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PLoS One
December 2024
Division of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Background: In the United States, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded public and private health coverage, increased health insurance affordability, reduced healthcare costs, and improved healthcare quality for many. Despite ACA provisions, lack of insurance and other factors continue to affect working-age women's access to primary care services.
Methods: We conducted a mixed-method systematic review to identify factors that affect women's access to primary care services since the ACA.
Pain Physician
December 2024
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Background: The analysis of epidural procedure utilization has revealed several notable trends over recent years. Utilization increased significantly until 2004, then rose minimally until 2011, followed by gradual declines up to 2019 in the Medicare population. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a marked 19% decline in usage from 2019 to 2020.
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December 2024
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Background: The use of facet joint interventions for spinal pain management experienced rapid growth between 2000 and 2010, with an annual increase of 14.2%. However, this trend slowed significantly from 2010 to 2019, with a reduced growth rate of just 2.
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November 2024
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, United States; Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine at Boston Medical Center, United States. Electronic address:
Background: Overdose death rates for Hispanic people rose 2010-2022. Opioid overdose rates grew faster among Hispanic people than non-Hispanic White people ("White"). Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is an effective but underutilized intervention for decreasing overdose risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program
December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), fully implemented in 2014, introduced reforms to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), aiming to enhance health care access for vulnerable populations. Key provisions that can influence health outcomes in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with blood cancers include Medicaid expansion, which covers adults with income less than or equal to 138% of the federal poverty level based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI), streamlined eligibility and enrollment processes, CHIP and Medicaid integration, and dependent coverage reform. Non-MAGI eligibility pathways based on age, disability, or waiver programs provide alternative routes for Medicaid coverage.
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