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Sure there are those who support the health care law, and those who want to repeal it. But how many people in the U.S. actually understand the Affordable Care Act? That’s what a Stanford University professor asked in a nationwidesurvey in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, GfK and the Associated Press. The survey, which
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It's no secret that reforming the country's health care system is an important issue in this year's presidential election. According to a recent survey from the New England Journal of Medicine, one out of every five voters sees the 2010 health law as a top priority, but many are also still perplexed by it. That confusion has led about 15,000
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When she was 5 years old, Chevese Turner had her first binge eating disorder episode. The 44-year-old recalls sneaking a box of colorful ice cream cones from the kitchen and eating as many as she could alone in her room. Over the years, she found herself repeating that practice in sporadic, emotional episodes that left her with an
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Among the many struggles for starving artists is a lack of health insurance — something Amanda Palmer, a musician, artist and formerly with punk band The Dresden Dolls — knows all too well. Yesterday Palmer tweeted about her struggles with insurance coverage after reading a New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof. Kristof wrote about his
In this June 25, 2012, photo, physician assistant Anna […]
You knew this was coming: Just four months before a series of automatic spending cuts kick in, Medicare providers warned that, if those cuts become reality, hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost. The report, funded by theAmerican Hospital Association, the American Medical Associationand the American Nurses Association, predicts that the 2
