Reuters : declared in Stripping Americans of health insurance could be deadly: study

For every 10,000 people who enrolled in the health insurance program, 13 lives were saved, the study found. "Being uninsured is deadly," co-author Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, a Hunter College health policy professor, said in a phone interview. Based on findings from a variety of large studies, Americans without health insurance faced 40 percent higher odds of dying during the study periods than the privately insured, the report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found. "Even before this study, members of Congress – and the American public who elected them – already have a strong personal sense of the value of health insurance," he said in an email. It would be unethical to study the question by randomly insuring some Americans and not others.

14 Nevada counties could have no options on state health insurance exchange

Prominence Health Plan executives say they've decided to exit the health plan exchange marketplace effective Jan. 1, 2018. According to a statement from the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, Nevada insurance carriers that participate in the state-based exchange will only offer coverage to Washoe, Clark and Nye counties starting in 2018. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will also reduce coverage to just Washoe, Clark and Nye counties, according to Heather Korbulic, executive director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange. In an email sent to all exchange insurance agents and brokers, Prominence said the decision will impact members in Nevada counties. Fourteen Nevada counties could be without qualified health plans on the state's individual insurance exchange next year, according to state officials, news that comes on the heels of one major provider's announced withdrawal.


You are the owner of this article.


collected by :Lucy William

To follow all the new news about Health care