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Affordable Care Act Reduced Income Inequality in United States
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has reduced income inequality, with a larger decrease in states that expanded Medicaid, according to a study published in the January issue of Health Affairs. Matthew Buettgens, Ph.D., from the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., and colleagues simulated the impact of the ACA...
Vaccine Rollout Slows as Many Health Care Workers Balk at Shots
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is meeting resistance as many health care workers are refusing shots, the Associated Press reported Friday. It is occurring in nursing homes and to some degree in hospitals, with employees expressing fears of side effects. Some facilities are seeing as much as 80 percent...
Laws Promoting Flu Shot for Hospital Workers Can Cut Deaths
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — State laws promoting hospital worker vaccination against influenza may be effective for reducing monthly pneumonia and influenza mortality rates, especially among the elderly, according to a study published online Jan. 5 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Mariana Carrera, Ph.D., from Montana State University in Bozeman, and colleagues...
Drug Makers Raise Prices on 500 Prescription Drugs
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the new year comes another round of prescription drug price hikes, CBS News reported Tuesday. The data come from 46brooklyn Research, a nonprofit company that aims to improve access to drug pricing information. AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and other major pharmaceutical companies are raising their...
U.S. Health Care Spending Increased 4.6 Percent in 2019
TUESDAY, Jan. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Health care spending in the United States increased 4.6 percent in 2019, which was a similar rate of growth as that seen in 2018, according to a report published online Dec. 16 in Health Affairs. Anne B. Martin, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore,...
Bariatric Surgery Patients Not Getting Recommended Follow-Up Care
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Many bariatric surgery patients do not receive recommended postoperative nutritional and weight monitoring within general practice, according to a study published online Dec. 9 in the British Journal of General Practice. Helen Parretti, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, and colleagues conducted...
Inequities Seen in Accessing Telemedicine During COVID-19
TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the COVID-19 pandemic period, there have been inequities in accessing telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Lauren A. Eberly, M.D., M.P.H., from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues examined whether inequities are present in telemedicine...
Privileged White U.S. Citizens Have Better Health Outcomes
MONDAY, Dec. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Privileged White U.S. citizens have better health outcomes than average U.S. citizens for several health outcomes, but health outcomes are not always better than those in other developed countries, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., from the...
CDC: Life Expectancy for U.S. Population Increased in 2019
TUESDAY, Dec. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Life expectancy for the U.S. population increased in 2019, while the rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 2018 to 2019, according to two December data briefs published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Kenneth D. Kochanek, from the National...
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