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Rx News | January 3, 2014
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Happy New Year!
  
Hopefully you're rejuvenated from the holidays, and ready to jump into 2014.  With the new year, many people have decided on a new year's resolution.  One of the biggest resolution themes normally revolves around health.  

Health.com has gathered their list of the Top Ten healthiest resolutions, ranging from physical to financial health.

To read the article, click here.

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For the January 2014 Performance Drug List Changes, click here.

 

 
News You Can Use
BBC.  A new study from the Dana-Faber Children's Cancer in Boston has found that women who eat nuts during pregnancy are less likely to have children with nut allergies.  More specifically, children were one-third less likely to develop a nut allergy if their mother ate nuts during pregnancy.  (12/23)   Full Story   

Reuters.  According to researchers, "Trebling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third and prevent 200M premature deaths this century from lung cancer and other diseases."  Tobacco currently kills about 6M people a year, and is the largest cause of premature death from chronic conditions.  (Kelland, 1/1)  Full Story

Industry News
Time.  Thanks to antiretroviral drugs, people diagnosed with HIV can now live as long as uninfected people.  Scientists have concluded that 20-year-olds with HIV can expect to live into their 70's, which is in line with life expectancies for the general population.  (Sifferlin, 12/19)   Full Story

Health Policy Matters
Kaiser Health News.  President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act almost 4 years ago, and Kaiser Health News has gathered the 6 factors that will determine whether or not it's a success with the public.  The first factor?  Enrollment.  (Galewitz, 1/2)   Full Story   

HealthDay.  Beginning Wednesday, 2M Americans will gain health insurance coverage through the new marketplaces.  Besides new coverage options, other aspects of the Affordable Care Act taking place are: No more exclusions for pre-existing conditions, no more annual limits on coverage of essential health services (like hospitalizations), and access to mental health and substance-abuse services.   (Pallarito, 12/31)  Full Story

  


Fox News.  Along with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act comes some fees and taxes.  The individual mandate penalty for not obtaining health insurance will be $95, or 1% of household income, whichever is greater.  There will also be an annual fee charged to health insurers, expected to bring in $8B of revenue this year.  (1/2)    Full Story