that states are offering more generous coverage that what is required under federal law, according to researchers with The Commonwealth Fund.
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