(This is a truncated version from Kaiser Health News. The full article can be found at www.kaiserhealthnews.org) ——————————————————————————————- In States That Don’t Expand Medicaid, Some Of The Uninsured May Still Get Help (By: Phil Galewitz, KHN Staff Writer, Aug 11, 2013) Some of the millions of poor people expected to lose out on Obamacare coverage
Read MoreWord has come down that the Obama Administration (actually the IRS) is delaying one key element of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, ACA) until 2015….the requirement for mid to large companies (that would be 50 employees and above) to offer health insurance to their employees or pay a fine. Technically though, these
Read MoreThe month of May was dedicated to women. June is for Dads. It’s time to celebrate Father’s Day and National Men’s Health Week (June 10-16, 2013). Take this month to focus on YOUR health. (reposted from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, June 13, 2013) The Problem Historically, men tend to have higher rates
Read MoreInfographic from JAMA Network (Journal of the American Medical Association, JAMA. 2013;309(19):1984. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.4269) (http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1687586) _______________________________________________________________ This month’s Visualizing Health Policy provides information about the role of Medicaid and Medicare in women’s health care: the proportion of US women who are covered by Medicaid and Medicare; how women comprise the majority of those covered by the
Read MoreThere has been a lot of talk about the benefits afforded to the 48 million un-insured/under-insured Americans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, ACA, Obamacare). But one area we haven’t really touched on in these blogs is Medicaid. Don’t be confused between Medicaid and Medicare. MediCAID is a government funded /state-run program
Read MoreWe’ve talked a lot about how the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) will affect many un-insured and under-insured legal Americans through the development of Health Insurance Exchanges (or Marketplaces). But we really haven’t discussed how the ACA has already affected those of you currently on Medicare or those soon to
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