SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled that part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and said a federal government worker should be allowed to enroll her same-sex spouse in her health insurance coverage.
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Private health insurance is the main source of health coverage for the majority of people in the United States. Approximately 58% of all Americans have private health care coverage. For elderly citizens and eligible children and families from low-income households, public programs are the primary source of health cover. Public programs include Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP…
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests young adults are more likely to get care and see a doctor when states extend the time they can stay on their parents’ health insurance — a measure also mandated by the 2010 federal health care law.
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Allowing older children to stay on their parents’ health insurance past the age of 18 increased a young adult’s chances of having a physical exam and made them less likely to go without care due to cost, according to a new study.
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Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that laws permitting children to stay on their parents’ health insurance through age 26 result in improved access to health care compared to states without those laws. This analysis indicates the potential positive impact of a key provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)…
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How can insurers justify spending hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient per year on “orphan drugs” – extremely expensive medications for rare conditions that are mostly chronic and life-threatening – when this money could provide greater overall health benefit if spread out among many other patients? Those spending decisions reflect the “rule of rescue,” the value that o…
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