Can we spend less on health care by investing in education?
Investments in Education Are Investments in Health Health care accounts for a vast proportion of the nation’s federal and state budgets. At the same time, the business costs of providing private employee health insurance are steadily climbing. Amid these escalating...
8 States that expanded Medicaid saved 1.8 Billion. What could your state save?
States that expanded the number of people eligible for Medicaid are seeing big budgetary savings without reducing services. Data from eight states show $1.8 billion in budget savings and revenue gains by the end of 2015 as a result of Medicaid expansion. Read more...
Innovation Waivers Allow States to Pursue Own Brand of Health Reform
States have long been the testing ground for new models of health care and coverage. Section1332 of the Affordable Care Act, which takes effect in less than two years, throws open the door to innovation by authorizing states to rethink the law’s coverage designs....
Genes Don’t Cause Racial-Health Disparities, Society Does
For many years, researchers speculated that what they couldn’t explain about disparities must be the fingerprint of some mysterious genetic component. But since they are now able to scan the entire genome, this speculation appears both lazy and wrong. When it comes to...
New Study Finds Disparities in Coverage, Access to Care Among Four Largest States
A new Commonwealth Fund study suggests that some of the differences in insurance coverage rates and affordability of care among the nation’s four largest states may be attributable to health insurance policies in these states before and after the Affordable Care Act...
Study Shows Medical Schools Lack Exercise Courses
Among 118 accredited schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine, the report found that 82 percent of the schools reviewed did not require students to take any exercise-related courses, and that fewer than half of the physicians trained in the United States enrolled...
Do You Want A Blood Pressure Check With That Haircut?
At Champion’s barbershop in Northeast Portland men can get a “frohawk, a razor shave, or a mustache trim. They can also get their blood pressure checked, thanks to a new heath partnership called Cuts and Checks. Read and Listen to the OPB story...
Women Having A Heart Attack Don’t Get Treatment Fast Enough
Each year more than 15,000 women under the age of 55 die of heart disease in the United States. And younger women are twice as likely to die after being hospitalized for a heart attack as are men in the same age group. Studies show that women tend to wait much...
Maybe You Should Skip That Annual Physical
Some physicians feel that the annual physical should be eliminated and that patients should really only go to the doctor if something is wrong. Meanwhile, other physicians believe in the importance of developing a relationship with their patients; and say that they...
Should Oregon Limit Antibiotic Use For Farm Animals?
A bill in the Oregon legislature would limit the use of antibiotics on farms and ranches to only sick animals. Proponents fear that we are in danger of a “post-antibiotic future,” where drugs will become less and less effective. Opponents argue that the Food and Drug...
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