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Trade Group: Short-Term Plan’s Impact Underestimated

The Trump Administration has underestimated the impact short-term limited duration insurance plans would have on the Affordable Care Act market, according to a study commissioned by the Associated for Community Affiliated Plans. While the White House projected that its short-term plans would decrease enrollment in Healthcare.gov by 100,000 to 200,000 ACA consumers in 2019, the […]

April 18, 2018

Blue States Fight Dismantling of ACA

Despite attempts by the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, blue states are fighting back to prop up the 2010 law. New Jersey is nearly set to implement its own individual mandate for health care coverage after congress rolled back the requirement at the federal level. The New Jersey Health […]

April 18, 2018

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Blacks Much Less Likely to Take Part in Health Research Studies

Racial and ethnic minorities, especially African-Americans, are significantly less likely to participate in health-related research than Whites, according to a new study from Ball State University. The lack of participation impedes the testing, development, implementation and evaluation of various clinical and community-based disease-prevention and health-promotion interventions, said Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani, a community health education professor […]

April 16, 2018

Health Research Studies

Treating Alzheimer’s

I’m envious. One of my medical school classmates climbed a mountain with his patient, and not just any mountain. Dr. Malcolm Bilimoria, a surgical oncologist, and Ken Brown, “a survivor of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas,” ascended the 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro. That’s right. Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. I’m envious because none of my […]

April 16, 2018

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Meal Delivery to Needy Saves Healthcare Costs, Report Says

Imagine you are the tightfisted potentate of a small republic, plotting the least expensive way to care for subjects in fragile health who depend on your beneficence. You could watch while your subjects who are elderly or disabled (or both) scramble to find and pay for healthy meals. And you could open your checkbook each […]

April 16, 2018

Study Finds Income Disparities in Pediatric Hospitalizations

The study suggests that hospitals should spend more time on inpatient to outpatient transitions and on population health. Specifically, it calls for a robust culture of health both within hospitals and in collaboration with the broader community to change this dynamic. “If children from all of Hamilton County’s census tracts spent the same amount of […]

April 16, 2018

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Report: Hand Dryers Blow Bits of Feces, Germs All Over Restrooms

The new study has an innocuous name: “Deposition of Bacteria and Bacterial Spores by Bathroom Hot-Air Hand Dryers.” It’s findings are anything but (butt?). The study, published by the American Society for Microbiology, did microbial surveys of bathrooms at the University of Connecticut to find out whether hot-air hand dryers draw in microbes and then blow […]

April 16, 2018

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Study: Short Treatments Effective for Black HCV Patients

A new study confirms that 8 weeks of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (Harvoni) treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 (GT1) infection without cirrhosis is as effective as 12 weeks in patients of different races and ethnicity, and challenges guidelines that recommend the shorter regimen for non-black patients. Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Population […]

April 16, 2018

Heart Health Disparities Persist for African Americans

April is the National Minority Health Month in the United States. Although the health care field has come a long way to address health inequities, a new report published this month by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show that ethnic disparities persist today. The report highlights significant differences in several reported experiences and […]

April 16, 2018

Heart Disparities for AAs

Gender Pay Gap Growing Problem for Doctors

The Medscape report said male primary care physicians earn an average of $239,000 annually, while women on average earn $203,000. That’s a 2% increase in the wage gap since last year. The gap is even worse for specialists. Male specialists earn $358,000 while female specialists receive $263,000, which is a 36% gap. The report echoed […]

April 16, 2018

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Sacrificing Veterans

With some seeking to further privatize veterans’ health care, and hundreds of billions of dollars at stake, sacrifices are going to have to be made. Let’s hope Ronny Jackson, Donald Trump’s nominee to be the new Veterans Affairs secretary, can ensure few of those fall on the veterans themselves. Former VA secretary Dr. David Shulkin […]

April 11, 2018

Sacrificing Veterans

Policy Makers Urged to Improve Perinatal Depression Care Among Minorities

In a position paper published in Women’s Health Issues, researchers issued policymakers a “call to action” to address the high rates of perinatal depression among Latina and African American women in the United States, urging funding to properly train health care providers in diagnosis and treatment. “Despite the number of reliable screening tools and national efforts […]

April 11, 2018

African American Pregnancy

Study: Exercise Fights Genetic Heart Risks

In one of the largest observational studies on fitness and heart disease, researchers examined data collected from nearly a half-million people in the UK Biobank database. They found that people with higher levels of grip strength, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness had reduced risks of heart attacks and stroke, even if they had a genetic […]

April 11, 2018

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Medical Groups Decry Transgender Ban for Military

The American Medical Association last week joined other medical groups and two former surgeons general in rejecting the Trump administration’s reasons for barring most transgender individuals from serving in the military. Echoing statements in late March from the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association, the AMA said it opposes the policy that would […]

April 11, 2018

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Poll: Mayors Doubt City Policy Can Ease Health Disparities

Nearly one-third of mayors believe that city policies won’t lessen health disparities, according to new research from Drexel University. The study surveyed mayors and health commissioners in the 785 American cities with a population of over 50,000. The survey asked respondents to share their opinions on the existence of health disparities in their cities, which […]

April 11, 2018

Insurance Market

Plan to Cut Benefits Threaten Children

Kelly is a Pennsylvania mother of two young boys. Kelly grew up in a family that did not earn enough to cover their basic needs, and as a child, she knew what it was like to go to school hungry and to not be able to see a doctor when she was sick. As a […]

April 11, 2018

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New Rules Chip Away at Obamacare

The Trump administration issued a ton of regulatory changes Monday that chip away at the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Moving forward, states will have more flexibility to set their own standards and people will be given new exemptions to avoid the health care law’s individual mandate penalty. The 523-page regulation is one that comes out […]

April 11, 2018

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Democratic Attorneys General Fight Texas ACA Suit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sixteen Democratic attorneys general are pushing back against a Texas lawsuit aimed at striking down former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led his state, 14 others and the District of Columbia in filing a motion to intervene in the Texas case and defend the law, suggesting […]

April 11, 2018