
What We're Reading: Retail Clinics Do Not Alleviate Emergency Department Burden
What we’re reading, November 15, 2016: retail health clinics are not associated with decreased emergency department visits; House Speaker Paul Ryan will push for Medicare reform along with repeal of the Affordable Care Act; screening of donated blood finds just a fraction of units are contaminated with the Zika virus.
The increasing popularity of retail health clinics has not lowered the amount of emergency department (ED) visits for low-acuity conditions, according to a
House Speaker Paul Ryan is preparing for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, and he has
Many American blood banks have been testing donated blood for the Zika virus at a cost of $6 to $10 per unit, even though they are not yet legally required to.
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