24 Our findings suggest that broader portfolios of research funding may be required to improve cancer statistics for the majority of Americans. Limitations As with any observational study, particularly one that seeks to estimate a complex phenomenon, our study has limitations. First, the decision to...
Section 17000 (1933) of the California Welfare and Institutions Code required counties to provide an indigent healthcare system. County hospitals and outpatient clinics provided the bulk of these services for the poor. In 1966 with the advent of Medicare and Medicaid, the poor who qualified for ...
The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced its second interest rate cut of 2024, trimming its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points amid cooling inflation. The expected move by the U.S. central bank provides additional relief to millions of Americans grappling with high borrowing costs. The...
but this number seems to exclude health care for government employees. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services collects data on health care spending in itsNational Health Expenditure survey, which can be used to perform a direct calculation on the government share of health care ...
When, in 2009, the American Medical Association (AMA) endorsed President Barack Obama's healthcare reform bill, many Americans probably assumed that most physicians therefore backed the legislation. In fact, that was not the case at all. Regular readers of THE NEW AMERICAN are undoubtedly aware...