When Barack Obama was re-elected to the White House this November, America was reminded that not only is Obama the first African-American to preside in the Oval Office, he is the first president to make health care a primary component of his presidential legacy. Obama's re-election will certainly have important and lasting effects on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as…
In a move sure to reignite debate over upcoming US health system changes, The American Medical Association (AMA) on Monday publically reaffirmed its support for the individual mandate, the most contentious provision of the Obama Administration's Healthcare Reform Law. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) nearly…
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women, accounting for around 16 percent of all female cancers. It kills around 519,000 women every year, worldwide. A recent US study, conducted by the Medco Research Institute, reveals that only half of insured women aged over 40 are claiming annual…
Venezuela's private health system is currently undergoing an audit after allegations surfaced that insurance companies, and private health service providers, are putting their profit before the health of its members. The audit will be carried out by Venezuela's Public Defender´s Office, Institute for the Defense of People's Access to Goods and Services…
The US Health Reform law mandates that by 2014, US citizens must have health insurance coverage or otherwise pay a hefty US$695 annual fine. It is estimated that the Health Reform will reduce the number of the uninsured from 19% of US citizens in 2010 to 8% by 2016. The Health Reform law imposes new regulations and fees on insurers, and although it expands coverage to the millions of uninsured Americans,…
After the passage of the Affordable Care Act six months ago in the United States, the first raft of new healthcare rules have come into effect, as of Thursday, September 23rd 2010. While much of the healthcare law has yet to impact the US Healthcare landscape, what has gone into effect on Thursday 23rd are important consumer protection laws known as the Patient's Bill of…
CaliforniaChoice, a health insurance exchange that is a product of CHOICE Administrators, announced that it has become the first health insurance exchange in the United States to reach 20 million member-months. Health insurance exchanges offer consumers an easy way to compare costs and benefit options across a variety of health insurance products from insurers participating…
On the 23rd of March, 2010, the President of the United States Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) into law. As part of the President's efforts to reform healthcare in the United States, this bill marks the biggest change to federal healthcare laws in decades. But what does the bill contain and what effects will the new law have on people? The…
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