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Parents’ Perspectives on Medicaid Changes
During tough economic times, state governments often make drastic cuts to health programs, specifically Medicaid, in order to balance budgets. A recent study in the Journal of the National Medical Association investigated the opinions of Medicaid parents regarding federally-mandated changes Continue Reading …
Generics vs. Brand-Name Drugs
As authorized by the 1984 Hatch-Waxman Act, generic drugs must be demonstrated to be “bio-equivalent” to their brand-name counterparts. There must be an absence of a significant difference in the availability of the active ingredient at the site of drug Continue Reading …
The Physician Workforce
A recent Congressional hearing held by the Senate Finance committee explored the physician workforce. Extensive attention was paid to the role of primary care (internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine) in the overall medical field. The expert witnesses present seemed Continue Reading …
Health Insurance Among Low Income Fathers
Traditional needs-based public health insurance programs have focused on the “deserving poor,” a group typically consisting of children and pregnant women. As a result, men have been discriminated against by public programs such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Continue Reading …
President Obama signs SCHIP reauthorization
Although SCHIP re-authorization was signed into law by President Obama on February 4, 2009, several key features from our 2009 Policy Prescription remain to be enacted: expand eligibility for SCHIP to children from all income range SCHIP should be valued Continue Reading …
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