New York Health Exchange Partners With Pharmacies
Albany AP says New York health exchange partners with CVS Kinney Drugs and TOPS Markets to educate residents about insurance through the online exchange. Executives note over 100 informational events across 62 counties during open enrollment through January 31. The Essential Plan aims to boost access by lowering premiums to $20 or less for many lower income residents offering various plans statewide.
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New York Health Exchange
CVS Pharmacy
Kinney Drugs
TOPS
Donna Frescatore
Exchange
NYC plan to curb heroin and painkiller overdoses announced
Mayor Bill de Blasio and health officials announced a city wide initiative to reduce overdose deaths from heroin and painkillers. Naloxone would be available in city pharmacies without a prescription and 1000 new providers would be authorized to prescribe buprenorphine to curb cravings and withdrawal. Overdose deaths from opioids have risen 56 percent since 2010.
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NEW York
New York City
Bill de Blasio
de Blasio
Happiness Does Not Prolong Life Says Study From Lancet
A British study of 715,000 women aged 50 to 69 finds happiness does not shorten nor extend life over a decade. Researchers note mood correlates with health but death rates were similar for happy and unhappy individuals, urging focus on smoking and obesity instead.
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Richard Peto
University of Oxford
Peto
Hazel Newton
Newton
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Sheffield
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