What we're reading, October 26, 2015: One-third of uninsured in California are unaware of premium subsidies and medical school enrollment among black men is down.
Unaware Uninsured
With open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act just days away, a new survey has found that more than one-third of uninsured Californians are unaware of premium subsidies, reported the LA Times. In contrast, only 16% didn’t know about the tax penalty for not having coverage.
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Bringing Drug Prices in Line With Value
Experts taking part in a panel hosted by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health said that drug makers cannot be allowed to continue setting any price they choose for medications. Instead, the prices of these treatments need to be brought in line with the value they provide, reported Reuters. The experts viewed calls to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices as unrealistic or problematic.
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Fewer Black Men Applying to Medical School
Kaiser Health News reported that although more black men than before are graduating from college, the number applying to medical school has dropped and is now lower than the number who applied in 1978. This is the only minority group with a decrease in applications.
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Sarcoma Care: Biomarker Advancements Shape the Future
October 24th 2024At the regional Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event in Boston, Vinayak Venkataraman, MD, medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, was a panelist for the discussion, “Recent Advancements in Identifying Predictive Biomarkers for Sarcomas."
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Sustaining Compassionate Trauma Care Across Communities
September 30th 2024September is National Recovery Month, and we are bringing you another limited-edition month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In our final episode, we speak with Lyndra Bills, MD, and Shari Hutchison, MS.
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Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity: Community Wellness Centers
September 27th 2024Delia Orosco, MS, director of Community Wellness Centers at Inland Empire Health Plan, shares insight into innovative initiatives provided by the wellness centers and their new mobile mammogram clinics.
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Sarcoma Care: Biomarker Advancements Shape the Future
October 24th 2024At the regional Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event in Boston, Vinayak Venkataraman, MD, medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, was a panelist for the discussion, “Recent Advancements in Identifying Predictive Biomarkers for Sarcomas."
Read More
Sustaining Compassionate Trauma Care Across Communities
September 30th 2024September is National Recovery Month, and we are bringing you another limited-edition month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In our final episode, we speak with Lyndra Bills, MD, and Shari Hutchison, MS.
Listen
Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity: Community Wellness Centers
September 27th 2024Delia Orosco, MS, director of Community Wellness Centers at Inland Empire Health Plan, shares insight into innovative initiatives provided by the wellness centers and their new mobile mammogram clinics.
Listen
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