The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Apr 9, 2013
Uninsured people and those with low incomes are the most likely to go without prescription drugs they need because of cost -- and it could be harming their health, according to survey results published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday.
Health, prescription drugs, CDC, Pharmaceuticals, health costs
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Apr 4, 2013
One of the largest health insurance companies in the United States is advising insurance brokers on how to evade new mandates and benefits set to take effect next year under President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
Health, health reform, health insurance, Aetna, Coventry Health Care
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Apr 2, 2013
Health insurance companies are looking to put off complying with health care reform rules that guarantee basic benefits and consumer protections -- and they've figured out how to do so for up to one more year.
Health, health reform, health insurance, Kaiser Family Foundation, Wellpoint, UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, Robert Laszewski, Sheryl Skolnick, Timothy Jost, Larry Levitt
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Mar 28, 2013
The bullet exploded like a fragment from the past, piercing his present and laying waste to the future he envisioned. It tore through Jerome Graham’s back, wrecked his spleen, damaged his pancreas and kidney, and left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Health, CDC, health insurance, gun control, guns, social security, medicaid, Aurora, gun violence, Columbine, johns hopkins hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, Newtown, Denver Health Medical Center, Garen Wintemute, Jerome Graham, University of California Davis School of Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Thomas Scalea, Lynette Scherer, Christopher Colwell
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Mar 27, 2013
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) outlined a plan for Medicaid expansion and reform today, but will not advance a plan in his budget without federal approval.
Health, Barack Obama, health reform, health insurance, uninsured, medicaid, HHS, John Kasich, rick scott, Bill Haslam, Mike Beebe
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Mar 22, 2013
Three years ago Saturday, President Barack Obama put pen to paper and signed into law a sweeping health care reform law that aims to extend health insurance coverage to tens of millions of people and put the squeeze on escalating health care costs.
Health, Barack Obama, health reform, health insurance
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Mar 21, 2013
More than 45 million U.S. residents didn't have health insurance during the first nine months of last year, according to survey findings released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even more people, 57.5 million, were uninsured for at least part of the 12 months before being polled.
medicare, Health, CDC, health insurance, uninsured, Poverty, medicaid
