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Hypertension affects more than 50 million people in the United States and has long been recognized as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal disease.
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States working to expand health coverage for low-income, uninsured individuals - especially children - are running into a proverbial perfect storm of federal barriers.
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The nation's community health centers (CHCs) provide primary health care services to more than 15 million people, many of whom are members of racial or ethnic minorities, have low income, are uninsured, or have coverage through Medicaid.
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Major findings of a recent report by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured include the following:
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Massachusetts' subsidized care plan's cost to double
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Guaranteeing affordable health insurance for all, changing the way doctors and other health care providers are paid, and better organizing and coordinating care delivery are among the top action items that await the next president, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.
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Medicaid is falling short in providing services for children with very low birth weight, according to a study by Boston University researchers, who say their findings reinforce the Institute of Medicine's concerns regarding inadequate outcome data and health care services for pre-term infants.
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It seems only yesterday that many states were enthusiastically embracing an improving fiscal situation and making plans to restore many of the Medicaid cuts and restrictions that had been adopted during economic downturn.
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Four years after Texas voters approved a state constitutional amendment limiting medical malpractice lawsuit awards, doctors from all around the country are moving there to add to the ranks of specialists at Texas hospitals and bring health care to some underserved rural areas.
