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Health insurers in several big cities will take some pain out of doctor visits this year — the financial kind. They’ll offer free visits to primary ...
Read More »New Obamacare Perk: Free doctor visits
Indoor Tanning Down, but Millions Still Use the Cancer Causing Beds
The tanning industry was not very happy when Obamacare imposed a new 10 percent tax on salon revenues. However, that tax, combined with increased awareness ...
Read More »Second Opinion: Obamacare Ruling Will Have ‘Devastating Effect’ on Medicine
By Richard Amerling, M.D. As I predicted back in March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the administration in King v. Burwell. So I was not surprised ...
Read More »Supreme Court Gives Another Victory to Obamacare
“ACA is here to stay!” That was the rallying cry Thursday at demonstrations outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as people cheered the decision to uphold ...
Read More »Supreme Court Decision on Obamacare May Affect 19 Million People
Repealing the federal health law would add an additional 19 million to the ranks of the uninsured in 2016 and increase the federal deficit over ...
Read More »More Patients, Not Fewer, Turn To Health Clinics After Obamacare
Nurse practitioner Martha Brinsko helps a lot of patients manage their diabetes at the Charlotte Community Health Clinic in North Carolina. “Most mornings when you check your ...
Read More »Physician Suicide Rates Have Climbed Since Obamacare Passed
Chaos and disruptions in medical care have had one tragic and destructive effect that no one is addressing: the deaths of more than 2,000 physicians ...
Read More »Obamacare Won’t Swamp Doctors, Study Contends
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The greater number of Americans with health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will lead to only a ...
Read More »Primary Care Sees Only Mixed Results from Obamacare
Medical homes are a simple, compelling idea: Give primary-care doctors resources to reduce preventable medical crises for diabetics, asthmatics and others with chronic illness — ...
Read More »Ebola, Obamacare Top U.S. Health News for 2014
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Managing Editor (HealthDay News) — It started as a deadly but little-known outbreak in West Africa, but the lethal and unchecked spread ...
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