Expanded Medicaid Plans Must Include Habilitation Services

Neglected tropical disease targets must include morbidity

The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is holding a 1-day meeting in London, UK, on Sept 25, 2015, to discuss “The disease elimination agenda: the role of science, policy and advocacy”.1 Important meetings such as this are a welcome forum at which to discuss progress and challenges and to reflect on important milestones, particularly with regard to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)...

Child health must include injury prevention.

Universal health coverage must include older people

WHAT IF ACA holdout states expanded Medicaid ? 1 What if More States Expanded Medicaid in 2017 ?

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states can expand Medicaid eligibility for nonelderly adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). As of May 2016, 19 states had not expanded Medicaid. Based on reported Medicaid and marketplace data, we estimate that in 2017, even without the Medicaid expansion, the major coverage provisions of the ACA will have reduced the numb...

Organized stroke care must include the emergency department.

Organized Stroke Care Must Include the Emergency Department To the Editor: Norrving and Adams, in the recent series of articles entitled “Advances in Stroke 2005,” clearly state the evidence for organized stroke care as inpatients after hospital admission.1 It is clear from their review that stroke unit care confers major survival benefits and reductions in disability. We were disappointed to s...