In the wake of the Supreme Court's 2012 decision making state expansion of Medicaid to more adults optional under the Affordable Care Act, several states have received approval to combine such expansion with broader Medicaid reforms. They are doing so under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act, which authorizes Medicaid demonstrations that further program objectives. State demonstrations app...

www.thelancet.com Vol 383 May 3, 2014 1523 Trust in the protection of confi dential patient data in England seems to be at an all-time low given recent breaches in releases of patient data and the fi nding that hospital data have been sold to companies with insuffi cient oversight. This follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in January, 2014, by the Secretary of State for Health for Engla...

In 2015, Vermont legislators may consider financing plans to implement Act 48, a law that aims to provide universal health care coverage to all Vermont residents starting in 2017. In this analysis, we estimate the economic incidence of payments for health care by Vermont residents and the value of health care benefits received by Vermont residents in 2012 and 2017, without the implementation of...

Healthy living is mainly seen as a product of good genetics and holistic healthcare in the United States, but a growing field of research is also attributing well-being to social determinants of health (SDH), which are the compounded effects that arise from the concentration or lack of social capital. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted to promote the overall health of the country and its...

this policy brief discusses preventive care benefits and cost-sharing included in health insurance provisions of the affordable care act (aca) legislation and highlights some consequences to americans and the country in terms of healthcare costs and value.

This afternoon, the government published revised regulations under Section 75 of the Health & Social Care Act 2012. The government has hastily re-written these regulations, the first draft of which would have forced commissioners to open just about every part of the NHS up to private sector competition. Howls of protest from grassroots [2] groups [3], healthcare professionals [4], all the [5] R...

intervention in early childhood development as one of the social determinants of health, is important for reducing social gap and inequity. in spite of increasingly developing intensive neonatal care wards and decreasing neonatal mortality rate, there is no follow up program in iran. this study was carreid out to design high risk infants follow up care program with the practical aim of creating...

End of Life Journal, 2013, Vol 3, No 3 Page 1 of 9 The care of frail older people living and dying in care homes has changed considerably since the introduction of the Community Care Act 1990. This Act encouraged the closure of long-term ‘geriatric’ wards in favour of older people being cared for in the community. Monies from the health budget were given to social services in order to pay for c...

background and objectives: social security organization (sso) is the second largest organization to the ministry of health and medical education (mohme) in providing health care services in iran. in recent years the gap between the sso’s resources and expenditures has shown an unprecedented growing trend due to the rapidly increasing demand. continuation of this trend may lead to financial imba...