Health Law Offers Quandary For Youths

White House: No subsidies for union health plans

Not all young people will be able to afford to buy coverage because a big chunk of them won’t qualify for subsidies. Many will fall through the cracks because of states not expanding their Medicaid programs, The Commonwealth Fund survey concluded. Tennessee, at this point, is one of those states. People earning less than $11,490 a year don’t qualify for subsidies because states were supposed to provide them with Medicaid coverage, but the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the provision of the federal law that obligated states to do that.
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Getting Personal With Your Health Insurance Exchange Questions

35 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs USA TODAY/Pew poll: Health care law faces difficult future The Affordable Care Act: Still a tough sell Three years after President Obama signed his signature health care overhaul, Americans are as negative toward it as they have ever been, and disapproval of the president on the issue has reached a new high. Here are findings from a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll. 1 5 Impact on country Source: USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll of 1,506 adults taken Sept. 4-8. Margin of error +/-3 percentage points. Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY Susan Page, USA TODAY 12:09 a.m.
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Franciscan Health System Launches Virtual Urgent Care

In a statement, the White House said it would work with unions and encourage them to offer their multiemployer plans “through the marketplace, on an equal footing, to create new, high-quality, affordable options for all Americans.” That alternative is not ideal for unions. They would have to turn their private plans into public, competitive plans that are open to all workers, not just union members. And they would have to meet a host of complex new requirements under federal and state laws. It would take months to work out the details, and the plans would have to be approved by federal and state regulators before being deemed qualified health plans that could offer health insurance to the public. Play Video McConnell: Organized labor turning against Obamacare The AFL-CIO declined to comment on the White House decision. Earlier Friday, shortly after meeting with Obama, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told reporters outside the White House that he hoped the administration would act soon to address labor’s concerns over the new health care law.
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That’s why hospitals were so anxious to have most people covered by insurance, so they could stop having to provide so much free care to people who couldn’t pay. Steve Foree of Spring Creek, Nev., says he and his wife are both retired, but they’re not old enough yet for Medicare. “We still have health care coverage through our previous employers,” he writes, “but since we’re not still employed by them, can we take advantage of the state health exchanges after January 1st to shop for better rates and coverages?” The answer to this question actually turns out to be a little bit tricky. For those lucky enough to have health coverage provided by a former employer, yes, that generally qualifies as coverage for purposes of fulfilling the requirement that you have insurance . Then there’s the question of whether it bars you from going to the exchange and shopping for a better deal. Generally if you have employer coverage you can’t do that.
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USA TODAY/Pew poll: Health care law faces difficult future

(Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters) A particular issue of contention has been so-called “Taft-Hartley plans” — multi-employer health-care plans that unions run, and that aren’t eligible for subsidies under the terms of the Affordable Care Act. The plans cover about 20 million Americans, and the government treats them as employer-based health-care plans for tax purposes. A recent letter signed by the powerful Teamster, UNITE-HERE, and UFCW unions warned that “under the ACAas interpreted by the Administration, our employees will be treated differently and not be eligible for subsidiesafforded other citizens. As such, many employees will be relegated to second-class status and shut out of the helpthe law offers to for-profit insurance plans.” The unions argue this will decimate membership in their plans as employers dump union workers onto public exchanges.
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Obama administration denies labor’s request for health care waiver

The technology-enabled care delivery model provides access to healthcare 24 hours a day, 365 days a year via phone, video chat, and the traditional house call. Carena provides health care solutions to patients through self-insured organizations, health systems, and direct to consumer through caresimple.com resulting in lower medical costs and high patient satisfaction. Carena’s unique 24/7 services were designed to support the patient primary care provider relationship by providing care and education when the patient’s primary care provider is not available. Carena is redefining health care by changing how patients access care and providers deliver it.
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Tackle Child Obesity With Diet, Exercise: Your Say

Exercise for more than looks, teens tell teachers

This gets at the root of the problem. Jon Phelan Kids are morbidly obese where I live, and it is becoming an everyday, accepted thing. I lost 160 pounds in three years and kept it off. I have always had a weight problem, and finally have come to grips with the fact that I cannot eat what others eat.
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(Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press) Related Adolescents’ perceptions of physical activity, SAGE Open (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) It’s not necessarily washboard abs that may motivate teens to get physically active but how much better they feel, a Canadian study suggests. Recognizing that more than 26 per cent of children in Canada are considered overweight or obese and that only seven per cent of youth get enough vigorous-intensity activity according to the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey, researchers set out to understand how sports and physical activity influence teens’ behaviour. James Gavin, a psychologist and professor in the department of applied human sciences at Concordia University and his team talked to 1,096 adolescents aged 13 to 19 from English-language public and private high schools in Montreal about their motivation for playing sports and getting physical activity. “We were surprised by that degree of insight of what one gains from physical activity,” Gavin said in an interview Tuesday. Instead of talking about buff bodies and physical attractiveness, the focus group participants of seven to 10 phys-ed students talked extensively about the benefits that physical activity offers for self-esteem, self confidence, leadership and learning, the researchers found.
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Breast Ca: Chemo Brain Really Hormone Head

The source of the problem remains open for debate and investigation. Some evidence has implicated the treatment , whereas other research has suggested the disease process itself or other factors — including treatment-induced menopause, anxiety, subclinical anemia, and high-dose chemotherapy — lead to cognitive decline, according to background information for the study. Rugo and co-investigators conducted a prospective, longitudinal study to identify factors that predict cognitive decline in patients with early breast cancer. They enrolled patients and categorized them according to therapy: chemotherapy and 5 years of hormone therapy with an aromatase inhibitor; treatment with an aromatase inhibitor for 5 years; and treatment with chemotherapy only.
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Hormone therapy: Is it right for you?

“Chelsea is a realist and understands.” Manning was demoted from private first class to private at sentencing. Manning will be dishonorably discharged when the soldier finishes the prison sentence. The earliest Manning could be released on parole is 2020. Coombs also said the Bradley Manning Support Network is changing its name to the Private Manning Support Network.
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Chelsea Manning Would Be Willing To Pay For Hormone Therapy While In Prison, Lawyer Says

There are also alternative medicine approaches, such as tai chi, yoga and acupuncture. Work with your doctor to find a healthy, effective approach that works for you. The bottom line: Hormone therapy isn’t all good or all bad To determine if hormone therapy is a good treatment option for you, talk to your doctor about your individual symptoms and health risks. Be sure to keep the conversation going throughout your menopausal years. As researchers learn more about hormone therapy and other menopausal treatments, recommendations may change. If you continue to have bothersome menopausal symptoms, review treatment options with your doctor on a regular basis.
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