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Girl's birth defect exacts financial toll

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Since their Katelyn was born five years ago, Cheryl and Christopher Woodley have known the stress of rearing a child with special medical needs.





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IVF insurance coverage yields fewer multiple births, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births was lower in the eight states that provide insurance coverage for couples seeking IVF treatment, primarily due to fewer embryos transferred per cycle, Yale School ...


Prioritizing health-care reform components

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Faced with a barrage of pressing issues, the Obama administration has placed health-care reform high on its agenda. The timing bodes well for change, according to Aaron E. Carroll, M.D., director of the Indiana University ...


Health insurance co-payments studied

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Medical scientists determined small health insurance co-payments have a big effect on U.S. mammography rates.


Health insurance status associated with frequency of eye care visits

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with no or inconsistent health care coverage appear less likely to regularly seek eye care, even if they are visually impaired, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the ...


Providing health insurance for US children would be cheaper than expected, study says

Providing health insurance for US children would be cheaper than expected

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...


New study shows low-income families face 3 barriers to health care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There are so many problems in our health care delivery system and its financing structure that even families who have health insurance are having problems getting care as well as paying for it, according to a recent study ...


Does a person's insurance coverage affect their access to quality cancer care?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Does a person's insurance coverage affect their access to quality cancer care? According to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center, insurance coverage may not only affect a patient's access to health care, but also the quality ...


Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

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 ...


Race and insurance status associated with death from trauma

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created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to die following trauma than white patients, and uninsured patients have a higher death risk when compared with those who have health insurance, according to a report ...


Americans remain divided on government involvement in health insurance: survey

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 4

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 ...



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