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Premium shock: The story isn’t as simple as it seems
You’ve seen lots of stories – and you may well have written some – about how much the cost of…
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Shifting projections mean U.S. population is aging faster
New Census Bureau numbers forecast that there will be more older people in the United States than previously anticipated. As…
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Conference panels delve into stories about aging #ahcj13
The numbers are inescapable. By 2030, almost one in every five Americans will be 65 or older, yet many specialists…
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Insurance co-ops faded from view but still ripe for analysis
Former AHCJ president Trudy Lieberman, in a CJR “Second Opinion” post, recently pointed out a story that was largely untold–…
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States yank dental benefits, leaving low-income adults in hole
The photo of the man sitting in a dental chair, cradling his hurting face, drew me right into the San…
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Project addresses readmission concerns by focusing on the frail
A new project is addressing the special concerns of frail elderly hospital patients in an attempt to help prevent lengthy…
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Hispanic children bear brunt of poor access to dental care
The lack of dental care is a big problem for children living below the poverty level and untreated tooth decay…
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Housework-hurts-sex study causes a dust up
You may have seen — and let’s face it — given a giant eye roll to a recent studythat claimed…
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Dental problems sending more patients to hospitals
Toothaches have sent increasing numbers of poor and uninsured people to emergency rooms nationwide, according to a federal report. In…
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‘The insured and the unsure:’ What will businesses do?
I clicked on an Economist story on the future of employer-sponsored health insurance to get a sense of what picture…