Hospital bed shortages delayed ambulances 37,000 hours in Los Angeles in 2013, which cost the city approximately $6 million, according to a report from Pacific-Palisades Patch.
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Most Americans mistakenly believe the health reform law's insurance exchanges missed target enrollment numbers set by the government, according to poll results from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
At least 40 veterans have died waiting to receive primary care appointments at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System, according to a CNN report.
The 2014 enrollment period for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges isn't over yet in at least eight states and the District of Columbia, according to a report from The Hill.
Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges reached 8 million enrollees.
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The rates of five complications related to diabetes have decreased between 1990 and 2010, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
President Barack Obama has announced that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges have reached 8 million enrollees, according to a report from The Hill.
States that have embraced Medicaid expansion and have operated their own health insurance exchanges have seen greater declines in their uninsured rates, compared with states that haven't expanded Medicaid or set up their own exchanges, according to a Gallup poll.
The odds that Americans without health insurance will sign up for coverage increase along with the fine for being uninsured, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Two member institutions of the Healthcare Association of New York State have received grants from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to continue projects aimed at increasing resiliency and mitigating potential risks of loss and damage from future disasters.