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California Weighs Expanded Role For Nurse Practitioners

Posted on 05/13/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Pauline Bartolone, Capitol Public Radio — via Kaiser Health News As state governments get ready for the Affordable Care Act coverage expansion, some are taking a close look at their networks of health care professionals to make sure they will be able to meet increased demands as more people gain health insurance. California is one of 15 states expected to consider legislation this year that would give advanced practice nurses more independence and authority. Tina Clark is a nurse practitioner …

Obama Wades Back into the Health Care Debate

Posted on 05/10/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Julie Pace, White House Correspondent, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet another challenge from Republicans. The president will specifically target women and young people, groups that backed him overwhelmingly during his presidential campaigns. During a Mother’s Day-themed event at the White House on …

GOP Won’t Play Ball on Obamacare Advisory Panels

Posted on 05/9/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsBy Jim Abrams, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in boycotting the Independent Payment Advisory Board, also said that the House next week will vote again to repeal the …

Public Needs a Dose of Info on Health Care Law

Posted on 05/2/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsMore than 40 percent of American adults don’t know that President Obama’s health care legislation is now the law of the land. Call it the Affordable Care Act. Call it Obamacare. But call it the law. The Obama administration is already rolling out application forms for individuals who need coverage. Yet 12 percent of those polled by the Kaiser Family Foundation said they thought that Congress  repealed the law. Another 7 percent said they thought the Supreme Court overturned it. …

Patients Willing to Ditch Doctors to Save Money

Posted on 04/30/2013 by | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | Personal HealthWe patients tend to be stubbornly loyal to our trusted physicians. We respect their experience and seek their advice. Unless we can save a few bucks by switching doctors. Then some of us are out the door before the receptionist can tell us to have a seat. In a new poll of 713 people, as many as 1 in 3 say they’d rather pay less for their health plan, even if it meant swapping doctors. Half of those who’d make …

Why So Many Americans Put Off Medical Care

Posted on 03/28/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsHidalgo is a county in southern Texas just across the Rio Grande from Mexico. It’s also home to the highest prevalence of U.S. adults – about 40 percent of the population– delaying necessary medical care because of cost, according to data in the March 28 New England Journal of Medicine. The research letter in the March 28 issue of the journal found this number to vary significantly across the country and to be lower in places with less restrictive eligibility …

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