Stomach cancer forms in the tissues lining the stomach and mostly affects older adults. According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 22,220 Americans will be diagnosed with stomach cancer and 10,990 will die from the disease, this year.
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Why Should You Care About Obamacare? 1. Individuals suffering from pre-existing conditions will no longer be denied insurance. The law prevents individual health insurers from excluding children with pre-existing conditions from being covered by their family policy. Insurers will not be required to take the same steps for adults until January 1, 2014. In the mean time, Obama’s health care law provides coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions through a temporary national high-risk pool….
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The current system used in the U.S. to determine payment for health care providers – a complex negotiation between public and private health insurers and the doctors and nurses themselves – is archaic and should be changed, according to a majority of opinion leaders surveyed recently by the Commonwealth Fund. “Experts agree that if private payers and public programs could come together and agree to pay the same way, and the same amount, we can…
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Despite the ongoing efforts of advocacy organizations, government agencies, and health insurance companies, disparities remain in the level of access to health care enjoyed by Americans of different racial backgrounds. However, a recent pilot program in Georgia has demonstrated some success in equalizing the treatment of diabetes, according to Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The health insurer recently announced that it would give a Clinical Distinction Award to a program it developed in conjunction with the Harvard…
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The Republican effort to pass a legislative repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms of last year will not be successful, warns Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski. Despite her personal opposition to the President’s reforms, Murkowski told a local news station in Anchorage, she thinks the party’s time would be better spent on issues it has more chance of actually getting traction on. According to the New York Times, Murkowski also said an alternative measure…
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The Obama administration’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, announced Thursday that the White House has launched an informational website to help Americans understand the benefits and programs available to them as a result of new health care legislation. “For too long, it was confusing to identify your options and compare plans. HealthCare.gov makes comparison shopping easier with a new health insurance finder that allows users to answer a few basic questions and…
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Advancing technology and federal incentives to implement new systems to improve patient care and lower costs will push healthcare IT innovation in 2011, a report from tech news site Information Week says.
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Some areas of the country are extremely under-served and require special programs in order to attract qualified candidates for certain public service careers.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Thousands of residents from Los Angeles
When you’re young, long-term care insurance is not something
