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Recent advances in diagnostics have accelerated the development of miniaturized wearable technologies for the continuous monitoring of diseases. This paradigm is shifting healthcare away from invasive, centralized blood tests toward decentralized monitoring, using alternative body biofluids.
Lanka Tata Rao+2 more
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Medigap Reforms: Potential Effects of Benefit Restrictions on Medicare Spending and Beneficiary Costs [PDF]
Analyzes how three options for reforming Medicare supplemental insurance policies that help cover cost-sharing requirements would affect Medicare spending and beneficiary spending by income level, health status, and inpatient hospital ...
Mark Merlis
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Drug Delivery Technologies for the Treatment of Age‐Related Macular Degeneration
There are multiple therapeutic agents available for the treatment of both dry age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) and wet AMD. It is essential to continue innovation by introducing new drug delivery technologies that can incorporate those along with patient compliance and the accessibility of the technology into the early stages of research and ...
J Jesus Rodriguez‐Cruz+4 more
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Medicare, Medicaid and the Deficit Debate [PDF]
Examines 2000-10 Medicare and Medicaid expenditures; projections for 2011-20 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Congressional Budget Office; contributing factors, including enrollment growth; and proposals for curbing ...
John Holahan, Stacey McMorrow
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Abstract Violent injuries tend to cluster together geospatially. The discriminatory housing practice of redlining undertaken by the United States federal government in the 1930s has been repeatedly linked with various contemporary community‐level disparities.
Samuel J. West+5 more
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The history of establishment of the US system of medical insurance and Barack Obama`s medical reform
The article investigates the history of the shaping the medical insurance in the United States and the medical reform in the USA initiated by President Barack Obama, which is considered one of the most important achievements in domestic politics of the ...
Oleg Mashevs’kyj, Miroslav Baraboi
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In this latest update, we explore the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) enacted by the US Congress in August 2022, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently releasing the list of the first ten drugs it will negotiate prices on.
Alice Beattie+3 more
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Generational Aspects of Medicare [PDF]
This paper examines the generational aspect of the current Medicare system and some stylized reforms. We find that the rates of return on Medicare for today's workers are higher than those for Social Security and that the Medicare system is shifting a greater share of the burden on future workers than is Social Security.
Louise Sheiner, David M. Cutler
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A Collaborative Approach to Pediatric Genetic Evaluation in the Era of Genomic Medicine
ABSTRACT To address the increased demand for genetic services and shortage of medical geneticists (MG), a collaborative pilot program was developed with a two‐part approach to care: (1) Initial genetic counselor (GC) appointment with exome sequencing (ES) and (2) follow‐up MG evaluation.
Sarah Jurgensmeyer Langas+5 more
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How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Seniors? [PDF]
Summarizes how healthcare reform provisions including changes to Medicare premiums and drug benefits, preventive services, Medicare Advantage plans; reduced provider payment rates; and efforts to improve quality and system performance will affect ...
John Holahan, Robert A. Berenson
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