The current issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice provides a definitive analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which is now under fire as unconstitutional exercise of federal power. Check the end of this report to download a free copy of the original article.
A coalition of some of the nation’s most trusted organizations representing consumers, patients, physicians, nurses, hospitals and pharmacists today launched a new comprehensive online resource – HealthCareandYou.org – to give Americans easy-to-understand information about the health care law so they can make informed health care decisions for themselves and their families. Included in this report […]
A new study led by an NYU School of Medicine investigator and published in the February 15, 2011, Advance Online Publication, International Journal of Obesity, challenges the idea that calorie labeling has an effect on the purchasing behavior of teenagers or what parents purchase for their children.
Although the effects of the controversial health care reform act will be somewhat muted for many older Americans, it will inevitably have enough of an impact that seniors will discover that there is plenty to like and dislike about the law, a University of Illinois expert on elder law cautions in published research. The original, […]
Despite the intent of recent mental health “parity” legislation, including the Affordable Care Act, even steep reductions in co-pays for outpatient mental health care will not motivate more seniors in managed care plans to seek that care, according to a new study by Brown University researchers. The results were published online Feb. 4 in the […]
Spending on psychiatric drugs grew by 5.6 percent from 2004 to 2005, which represents an overall decrease from the 27.3 percent growth seen from 1999 to 2000. This is according to a study published today in the February issue of Health Affairs. The study conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration analyzed […]
The Senate rejected an effort led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to repeal the new health care reform law by a vote of 47-51. Given the united opposition of Senate Democrats and the White House, full repeal of the law is extremely unlikely in the 112th Congress.
We reported back in December that a “Federal Judge Rules Mandated Health Insurance Is Unconstitutional.” Today, another federal judge ruled that the individual mandate clause, which forces most American to purchase health insurance from commercial health insurance providers, is unconstitutional. A CNN video that details these new developments with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]
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