Health Stories

Within the next two years, if federal healthcare reforms proceed as expected, roughly 30 million of the estimated 50 million uninsured people in the United States — 6.9 million in California — will be trying to find new healthcare providers. … Continue reading →

Not enough adults are receiving recommended vaccinations, and there has been little progress increasing coverage in recent years, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics. Significant improvement is needed to stem the negative health consequences of … Continue reading →

The Agenda How small-business issues are shaping politics and policy. Occasionally in the coming weeks and months, The Agenda will introduce you to small-business owners who are wrestling with how to provide health insurance to their employees. Over time, we … Continue reading →

Federal health officials are considering whether anyone born between 1945 and 1965 should get a one-time blood test to check if their livers harbor this ticking time bomb. The reason: Two-thirds of people with hepatitis C are in this age … Continue reading →

Yet there is a path the Supreme Court could take when it hears the case that could delay for years any resolution of a main point of contention. The core of the law is a requirement that most people buy … Continue reading →

By CHRISTOPHER WEAVER Doctors often gloss over a key question for assessing a person’s risk for coronary heart disease, according to a new study: What is the patient’s family history of cardiovascular illness? The study suggests some doctors may not … Continue reading →

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7–> After the program was implemented in eastern Colorado, spirometer use was up 10-fold, and more patients had asthma action plans and prescriptions for inhaled corticosteroid medicines, the most effective medicine to control asthma, Bender says, leading … Continue reading →

Uwe E. Reinhardt is an economics professor at Princeton. He has some financial interests in the health care field. Over the years, both experience and empirical research have taught policy makers around the globe that how money enters the health … Continue reading →

Prevention advocates, take heart. The $5 billion cut to the health law’s prevention fund included in a House-Senate conference deal on the “doc fix” will be replenished in the years ahead by design as the fund grows, Senate Majority Leader Harry … Continue reading →