Former Congressman Alleges Capitol Physicians Failed To Alert Him To Cancer Threat

SOURCE: Kaiser Health News – Read entire story here.

New survey: Percentage of Texans without health insurance drops dramatically The percentage of Texans without health insurance dropped 31 percent since enrollment began in the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a new report released by the......
TCOYD Santa Clara, and Little Internet Things Santa Clara, California, is a very sunny place, even in March. But I didn't mind so much spending the whole of last Saturday indoors at the convention center there since TCOYD conferences are always super-informative with a fun, casual vibe.I was ......
Qs and As on My Diabetes Life Last week I offered to "open the kimono" by answering pretty much anything (within reason) that readers cared to ask. Looks like in response, I got a couple of "nuts & bolts" questions on day-to-day D-stuff, along with one call for my perspect......
Health Affairs Web First: Are Marketplace Enrollees Sicker Than Those With Employer-Sponsored Insurance? To date little is known about the health status of the 7.3 million Americans who signed up for health insurance through either federal- or state-run exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One effective way to gain information is to examine their use of prescription drugs. A new study, being released by Health Affairs as a Web First, compared prescription data from January to September of 2014 of more than one million Marketplace enrollees. The study reviewed the characteristics and medication use of early enrollees (October 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014) and those enrolling later (between March 1...
Risky Business: New York City’s Experience With Fear-Based Public Health Campaigns [Public Health Campaigns] Fear-based public health campaigns have been the subject of an intense moral and empirical debate. We examined how New York City, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, used fear-based appeals to confront three challenges to public health: high rates of tobacco use, obesity, and HIV infection. New York City’s use of this type of messaging may have set a precedent. Other state and local health departments will have to navigate how and whether to use fear in a context where it is possible to assert that it can serve the interests of public health. But this will not reduce the need to...