More Homeowners Modify Houses To “Age In Place”
Many homeowners are opting to modify their houses instead of moving to retirement villages or assisted-living centers.
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Many homeowners are opting to modify their houses instead of moving to retirement villages or assisted-living centers.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thurday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
AARP sends members of Congress a letter urging as extension of the enhanced federal funding that was part of the stimulus package. Some advocates worry about possible cuts to home- and community-based services.
More than 120 Democrats in the House are pushing a new bill to reintroduce a long shot proposal discarded from health reform conversations last year: the "public option."
The public radio program Marketplace has a piece today about how "medical students learn the cost of care, outside the classroom" of Jefferson University in Philadelphia. The students run a free clinic for homeless patients, and they "decide which drugs to stock and what lab tests they'll pay for."
Inter Press Service reports on a recent symposium on access to medicine, "jointly hosted by the WHO, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)."
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news about health reform implementation activities, health information technology and sparring opinions about the Massachusetts experience.
Thousands of HIV/AIDS advocates "marched through Vienna's city centre on Tuesday evening, demanding more respect for human rights in the fight against HIV," Agence France-Presse reports.
"In parts of Africa, only about half of babies born to mothers with HIV receive the HIV prevention drug nevirapine," according to a study published Wednesday, HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report reports.
The Senate voted Tuesday to advance a long-stalled bill extending unemployment benefits, but the bill does not include health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers.
News outlets report on state Medicaid cuts to home care and children's dental services as well as how the funding circumstances will impact particular groups.
The Chicago Tribune reports on a recent study suggesting that so-called "mystery patients" are showing that doctors often ignore or fail to ask about social determinants when it comes to health outcomes.
Drugmakers are facing an array of challenges, such as lawsuits and patent losses, but also new opportunities including global growth and an expected surge in the number of U.S. residents with health insurance.
Hospitals are increasingly turning to letting consumers know how long waits are at their emergency rooms in an effort to attract more patients.
In the face of increased scrutiny of ties between industry and medical school faculty, Harvard is tightening its conflict-of-interest policies.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
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