http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A hospital pneumonia survival rate of 93 percent may sound good, but knowing that it's actually merely "fair" can help people pick a better hospital, according to new research. A "good" survival rate would be from 95 percent to 98 percent, medical experts say. http://www.physorg.com/news171814276.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:06 EST news171814276 (AP) -- Janie Johnson has no health insurance, so when she cut her toe while giving herself a pedicure, she limped to the emergency room at one of Chicago's safety net hospitals and waited her turn. http://www.physorg.com/news171611082.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:45:27 EST news171611082 (AP) -- Time is running out for a two-party compromise on health care as a bipartisan group of six Finance Committee senators considers a new proposal that might be the last, best hope for an overhaul agreement. http://www.physorg.com/news171611020.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:44:08 EST news171611020 Do Americans believe controversial assertions about health care reform including death panels, threats to Medicare, abortions, illegal immigrants, and other claims which the White House have labeled as untrue "myths?" http://www.physorg.com/news170331959.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:50:01 EST news170331959 Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if cost growth continues on its current course, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. http://www.physorg.com/news169995168.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:53:36 EST news169995168 As the debate over health care reform continues to unfold in town hall meetings and on Capitol Hill, a new study by two Harvard researchers has found that taxing job-based health benefits would heavily penalize insured, working families. http://www.physorg.com/news169984996.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:20:05 EST news169984996 Researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same regardless of how the plan is described or how involved the government would be. http://www.physorg.com/news169122465.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:40:01 EST news169122465 Comprehensive health reform proposals now before Congress could help the more than 13 million uninsured young adults ages 19-29 gain coverage, and such reforms would also help ensure that those who now have coverage would not lose it, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. Extending health insurance coverage to all Americans through expansions in Medicaid and a health insurance exchange with a choice of private and public plans would help guarantee stable, affordable coverage for young adults, according to the report, Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, 2009 Update. http://www.physorg.com/news168764679.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:20:01 EST news168764679 (AP) -- President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are looking ahead to a health care showdown on the House floor in September following a key committee's passage of sweeping overhaul legislation. http://www.physorg.com/news168346655.html Medicine & Health Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:58:03 EST news168346655 (AP) -- Three years into its experiment with near-universal health care, Massachusetts has some "dos and don'ts" for the nation as it grapples with the best way to cover tens of millions of uninsured Americans. http://www.physorg.com/news167628305.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:25:32 EST news167628305 A first-of-its-kind RAND Corporation study has linked the rapid growth in health care costs in the United States with job losses and lower output among industries that commonly provide workers with health insurance. http://www.physorg.com/news167569578.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:00:01 EST news167569578 (AP) -- Emily Weinstein graduated from college into an economic meltdown, and as a self-employed jewelry maker she'll be lucky to bring in $16,000 this year. http://www.physorg.com/news167413569.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:50:02 EST news167413569 The individual health insurance market is not a viable option for the majority of uninsured adults, a new report from The Commonwealth Fund finds. Seventy-three percent of people who tried to buy insurance on their own in the last three years did not purchase a policy, primarily because premiums were too high. In addition, among adults with individual coverage or who tried to buy coverage in the past three years, 57 percent said it was very difficult or impossible to find coverage they could afford, 47 percent said it was very difficult or impossible to find a plan with the coverage they needed, and 36 percent were denied coverage or charged more because of a pre-existing condition, or had the condition excluded from their coverage. http://www.physorg.com/news167374648.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:58:40 EST news167374648 As lawmakers debate how to pay for an overhaul of the nation's health care system, a new report from The Commonwealth Fund projects that including both private and public insurance choices in a new insurance exchange would save the United States as much as $265 billion in administrative costs from 2010 to 2020. Congressional leaders are attempting to keep 10-year federal budget costs of health care reform legislation under $1 trillion. http://www.physorg.com/news166941941.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:46:37 EST news166941941 (AP) -- The nation's hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Barack Obama's health care plan, a concession the White House hopes will boost an overhaul effort that's hit a roadblock in Congress. http://www.physorg.com/news166272158.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:43:17 EST news166272158 (AP) -- The percentage of Americans who don't have private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports. About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.physorg.com/news165688909.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:00:06 EST news165688909 (AP) -- A Republican senator seeking a bipartisan health deal spoke Sunday of "dialing down" expectations while one of President Barack Obama's Democratic allies questioned whether the White House had the votes necessary for a such a costly and comprehensive plan during a recession. http://www.physorg.com/news164815744.html Medicine & Health Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:09:41 EST news164815744 (AP) -- Medicare beneficiaries would receive better drug coverage and a portion of President Barack Obama's health care legislation would be paid for under an emerging agreement involving the pharmaceutical industry, the White House and key lawmakers. http://www.physorg.com/news164687650.html Medicine & Health Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:34:47 EST news164687650 (AP) -- House Democrats have lots of potential targets for higher taxes as they aim to expand health care coverage, from wealthy Americans and the nation's employers to anyone who pops the top on a soft drink. http://www.physorg.com/news164612918.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:49:03 EST news164612918 Billing claims from health insurance companies can provide insights on the long-term health of kidney transplant patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that valuable health information can be obtained by analyzing medical insurers' reimbursement documents, a process that is much simpler and cheaper than many other forms of clinical investigation. http://www.physorg.com/news164594120.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:00:02 EST news164594120 Extending health insurance coverage to all children in the U.S. would be relatively inexpensive and would yield economic benefits that are greater than the costs, according to new research conducted at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. http://www.physorg.com/news164377047.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:17:43 EST news164377047 (AP) -- With Republicans fighting the idea of a government-run health insurance plan, members of President Barack Obama's team said Sunday that they are open to a compromise: a cooperative program that would expand coverage with taxpayer money but without direct governmental control. http://www.physorg.com/news164256557.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:49:35 EST news164256557 (AP) -- Americans would be able to buy long-term care insurance from the government for $65 a month under a provision tucked into sweeping health care legislation that senators will begin considering next week. http://www.physorg.com/news163824574.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:49:56 EST news163824574 (AP) -- Republican senators say chances of reaching a bipartisan deal to overhaul health care dimmed after President Barack Obama issued a letter strongly supporting a new public health insurance plan. http://www.physorg.com/news163345369.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:44:19 EST news163345369 Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Medicine that will be published online Thursday. The data were collected prior to the current economic downturn and hence likely understate the current burden of financial suffering. Between 2001 and 2007, the proportion of all bankruptcies attributable to medical problems rose by 49.6 percent. The authors' previous 2001 findings have been widely cited by policy leaders, including President Obama. http://www.physorg.com/news163318959.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:23:39 EST news163318959 (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's open to requiring all Americans to buy health insurance, as long as the plan provides a "hardship waiver" to exempt poor people from having to pay. http://www.physorg.com/news163271156.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:47:08 EST news163271156 More than a decade after Harvard researchers first revealed that life and health insurance companies were major investors in tobacco stocks - prompting calls upon them to divest - the insurance industry has yet to kick the habit, they say. http://www.physorg.com/news163270429.html Medicine & Health Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:54:33 EST news163270429 (AP) -- Laid off from her job in Massachusetts, Danielle Marks thought immediately about losing her health insurance. How could she afford the medication and physical therapy she needed to heal after shoulder surgery? http://www.physorg.com/news162738504.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 14:08:56 EST news162738504 When a cancer patient and his or her doctor discuss the value of a treatment option, the conversation usually centers on a consideration of the treatment's medical benefits versus its possible side effects for the patient. Increasingly, however, as the already high costs of cancer care continue to rise, a full view of the patient's welfare must also take into account the economic impact of the treatment on the patient and his or her family. http://www.physorg.com/news162562367.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 May 2009 13:13:17 EST news162562367 (AP) -- House Democrats are crafting a plan that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would help families making less than $88,000 pay the premiums. Employers, too, would have to help foot the bill. http://www.physorg.com/news161535116.html Medicine & Health Thu, 14 May 2009 15:53:32 EST news161535116