The major features of the law, attempting to address problems of access to health care, quality, and cost, are explained. Issues remaining to be resolved in the law's implementation are set out: the expansion of Medicaid coverage for the low-income population; the formation of each state's...
The United States' health care system operates differently from many others in the world with high costs for the individual as a main, distinguishing characteristic. In fact, the higher prices mean the U.S. spends more on health care than other "developed countries,"a 2019 Johns Hopkins report...
The Congressional law states that TRICARE insurance is it is to provide the best health care possible to military retirees and family. I encourage you if you are having problems and no one is listening, or helping you, to post your plight on the Facebook page, and then contact your Congres...
Superfund sites could affect life expectancy (LE) via increasing the likelihood of exposure to toxic chemicals. Here, we assess to what extent such presence could alter the LE independently and in the context of sociodemographic determinants. A nationwid
To be more specific, politicians last century created welfare states and social-insurance systems that take money from workers in order to provide pensions and health care to old people. Those decisions were misguided (compared tomarket-based approaches), but the math sort of worked. After all,...
Surgeon general of the United States, supervising medical officer of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. surgeon general oversees (but does not directly supervise) the member
“It appears that payers and providers benefit from data sharing, with payers providing more of the financial information and patient touchpoints throughout the healthcare system, and provider organizations providing more of the data on total population health,” the study found. ...
United States presidential election of 2004 was an election held on November 2, 2004, in which Republican George W. Bush was elected to a second term, defeating Democrat John Kerry, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
Owen Jr, MD; Richard Carmona, MD, MPH; Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA JAMA Correction Incorrect Wording in Results JAMA Network Open Key Points Question Has health equity improved or worsened during the past 25 years in the United States among working-aged adults? Findings Using data from more than...
Cosmetics, Regulations, and the Public Health: Understanding the Safety of Medical and Other Products. JAMA Intern. Med. 2017, 177, 1080–1082. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] Katz, L.M.; Lewis, K.M.; Spence, S.; Sadrieh, N. Regulation of Cosmetics in the United States. ...