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Experts want focus on expanding the eldercare workforce
The next presidential administration will need to tackle dozens of pressing health care challenges. A panel of experts convened by…
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Need help navigating the current health care premium controversy?
Buying health insurance – or understanding what our plans cover and how much we have to pay – isn’t easy.…
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Is your local ACO A-OK?
At least 838 accountable care organizations (ACOs) are now operating nationwide in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.…
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Here’s what you need to know about new hospital readmission penalties
Since 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has had a logical approach to getting hospitals to decrease…
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Bridging the gap between oral health and overall health
“Oral health is integral to general health,” Surgeon General David Satcher famously observed. “You cannot be healthy without oral health.…
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Reporter explores the secondary health problems of elderly during hospitalization
People go to the hospital to get better, right? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case with elderly adults, who can…
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You don’t have to wait for 2020 for U.S. Census health data
The nation’s next population count won’t come until 2020, but in the meantime reporters can use the U.S. Census Bureau…
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New programs aim to give young docs skills to care for aging adults
Athens, Ga., is a small city about 75 miles east of Atlanta. Older adults love its low cost of living,…
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‘Young Invincibles’ create a headache for ACA enrollment goals
The “Young Invincibles” are back in the news. The Obama administration expected – and needed – large numbers of younger…
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Radio reporter discusses Medicaid dental coverage and how his health emergency influenced his work
It is a scenario that regularly plays out in statehouses during times of fiscal austerity: funding for Medicaid dental services…