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D.C. program aims to reduce children's ER visits
Free meals for D.C.'s disadvantaged youth
Walgreens to offer free HIV tests in D.C. area
More than 48,000 people enrolled in health coverage through DC Health Link
Gaining insurance, losing privacy
Older women bear the brunt of higher insurance costs under Obamacare
Health care spending actually shrunk 1.4 percent in first quarter of Obamacare, BEA says
Never too young: Pediatricians say parents should read to infants
Heatstroke: A summer danger
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D.C. program aims to reduce children's ER visits

By Dorothy Rowley, The Washington Informer, June 24, 2014

Hoping to reduce ER visits among District children, AmeriHealth District of Columbia has launched the "4 Your Kids Care" program, which provides families with information on appropriate use of health care resources and encourages them to work more closely with primary care physicians.

Free meals for D.C.'s disadvantaged youth 

By Dorothy Rowley, The Washington Informer, June 25, 2014

Through August 22nd, young people living in the District can get free healthy meals and snacks at over 300 locations throughout the city.   For more information, call 211, text FOOD to 202-6565-EAT or visit onecityyouth.dc.gov.



Walgreens to offer free HIV tests in D.C. area

By Jessica Jordan, WAMU 88.5, June 25, 2014

Walgreens is teaming up with the Virginia Department of Health to offer free HIV testing, which will be administered in private consultation rooms at Walgreens throughout northern Virginia.   Here in the District, Walgreens pharmacies will offer free HIV testing from June 26-28th in support of National HIV Testing Day.

More than 48,000 people enrolled in health coverage through DC Health Link

Press Release, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority, June 23, 2014

Between October 1, 2013 and June 11, 2014, 48,188 individuals signed up for private health plans or Medicaid using DC Health Link, including 13,598 that enrolled through the system's small business marketplace.

Gaining insurance, losing privacy

By Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, June 24, 2014

For many young adults remaining on their parents' insurance plans into their mid-twenties, having coverage means sacrificing their privacy since insurance documents get mailed to policy holders, rather than care recipients.   

Older women bear the brunt of higher insurance costs under Obamacare

By Joann Weiner, The Washington Post, June 24, 2014

While health care reform seeks to improve access to care by making insurance more affordable, some researchers argue that older women, those between 55 and 64, will most likely see costs increase.

Health care spending actually shrunk 1.4 percent in first quarter of Obamacare, BEA says

By Philip Klein, The Washington Examiner, June 25, 2014

Contradicting previous reports, the Bureau of Economic Analysis now says that health care spending decreased by 1.4% during the first quarter of 2014.  

Never too young: Pediatricians say parents should read to infants

By Nancy Shute, NPR, June 24, 2014

Following the release of new studies espousing the merits of reading aloud to infants, the Academy of Pediatrics is calling on pediatricians to do more to encourage reading and to provide books to "high risk, low-income young children" during office visits.  

Heatstroke: A summer danger

CNN, June 25, 2014

With summer in full swing, be on the lookout for the warning signs associated with heat stroke, which include elevated body temperature, lack of sweating, headaches, nausea and vomiting.

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