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What does the GOP health care plan mean for older adults?
Criticism of the newly introduced GOP repeal-and-replace plan for the Affordable Care Act is mounting from all sides. Advocates for…
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Looking at the price of age-related hearing loss
Gradually losing our hearing as we age – a condition known as presbycusis – is pretty common. For many older…
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Unpacking some key provisions of GOP’s health care bill
The House Republicans finally unveiled an ACA repeal bill on March 6. But they face critics on the right in…
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Keep employer plans in focus as ACA ‘repeal-and-replace’ proposals are rolled out
Most of the coverage offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is through the individual market (plans sold in the…
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Understanding false positives, P-hacking and statistical power
This lengthy but informative slide presentation from an experimental psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, was intended for social scientists,…
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Employer plans may get whacked by GOP changes to Obamacare
In the debate over repealing Obamacare, everybody is correctly focusing on what happens to the Medicaid expansion programs and the…
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Uncertain outlook for pediatric dental benefits in a post-ACA world
Oral health advocates are closely watching Capitol Hill. Many are worried about the future of children’s dental benefits under proposed…
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AHCJ joins groups calling president’s attacks on the media a ‘threat to democracy’
The Association of Health Care Journalists, along with more than 80 other organizations committed to the First Amendment right of…
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Reporter uncovers ripple effect of her state’s Medicaid policies
Houston Chronicle reporter Jenny Deam last year wrote an in-depth story about how a mill is closing in a Texas…
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Close eye on SEC filings uncovers DOJ targeting of another Medicare Advantage insurer
We reported last month that the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating the risk-adjustment practices of UnitedHealth Group and WellMed…
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