In January, Americans had a chance to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges.The federal government set up the exchange to help Americans buy insurance through the new marketplaces that would become the federal government’s primary health insurance marketplace in 2020.At the time, the government had $8 billion in funding to buy the […]
Lexington, Ky.— The Senate is taking up a bill Thursday to address a surge in the number of babies born with microcephaly, a birth defect that affects infants’ brains and sometimes results in permanent brain damage.The Senate is also considering a bill to provide funds for Zika vaccines for residents of the state.Sen. Mike DeWine, […]
Health care workers have begun sharing medical data with employers and others who can then use it to target patients with costly, time-consuming health insurance, according to a new report by a national health organization.The National Association of Assistant Health Administrators, or NAHA, is a nonprofit organization of health care professionals who share data and […]
You don’t have to go to a doctor to get cancer.You don.t have to get it at home.But what if you have a tumor that’s growing on your neck or your leg?Then you’ll need to get your doctor’s care.“You’re in the hospital,” says Dr. David Kessel, a professor of medicine at the University of Texas […]
