Drake and colleagues blamed rural America’s poor access of health care on inadequate broadband service; however, Struminger and Arora questioned their theory that deficient Internet availability leads to a reduction in telemedicine in rural areas.
By reducing patients’ out-of-pocket costs and encouraging doctors to use biosimilars instead of the more expensive biologic, the United States can save billions for patients and Medicare.
Dr Marzouka discusses the fact that patients cannot shop around for a better deal when going to the emergency department and are almost never presented with the cost of care prior to receiving it.
Investigators compared changes in beverage prices and sales after the city of Philadelphia implemented a tax on sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages.
A bill that would tighten control over vaccination exemptions for children in California was sent by state senators to the Assembly.
The World Health Organization’s pain care guidelines contain false claims about the safety of prescription opioid painkillers and should be withdrawn.
A bill to raise the minimum age for buying any type of tobacco product, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 years was introduced Monday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Expanded Medicaid eligibility thresholds were associated with a reduction in substance use disorder-related deaths during the current US opioid epidemic.
The Social Security Administration Death Master File data appeared unreliable and should not be used alone by researchers to estimate mortality rates.
Based on initial gains in health care access from the passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and ACA, the ACP offers recommendations on how to improve the law and achieve universal health care coverage.
