Fearing swine-flu closures, schools prepare to teach long-distance. NFL players have high rates of dementia. Congress investigates steroids in supplements.
State residents could see in a their out-of-pocket health spending rise 75.5 percent over next decade in worst-case scenario.
How employers would be affected varies greatly, depending on size, the wages they pay, and the coverage they provide.
Institute of Medicine panel says “urgent and clear need” for consistent standards of care.
Seattle Children’s has “embarked on a system-wide assessment of” how its staff prescribes high-risk drugs to prevent the type of prescribing errors that led to the death of a 15-year-old boy.
Factions: those for, those leaning in his direction, and a group of “wild cards”.
Generally, employers subsidize the cost, but workers share the expense, through a variety of payments, including premiums, co-payments and deductibles.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center presents: Think Global, Act Local: Managing Swine Flu at Home and Around the World The talk brings together three national experts on pandemic flu outbreaks, vaccinations and infectious diseases for free lecture for the public.. The speakers will cover what the public can do to protect itself, the importance of [...]
Pike Market workers rally to help ailing vendor pay medical bills and other stories.
Two key priorities: keeping young from starting–and helping adults quit.
The number of facilities has fallen by nearly 1,000 to about 15,700 since 2000. More than 80,000 beds have been shuttered over those nine years. And the number of Medicaid-only beds—those certified for long-term care stays– has plunged by half since 1995, to about 114,000.
The program can be viewed on the SEATTLE CHANNEL, Cable 21, Monday, September 28, at 7 p.m. or online now.
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