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CareFirst revises some of its proposed insurance rates in D.C. for 2015
By Tina Reed, The Washington Business Journal, July 9, 2014
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Following the release of competitor rates for insurance plans set to be offered through DC Health Link in 2015, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is planning to lower proposed rates by 4%.
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Court challenge to D.C. Health Link funding source could cause trouble as early as October
By Tina Reed, The Washington Business Journal, July 9, 2014
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If a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a proposed 1% tax on health-related insurers is successful, the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority may run into funding issues as early as October 2014.
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Report reveals characteristics of uninsured minorities
By Stacy M. Brown, The Washington Informer, July 9, 2014
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Despite advances resulting from the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report from the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Latino and African-American males between the ages of 19 and 34 are most likely to remain uninsured.
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Who pays your doc? Coming soon to a site near you
Associated Press, The Washington Examiner, July 9, 2014
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Starting this September, thanks to a provision in the health care law known as the Sunshine Act, patients will be able to have more information about what gifts, meals, payments and other services their health care providers receive from pharmaceutical and medical supply companies. "I think every patient out there should know who actually is paying their doctor," says Paul Thacker, a fellow at Harvard University's Safra Center for Ethics. "The one thing we know is that money changes behavior and people tend to respond to who is giving them money."
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FDA has free-speech, safety issues to weigh in review "off-label" drug marketing rules
By Brady Dennis, The Washington Post, July 9, 2014
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Looking to balance patient safety and free-speech, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revisiting its rules and regulations regarding pharmaceutical companies' ability to conduct "off-label" marketing. According to Michael Wilkes, a medical professor at the University of California at Davis, "It's hard to know what's legitimate and what's not. I'd like to see [the FDA] err on the side of overregulation and making companies prove that these drugs work for off-label uses."
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Combining patches, meds effective in quitting smoking
By Hoai-Tran Bui, USA Today, July 8, 2014
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New research published in the journal JAMA shows that tobacco users who use a combination of cessation methods are more likely to be successful in their attempts to quit smoking.
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HPV vaccine doesn't raise risk of blood clots, study finds
By Nancy Shute, NPR, July 8, 2014
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Hoping to dispel fears and increase use of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, researchers conducted an expansive new study of over half a million women and girls, which showed that the vaccine is unlikely to increase the risk for developing blood clots.
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This is our youth
By Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times, July 9, 2014
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According to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American youth are becoming increasingly more sedentary, regardless of socio-economic status. "Really, this is not good news," said Janet Fulton, a lead epidemiologist with the C.D.C.'s Physical Activity and Health Branch, who oversaw the new study. "We're talking about a better than 1 percent per year drop in cardiorespiratory fitness" among a group for whom, she said, "physical activity should come naturally."
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