Health Aug 19 Kids with insurance still miss out on eye exams, study finds Kids from less affluent homes, even when they have health insurance, are less likely to get vision screenings for irreversible eye conditions, a new study found.
Health Aug 16 Hidden plan exclusions may leave gaps in women’s care, study finds Buried in the fine print of many marketplace health plan documents is language that allows them to refuse to cover a range of services, many of which disproportionately affect women, a recent study found. It’s unclear the extent to which…
Health Jul 22 Diabetes linked to risk of mental health hospitalization in young adults Young people with diabetes were four times more likely to be hospitalized for mental health or substance use treatment in 2014 than were young adults without the disease, according to a recent study.
Health Jun 10 Here’s how smoking marijuana might affect your life insurance If you smoke marijuana and you’re shopping for life insurance, chances are you can find a company that won’t penalize you for your habit, but you may have to weed out several insurers to find the best policy.
Health Jun 04 Young people at risk for STDs often don’t get tested, study says Although they account for half of all new sexually transmitted infections, most young people between the ages of 15 and 25 have never been tested for those infections.
Nation May 20 People with HIV are far less likely to get cancer treatment, study shows 33 percent of patients with HIV and lung cancer failed to receive any treatment for the cancer compared with 14 percent of those who weren’t infected.
Health May 06 Are there hidden costs if Medicare eligibility age goes up? Healthcare spending for some services dropped by nearly a third when people turned 65 and switched from private insurance to Medicare, according to a recent study. The decline was driven by lower prices paid by the Medicare program to doctors…
Health Mar 29 Is paying a ‘mortgage’ the answer to expensive prescriptions? An MIT economist and Harvard oncologist think that health care installment loans could help get highly effective but prohibitively expensive drugs into consumers’ hands.
Nation Feb 23 Struggling rural hospitals close labor and delivery units About 500,000 women give birth each year in rural hospitals, yet access to labor and delivery units has been declining.
Health Oct 23 New breast cancer screening guidelines unlikely to affect insurance coverage The American Cancer Society’s new breast cancer screening guidelines recommend that women start screening later and get fewer mammograms, but the change is unlikely to affect insurance coverage anytime soon.