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People enrolled in high-deductible plans may forgo care because of excessive out-of-pocket costs, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
A Fox Business report shows the health overhaul is cutting deeper into drug and device makers' profits than many expected.
Clinics and hospitals are looking to improve their care in anticipation of rising costs and new patients as a result of teh overhaul.
The Fiscal Times explores whether the Medicare pilot programs in the new health law will save money.
This week's research roundup includes studies from Health Affairs, the Archives of Internal Medicine, the American Journal of Public Health, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Urban Institute and the National Minority Quality Forum.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the effort to repeal the health law and Republican and Democrat strategies related to health overhaul policies in the next Congress.
A selection of today's opinions and editorials from across the U.S.
Republicans are readying their health agenda and Democrats making final preparations to defend their seats and health care votes.
Some races around the country are being dominated by fighting over health issues and the health overhaul while others are ignoring it completely.
States address a range of health policy issues.
News reports show new facets of the health law as the large-scale implementation process continues to unfold.
News outlets report on new premium rate increases by insurers and the possible causes.
"India has taken the lead to get together a number of generic drug-producing nations to call for better definitions to ensure quality, strengthening of regulatory authorities in the respective countries, and bringing focus of the world to public health instead of intellectual property," PHARMABIZ.com writes in an article that examines the recent meeting of leaders from Brazil, India and South Africa on issues regarding counterfeit medicines. "The initiative came as an inter-governmental working group, appointed by the World Health Assembly last year, is looking at the WHO's role to ensure the availability of quality, safe and efficacious and affordable medicine," according to the new service.
CNN's "the chart" blog examines the rising number of cholera cases around the world. In addition to the cholera outbreak in Haiti, "[a]s of this month, four African nations - Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger - have reported more than 40,000 cases of cholera and more than 2,000 deaths. And Pakistan, a country that is still suffering from the effects of horrific floods, also is reporting 100+ cases of cholera since last month."
An audit (.pdf) of U.S. projects to rebuild Afghanistan "found a 'confusing labyrinth' of agencies and contractors in a poorly coordinated aid effort" that cannot easily demonstrate how money is being spent, a report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said on Wednesday, Reuters reports (10/27).
Chicago-area hospitals are working with community health centers to reach low-income patients; immigrant advocates defend Medicaid-subsidized MassHealth Limited program.
The nonprofit Transparency International (TI) released its annual report ranking corruption in countries across the world on Tuesday, NPR's "The Two-Way" blog reports (Sutherland, 10/26).
Drug stores are returning to their roots - drugs.
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