MONDAY, Nov. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans bought health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act in the past year. Now, several ...
Read More »Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage
You hear it so often it’s almost a cliché: The nation is facing a serious shortage of doctors, particularly doctors who practice primary care, in ...
Read More »Republicans File Suit Against President Obama and Health Law
House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), have sued President Barack Obama for what they claim was an abuse of executive authority when the president implemented the ...
Read More »Obamacare Headed Back To The U.S. Supreme Court
Obamacare is on the ropes again. The Supreme Court of the United States agreed Friday to consider a new challenge to the Affordable Care Act ...
Read More »Some Hepatitis C Patients Not Sick Enough To Qualify For Meds
By Michelle Andrews KAISER HEALTH NEWS In the past year, new hepatitis C drugs that promise higher cure rates and fewer side effects have given ...
Read More »Who Should Pay The Bill: Doctor, Patient or Insurer?
(PND) – As the cost of health care rises, insurance companies don’t want to pay the difference any more than the patients or the providers ...
Read More »Osteopathic Physicians Expected To Increase Due To Health Law
By Michael Ollove Recent reforms in American health care weren’t designed with osteopathic medicine in mind. It only seems that way. The emphasis on “patient-centered care”—the ...
Read More »A Doctor’s Perspective On Obamacare Plans
By Jeffrey Cohen, WNPR On a recent afternoon at his office in Hartford, Conn., Dr. Doug Gerard examines a patient complaining of joint pain. Gerard, an internist, ...
Read More »Proposal To Offer Skimpy, “Copper” Health Insurance Plans
By Michelle Andrews If you offer it, will they come? Insurers and some U.S. senators have proposed offering cheaper, skimpier “copper” plans on the health insurance ...
Read More »Obamacare Loophole May Find Doctors Paying Their Patients’ Bills
By Roni Caryn Rabin Doctors groups fear their members won’t get paid because of an unusual 90-day grace period for government-subsidized health plans and are urging ...
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