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'Obamacare' sign-ups show slippage in preliminary report

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Facing higher premiums, less choice and a last-minute advertising pullback, fewer people signed up for coverage this year through HealthCare.gov, according to numbers from a preliminary government report Friday.

Obamacare critic confirmed as US health secretary

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The US Senate narrowly confirmed Tom Price as President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary Friday, appointing a fierce Obamacare critic who aims to implement a Republican promise to tear up the divisive health care reform law.

Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance?

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Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier insurance customers. But it's not quite so simple.

The short- and long-term prognosis for Obamacare

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(HealthDay)—As confusing as it may be for health insurance buyers and taxpayers, the latest moves on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) don't spell its imminent collapse, according to experts who follow the law.

Trump's policy changes put women's sexual and reproductive health at risk, argues expert

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Donald Trump's sexual and reproductive health policy changes threaten women in the USA and across the world, warns an expert in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care.

Overall, 8.8 percent of U.S. population uninsured in 2016

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(HealthDay)—Overall, 8.8 percent of individuals of all ages were uninsured in the first nine months of 2016, which marked a nonsignificant reduction from 2015, according to a Feb. 14 report from the National Center for Health Statistics.

Internists reiterate 'strong opposition' to AHCA after last night's amendments

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The American College of Physicians (ACP) today reiterated its strong opposition to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and shared its specific concerns about several of the "manager's amendments" released last night. In a four-page letter to Congressional leadership, Nitin S. Damle, MD, MS, MACP, ACP's president, wrote that the bill with the proposed amendments is even less acceptable than it was before it was modified.

Republican plan to replace Obamacare: what's new in it?

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The House of Representatives votes Thursday on long-awaited legislation endorsed by US President Donald Trump that replaces his predecessor's health care reforms.

With health insurance at risk, community health centers face cut-backs

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Repeal of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, combined with a failure to renew critical funding streams, would result in catastrophic funding losses for community health centers-forcing these safety net providers to cut back on services, lay off staff or shut down clinical sites, according to a report published today. The report represents the first analysis of the potential effects on medically underserved communities of the types of health insurance losses contained in legislation now pending in Congress.

Why there's more to fixing health care than the health care laws

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There is so much debate currently about how best to provide health insurance coverage in our country that we risk losing sight of what it really means to be healthy and of how health care should be optimally provided.

In Mexico, disparities in cesarean births

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The April issue of Health Affairs includes an analysis of cesarean birth rates in Mexico, the country in the Americas with the second-highest prevalence of cesarean deliveries (second only to Brazil).

More than eight million children could face higher insurance costs without CHIP

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More than 8 million children enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) could be at risk of losing coverage if federal funding for the program is not extended this year. Children with chronic conditions are most vulnerable, and their families could face substantial cost increases if they lose CHIP coverage and need to shift their insurance to a Marketplace plan, according to a Yale study.

Women experience high rates of health insurance 'churn' before and after childbirth

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A high percentage of women in the U.S. move in and out of health insurance coverage—sometimes referred to as 'churn'—in the months before and after childbirth, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Low-income women experience the brunt of these insurance disruptions, which cause coverage gaps that can lead to adverse health outcomes.

When families lack insurance, kids' dental woes rise

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(HealthDay)—American children without dental insurance are far less likely to receive necessary care for their teeth than kids with coverage, a new survey finds.

The USA can learn from these foreign health care systems

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The U.S. has lots to learn when it comes to health care coverage.

Most new to Medicaid have no other option if Affordable Care Act repealed

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Almost everyone covered through Ohio's Medicaid expansion would have no other viable insurance option should the Affordable Care Act be repealed, a new study has found.

Crossroads for Obamacare

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(HealthDay)—Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, is still the law of the land. But its fate may be sealed by Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration in the coming days, weeks and months, health policy analysts say.

Study finds Medicaid expansion in Kentucky provided most benefit to those in poorer areas

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The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Kentucky proved most beneficial for Kentuckians living in areas with high concentrations of poverty, particularly children, according to a study by a researcher in the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences in collaboration with colleagues at Ohio State University and Emory University. The study was published recently in Health Services Research.

Fighting the opioid scourge in American coal country

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Ryan Brown grew up playing sports and the cello, shooting games of pool in his basement, surrounded by friends.

Kentucky study highlights harms from disruptions in children's Medicaid coverage

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New research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggest that when children lose state Medicaid coverage even for a short time, they are likely to go without needed health care, or to receive care in resource-intensive setting such as emergency departments rather than less expensive primary care offices.
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