Health care groups reach broad reform agreement in D C
Six month talks by 18 groups including insurers doctors and employers produced a five page plan to cover the uninsured with a mix of government programs and subsidies. It calls for waste reduction and prevention as core principles but lacks detail on funding and a public option.
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Katrina stress linked to heart attacks years after storm
A Tulane University Hospital study suggests a threefold rise in heart attacks after Hurricane Katrina, with 150 of 21,229 admissions pre Katrina and 246 of 11,282 post reopening. Experts caution the small sample cannot prove causation though clinicians note lingering effects and higher risk profiles.
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Tulane University Hospital
Anand Irimpen
Carl “Chip” Lavie
Ochsner Health System
Lavie
American College of Cardiology
Orlando
Fla
Tulane
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