Viagra has been covered for years now the antidote will be covered, as well!
Birth control will now be covered for women without co-pays.
The move to make contraception free to women is one of eight new measures aimed at providing “preventive health services” to women, the HHS said. They follow on recommendations from a report issued July 19 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which advises the federal government.
Hospital emergency rooms serving the poor are closing at alarming rates.
As the need for emergency care has increased hospitals have been met with longer wait times and less effective care.
As eligability for Medicaid increases with the new health care law, more recipients will turn to emergency rooms as their primary care option as many physicians do not take Medicaid payments.
Urban and suburban areas have lost a quarter of their hospital emergency departments over the last 20 years, according to the study, in The Journal of the American Medical Association. In 1990, there were 2,446 hospitals with emergency departments in nonrural areas. That number dropped to 1,779 in 2009, even as the total number of emergency room visits nationwide increased by roughly 35 percent.
Emergency departments were most likely to have closed if they served large numbers of the poor, were at commercially operated hospitals, were in hospitals with skimpy profit margins or operated in highly competitive markets, the researchers found.
Why would economists focus on this age old debate of genetisists and social engineers?
Could it be that perhaps they are starting to see the ubiquitous connection between the wellness of a society and wealth of it’s economy?
The question of parenting has become of increasing interest to economists. At the American Economic Association’s annual meeting in Denver this year, for example, there was a panel on the effect of mothers’ employment on their children, as well as household choices and child development.
You have a bowl and you fill it to the brim and you think that you’re having a “serving”.
It may surprise you to know that most recommended “serving” sizes are much smaller than you think.
Not to mention the fact that everything from plates to cups are super-sized these days, we are misled into believing that we are eating a portion when in fact we are eating 2,3,or 6 times what we need!
Cereal 1 cup = a baseball
Salad Dressing 2 Tbsp. = a shot glass
Cheese 1 oz. = a golf ball
Nuts 1 oz. = 1 cupped palm
Hamburger 3 oz = mayo jar lid
Beef 3 oz. = deck of cards
Rice 1/2 c = ice cream scoop
Sweet Potato = computer mouse
Butter 1 tsp = a waterbottle cap
Pasta 1/2 cup = a tennis ball
Health and Human Services Director, Howard Ko, is trying to close the gap between rich and poor and the disparities in health care between these groups.
From higher infant mortality to lower life expectancy, the poor and minorities suffer the worst inequities within the health care system.
The government is taking steps toward fixing the problem without straining the budget.
The plan being released Friday runs the gamut from improving dental care for poor children to tapping “promotoras,” savvy community health workers who can help guide their Spanish-speaking neighbors in seeking treatment.
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