insurance

Lack of health insurance might have led or contributed to nearly 17,000 deaths among hospitalized children in the United States in the span of less than two decades, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
According to the Hopkins researchers, the study, to be published Oct. 30 in the Journal of Public Health, [...]

Survey results published recently in the journal Health Affairs show that while only 27 percent of adults currently support the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s proposed healthcare legislation, an amended bill could gain the majority’s favor.
The poll was created and commissioned by S. Ward Casscells, M.D., vice president of external affairs and public policy and the [...]

Daniel Bates of The Daily Mail writes:
Professor Stephen Hawking has spoken out in defence of the NHS after high-level U.S. politicians have branded the National Health Service ‘evil’ and ‘Orwellian.’
The British professor, who has suffered from Lou Gehrig’s disease for 40 years, insisted that he ‘would not be here’ were it not for the NHS.
He [...]

In results from the largest health policy study of its kind, a Mexican health care program created in 2003 has been found effective in reducing crippling health care costs among poorer households. The results reflect the success of the Seguro Popular program, and arise from an evaluation conducted by researchers, including a Princeton University faculty [...]

A paramount topic at the moment is value in health care: What should we pay for and how much? Resources aren’t unlimited, and desires or demands for health care should be balanced against various realities — including the effectiveness of care or the desire for other goods and services. Especially in a depressed economy, questions [...]