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In his news conference today, President Barack Obama discussed negotiations with Republicans regarding the debt ceiling and the deficit. He also paid some attention to efforts to curb entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader who wonders if there are states where they can get both curative care and hospice care at the same time. The health law may provide some solutions, Andrews says.
Across the U.S., maternal and infant death rates are far higher for African-Americans than whites.
Alan D. Aviles, the longest serving president of the nation’s largest municipal health system, discusses his efforts to stabilize HHC’s finances in the face of dramatic budgetary challenges — including the health law’s reduction in special funding for safety net hospitals and state efforts to reduce Medicaid costs.
But a new study – the first of its kind in nearly four decades – finds that Medicaid is making a bigger impact than even some of its supporters may have realized.
Video: Like many physicians across the country, Cleveland doctor Conrad Lindes is worried about one of the government’s latest overhauls to the medical system: digitizing health care. He believes the government is forcing doctors to make a change to electronic medical records before they — and the technology — are ready.
Conservative critics of Medicaid argue that the program doesn’t actually help beneficiaries. A new study offers empiracle evidence to the contrary.
Despite carrots and sticks from the federal government, some physicians are leery about moving to electronic health records.
