Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jun 17, 2010
If you had to choose between making car payments and visiting the doctor, which would you choose? What about if you had to choose between saving up for your children’s college tuition or paying for an expensive check-up out of your own pocket?
Posted by: Jonay Foster on Jun 16, 2010
Disparities among communities of color persist in our nation. People of color are more likely than whites to lack health insurance, to receive lower-quality care, and to experience worse health outcomes.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 16, 2010
Last week, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation released a report by the Urban Institute analyzing the impact of the Massachusetts’s health reform law over the past year. By all accounts, access, quality, and affordability have improved for all Bay Staters both since the inception of the bill in April 2006 and over the past year.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 09, 2010
Community health centers play a key role in providing access to primary and preventive health care, especially to historically underserved populations in rural or low-income neighborhoods. According to the National Association of Community Health Centers, “1,200 health centers deliver care through over 7,500 service delivery sites in every state and territory.”
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jun 08, 2010
Anne Brooks is a nun and a physician who is attempting to change the lives of lower-income members of her community—one doctor’s visit at a time. She’s been working out of a small clinic in Mississippi for over 27 years, treating people who are often uninsured and can’t pay their medical bills. Because Congress passed comprehensive health reform this year, however, she has hope that things will start looking up soon.
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jun 07, 2010
The words “doughnut hole” may summon thoughts of a delicious treat to someone under the age of 10, but for people with Medicare those same words represent something scary.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Jun 03, 2010
No matter your political affiliation or economic philosophy, most everyone can agree that small businesses play a major role in the growth and sustainability of the American economy
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Jun 02, 2010
This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a new state-by-state analysis showing that the federal government will assume all but a very small percentage of the cost to expand Medicaid, dramatically reducing the number of insured Americans at a bare minimal cost to the states.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Jun 01, 2010
Seniors were often the main target of opponents of the now-passed health reform law. Whether it was “death panels,” fears of rationing, or spreading misinformation about the changes to Medicare Advantage, those over 65 were the subjected to blatant lies and deception. Now that the new law is being implemented, it’s time for the political rhetoric to be set aside and replaced with facts about how this historic legislation will affect the elderly.
Posted by: Colleen Haller on May 28, 2010
Over the last few months, the newly enacted health reform law has dominated most discussions about the health care system. Given the historic nature of the new law, it’s easy to see why. However, there are other important areas of the health care system that also need attention, such as COBRA.
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