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Obama Makes Plea for Americans to End Battles, Sign Up
President Barack Obama on Tuesday night touted the results of his 2010 healthcare overhaul and urged every American who knows someone without health insurance to help them get covered by the end of March.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday night touted the results of his 2010 healthcare overhaul and urged every American who knows someone without health insurance to help them get covered by the end of March.
That was the president's key healthcare message as he gave his first State of the Union address since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's coverage options kicked in for millions of Americans earlier this month. As policy experts predicted, Obama focused primarily on the economy and jobs in his speech. But even though launch of the insurance exchanges has been deeply embarrassing for the president, he could hardly pass up the opportunity to publicize it as the administration works to enroll millions of Americans in new coverage.
Shying away from any mention of problems with HealthCare.gov and canceled insurance plans, the president promoted the benefits of his signature piece of domestic policy legislation.
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Source: Modern Healthcare
Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Thyme Care CEO and Cofounder Robin Shah
October 2nd 2023Robin Shah, CEO of Thyme Care, which he founded in 2020 with Bobby Green, MD, president and chief medical officer, joins hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, to discuss his evolution as an entrepreneur in oncology care innovation and his goal of positively changing how patients experience the cancer system.
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California Aims for Equity by Redefining Cancer Care
December 8th 2023Authors highlight key aspects of the California Cancer Care Equity Act, including its focus on Medi-Cal beneficiaries, the requirement for managed care plans to contract with specialized cancer centers, and the definition of complex cancers.
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Insufficient Data, Disparities Plague Lung Cancer Risk Factor Documentation
September 24th 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the senior author of a study published in the September 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® on the importance of adequate and effective lung cancer risk factor documentation to determine a patient's eligibility for screening.
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Patients With RA in Remission Withdrawing From TNF Inhibition Show Flare Increases
December 8th 2023New data presented at ACR 2023 highlighted the differences in rates of flares and Boolean 2.0 remission rates compared to patients with rheumatoid arthritis who continued a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi).
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New Insights on Breast Cancer Outcomes Among Sexual, Gender Minorities
December 7th 2023Despite there being a great demand for data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity in the cancer space, individuals who identify as a sexual and gender minority remain poorly represented.
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