For consumers, the new year brings changes in the Affordable Care Act ranging from limits on itemized deductions and flexible spending accounts to Medicare-related tax increases and standardized forms that describe benefits in plain English. Continue Reading →
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Community Health Index: A Tool For Healthy Lives
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Local public health officials and health care providers are zeroing in on health disparities by using the “health equity index,” an online tool to measure the correlation between health and the socioeconomic factors that define a community. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Disparities, I-Team In-Depth, Adam Silverman, Community Health Index, Depression, Diabetes, Public Health, St. Francis Hospital
Health Care Law Stands: What It Means For CT And You
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The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the nation’s health reform law bodes well for Connecticut, where the Affordable Care Act has funneled $192 million in federal funds to implement the law and impacted the lives of millions of residents as of June 2012. Continue Reading →
Filed under: I-Team In-Depth, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
Is There A Doctor In The House?
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After 17 years as a family practitioner, Ayaz Madraswalla, MD, recently made one of the most painful decisions of his career to remain economically viable: Mansfield Family Practice will no longer accept new Medicare patients. The decision leaves older adults in Windham County – already struggling with a severe shortage of primary care physicians – with one less place to turn to for medical care. Continue Reading →