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Same Sex Disparities in Access to Care
Same-sex couples have a level of access to insurance coverage and health care that is intermediate to that of married and unmarried different-sex couples. The authors of this study analyzed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, a large Continue Reading …
Insurance Exchanges
An insurance exchange provides managed competition through the use of “sponsors” or collective purchasing agents who negotiate with insurers and offer individuals a menu of choices among different health insurance plans.
Spillover of Mandated Benefits
The power to regulate health insurance companies rests with the States, with important exceptions. Federal health programs and ERISA plans are exempt from state regulation.
SNMA | 2010 | Annual Medical Education Conference
Cedric Dark, MD, MPH participated in a panel discussion during the Student National Medical Association’s Annual Medical Education Conference held March 31- April 4, 2010 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers in downtown Chicago, IL. The theme of the 2010 Continue Reading …
Life After Health Reform
The hazards of sickness, accident, invalidism, involuntary employement, and old age should be provided for through insurance. (Theodore Roosevelt, 1912)
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