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HHS Acts to End Healthcare Disparities Among Minorities
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidelines to reduce disparities in healthcare for racial and ethnic minorities. “We need to make sure we eliminate disparities in...
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HHS Issues Guidance for State Healthcare Exchanges
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a structure for health insurance exchanges that gives states significant flexibility in how and when they set up open marketplaces...
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HHS Provides Funding to Improve Rural Healthcare IT
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius awarded as much as $137 million, to the states funded in part by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with the goal of strengthening...
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ER Visits on the Rise, Thanks to Quick Treatment
Visits to hospital emergency rooms soared to an all-time high of 136 million in 2009, according to new estimates provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This represents an...
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Time for a Better Flu Shot
As the 2011 flu season gets underway, it is reported that the vaccines given for this dreaded disease may be far less effective than thought, according to a new study. Michael Osterholm, an...
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ACA Gives 2.5 Million Young Adults Healthcare Coverage
The number of young adults who have no medical coverage has contracted by 2.5 million since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect, according to a new analysis by the Obama...
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ACA Is Fixing U.S. Healthcare Delivery: Donald Berwick
Dr. Donald Berwick, who oversaw Medicare and Medicaid until recently said the programs are trapped in a health system that promotes wasteful spending and inefficient care. “Healthcare is broken,”...
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New York Controversy Emerges Over Food Portion Size Campaign
The New York City Department of Health recently launched a campaign to get New Yorkers to make their waistlines smaller by controlling their portion sizes when ordering food and beverages. “Consuming...
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CDC Wants Baby Boomers Tested for Hepatitis C
A latent legacy of baby boomers’ youthful antics could be hepatitis C. The number of boomers dying from a “silent epidemic” of hepatitis C infections is increasing so quickly that federal officials are...
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Dying for Coverage
More than 26,000 working-age adults die prematurely in the United States every year because they lack health insurance, according to a study published by Families USA. The consumer advocacy group...
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