States That Expand Medicaid Detect More Cases Of Diabetes
In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the ACA. In January 2014, about half the states expanded and about half did not. This created a natural experiment — an opportunity to compare the impact of...
TONIGHT on PBS: Druker is ready for his close-up in the new Ken Burns cancer documentary
Dr. Brian Druker, director of the Knight Cancer Institute will make an appearance in the new multi-part Ken Burns cancer documentary series "Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies" tonight at 9pm on PBS. Druker developed Gleevec, the first targeted cancer therapy, for...
Zip Code-Decode: How Where You Live Matters To Your Health
Public health researchers like to say that your zip code is more important than your genetic code. The Takeaway is putting that idea to the test, utilizing data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings Report and The American Communities...
How Healthy is your Community?
Find out what health factors affect your county by going to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Program published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found here.
How Childhood Experiences Shape Our Nation’s Health
New findings strongly suggest that Americans are ready for new approaches to address early childhood trauma and stress. To do that in a big way, we need more than science—we need a movement. Read more about it...
How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect the Use of Health Care Services?
In January 2014, the Affordable Care Act extended access to health insurance coverage to an estimated 30 million previously uninsured people. This issue brief provides state-level estimates of the increased demand for physician and hospital services that is expected...
Lessening the Impact of Coverage Churn Through Multimarket Health Plans
It’s estimated that half of lower-income adults will move between Medicaid and subsidized health insurance marketplace plans at least once during the year. In a new blog post, George Washington University’s Sara Rosenbaum looks at insurers that offer complementary...
How new director Lynne Saxton will put her stamp on the Oregon Health Authority
Lynne Saxton was confirmed on March 9, 2015 as the Oregon Health Authority director, giving some long-needed stability to an agency that has gone without a permanent director since December 2013. Read more about it...
The Potential Impact of a Health Insurance Subsidy Shutdown
The Potential Impact of a Health Insurance Subsidy Shutdown With oral arguments for the King v. Burwell case beginning tomorrow, The Commonwealth Fund has a variety of resources to help you understand the real-world impact of a potential Supreme Court decision to end...
Open Notes now available for 4.8 Million Americans
Open Notes are now available to 4.8 Million Americans and growing. See where notes are being shared. We Can Do Better put the majority of the Oregon and Northwest dots on the map through our Northwest OpenNotes Consortium supported by Cambia Health Foundation....
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