True or false? The debt ceiling debate this month has sent claims and counter claims flying, keeping the nation’s fact checkers busy. Here’s a sampling of their mid-summer efforts.
For the past few years, community services for the aged and disabled have been facing big state budget cuts, layoffs of key personnel and an increasing demand for services. And the situation has done nothing but get worse.
Judy Rich’s hospital has seen a 10% drop in patients, 200 of its 600 beds are empty, and 28% of its patients are on Medicaid and 8% receive uncompensated care.
National Council on Aging’s Jim Firman on the impact of the Community Living Assistance Service and Supports (CLASS) Act that creates a federal insurance program for long-term care.
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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