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As new year kicks off, Obamacare brings profound changes to U.S. health care
As Obamacare ramped up on January 1, 2014, the United States underwent a profound change in its health care system, according to health policy expert [[John McDonough]], professor of the practice of public health at Harvard School of…
People lacking insurance not likely to migrate to obtain Medicaid coverage
States choosing Medicaid expansion shouldn’t expect costly influx of individuals from states not expanding coverage Other studies examine accountable care organizations and communication-and-resolution programs For immediate release: Monday, January 6, 2014 Boston, MA — Amidst the patchwork nature…
Having Medicaid increases emergency room visits
Unique study on Oregon’s citizens sheds light on critical care in the U.S. For immediate release: January 2, 2014 Boston, MA -- Adults who are covered by Medicaid use emergency rooms 40 percent more than those in similar…
SNAP program fails to boost consumption of healthy foods
November 25, 2013 — The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has failed to boost the nutritional value of food purchased and consumed by recipients or to improve food security (ensuring participants have food to meet household needs),…
Spike in Medicaid enrollment could have health benefits for low-income adults
Katherine Baicker, professor of health economics at Harvard School of Public Health, was quoted in a November 20, 2013 NPR story on the recent spike in Medicaid enrollment as more people become eligible through the Affordable Care Act.…
Obamacare and the insurance kerfuffle
John McDonough, professor of public health practice at Harvard School of Public Health and director of the HSPH Center for Public Health Leadership, discussed technical problems and controversies surrounding the Obamacare rollout on recent episodes of a new…
Working the (health) system
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] A standard medical test that could have been done for a tenth of the cost. A doctor’s momentary lapse in attention that led to grievous injury—or even death. An upside-down health care bureaucracy that…
Shining a light on medical errors
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] Lucian Leape has made a career out of other people’s mistakes. Over the past three decades, his research has focused largely on strategies for reducing those all-too-common errors that kill tens of thousands of…
First in line for affordable care
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] For 15 years, Madelyn Rhenisch struggled with an illness that drained her of all physical and mental vitality, destroyed the successful career she had worked hard to build, and left her with no savings.…
Questioning our enchantment with high technology
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] After spending more than 25 years as a doctor—eventually becoming physician in-chief at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital— Howard Hiatt knew firsthand the limitations of U.S. health care: a penchant for expensive, high-tech treatments, lack…