Study Finds ‘Mortality Gap’ Among Middle-Aged Whites
Check The Fine Print: Some Work-Based Health Plans Exclude Outpatient Surgeries
Libbi Stovall couldn’t believe it last month when she looked at the fine print in her company’s 2016 health plan which supposedly followed federal rules. Then …
Want Into A Clinical Trial? Read This First.
I explain how you can find a clinical trial of drugs that could treat your condition – but access isn’t a sure thing. The trial could take a year or more.
Even With ‘Skin In The Game,’ Health Care Shoppers Are Not More Savvy
High-deductible health plan enrollees have skin-in-the-game however, yet there’s little evidence the risk exposure will incentivize higher-value health care decisions.
Worlds Apart: Vast Disparities In Treatment Separate Americans With HIV
Here is the plight of many HIV sufferers: “It’s the context of people’s lives that is just so difficult that HIV is not their biggest problem.”
What’s So Bad About Bacon / Red Meat?
The World Health Organization (WHO) added processed meat to its list of substances it considers cancer-causing.
NPR: States That Declined To Expand Medicaid Face Higher Costs
States and politicians refusing the Medicaid Expansion to Obamacare have been proven fiscally irresponsible.
New Study: Antioxidants causes cancer to spread faster
For a long time we have been told to consume a lot of antioxidants to prevent cancer. Now one wonders given this study.
Pretty Soon, Human Organ Donors Will Be Pigs
Pigs are nature’s bottom dog. Thanks to their fondness for mud & tendency to eat nearly anything, the otherwise intelligent animal often gets a bad rap.
Another study debunks that Obamacare hurt job market
Another study the media likely did not tell you about debunks yet again the misinformation from the Right about Obamacare causing the loss of jobs.