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Healthcare's Tumultuous Year: Looking Back on Events That Shook the Industry
Historians will no doubt look back on 2012 as a watershed year in the evolution of the U.S. healthcare system. If universal health insurance is a hallmark of a modern democracy no different than universal secondary education or universal suffrage, then America still has a long way to go. But the past year's events signaled our country clearly is on a path toward that brighter future.
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Our readers noticed that, too. They overwhelmingly chose the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as the No. 1 news story of the year. Not far behind was the re-election of President Barack Obama, which isn't surprising given his name will be forever linked to the law—dubbed Obamacare—that first enshrined universal coverage as a national goal.
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Source: ModernHealthcare.com
Eye Changes After Cataract Surgery Associated With Diabetic Retinopathy
December 11th 2023Patients receiving uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery for cataracts had greater increases in macular and choroidal thickness if they had early diabetic retinopathy without preoperative diabetic macular edema.
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Results Show Strong Responses for Brentuximab Vedotin Plus Nivolumab Combo in Patients With cHL
December 11th 2023Use of an antibody drug conjugate and a PD-1 inhibitor brings complementary mechanisms together while eliminating the most toxic agent that has been used in combinations to treat classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).
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ICYMI: Highlights From the ACCC Fall National Oncology Conference
December 11th 2023This year’s top content from the fall meeting of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) highlights both treatment gains made through innovative referral, screening, and assistance initiatives and the ongoing need to improve health equity and research inclusivity.
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