Fewer take up job health coverage despite offers study says
A Health Affairs study finds more workers are offered employer health insurance yet fewer accept it. Take-up fell from 88 percent in 1987 to 80 percent last year as higher out-of-pocket costs rose and wages lagged. Subgroups under 25 and low earners are especially uninsured.
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Meath
Health Affairs
Philip Cooper
Barbara Schone
Ms. Schone
Cooper
Federal Agency For Health Care Policy and Research
Bones
KMPG
Marwick
Reading
Alain Enthoven
Stanford University
Graduate School of Business
Frontier of gene therapy grows own bypass on heart
Boston doctors report early gene therapy success in leg arteries suggesting new blood vessel growth can bypass blockages. Researchers H Isner and team plan trials in heart blockages next year while Brigham and Women's Hospital colleagues test graft modification to reduce future clogging.
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Orlando
Fila
Boston
Jeffrey Isner
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Isner
American Heart Association
Valentin Foster
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York City
The
Heart Association
Dr. Isner
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Michael Mann
Victor J. Dzau
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
VA opens tobacco related veteran benefit claims to more vets
The VA says hundreds of thousands of current and former smokers may qualify for benefits for service related cigarette use. Officials warn the backlog could rise and costs could reach billions unless Congress acts. Survivors may file if death is linked to smoking.
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Joseph Thompson
Congress
Department
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Mr. Rockefeller
Hershel Gober
Ken McKinnon
Minocycline Shows Promise Against Rheumatoid Arthritis
Washington researchers report a three year study where 46 patients with early rheumatoid arthritis showed dramatic improvement when treated with minocycline. Dr James O Dell of the University of Nebraska notes about half improved 75 percent or more, suggesting infection related theories deserve continued exploration.
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Washington
James O’deil
American College of Rheumatology
O'Dell
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
National Institutes of Health
O’dell
Dr. O'Dell
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