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CDC: 20 percent of U.S. youths have mental health issues

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“The study found that the most prevalent mental ailment was Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), followed by behavioral or conduct problems; anxiety; depression; autism spectrum disorders; and Tourette syndrome. The report showed that boys were more likely than girls to have certain mental health ailments, including ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, Tourette syndrome, and cigarette dependence.  The report called on health professionals to conduct ‘early diagnosis and appropriate treatment’ to ‘better understand the impacts of mental disorders, inform needs for treatment and intervention strategies, and promote the mental health of children.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/16/cdc-20-percent-of-u-s-youths-have-mental-health-issues/

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Ex-Felons Are About To Get Health Coverage

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“Beginning in January, states that agree to the Medicaid expansion will be required to provide Medicaid to all non-elderly low-income adults. For the first time, many of the 5 million ex-offenders on parole or probation will be eligible for the assistance. It applies to those released from either state or federal prisons. The exceptions will be former prisoners living in those states that currently have limited Medicaid eligibility for adults and that ultimately opt out of the Medicaid expansion, a choice accorded the states in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ACA ruling last June.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/ex-felons-medicaid_n_3021207.html

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Obamacare: A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme for Washington Insiders

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“Want to know why – as shown by this map – most of America’s richest counties are part of the metropolitan DC region?  Part of the answer is that federal bureaucrats are overpaid. Another part of the answer is that the Washington area is filled with consultants and contractors, and this shadow government workforce also is overcompensated by taxpayers.  But I’m guessing that DC’s vast population of lobbyists and influence peddlers dominate the upper end of the income spectrum.  And that community of back scratchers and deal makers are getting even richer thanks to Obamacare.”

http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/obamacare-a-get-rich-quick-scheme-for-washington-insiders/

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ObamaCare’s architects reap windfall as Washington lobbyists

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“ObamaCare has become big business for an elite network of Washington lobbyists and consultants who helped shape the law from the inside.  More than 30 former administration officials, lawmakers and congressional staffers who worked on the healthcare law have set up shop on K Street since 2010.  Major lobbying firms such as Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock, The Glover Park Group, Alston & Bird, BGR Group and Akin Gump can all boast an Affordable Care Act insider on their lobbying roster.  Experts say that those able to fetch the highest salaries have come from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or committees with oversight power over healthcare.”

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/318577-architects-of-obamacare-reap-windfall-as-washington-lobbyists

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FDA halts U.S. poop transplants pending further review

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“The Food and Drug Administration has ordered clinicians to stop transplanting healthy fecal matter from one patient to another until the agency has had a chance to review and test the procedure.  When stool containing healthy bacteria is introduced into the system, many patients are finally getting relief from chronic C. diff infections, which physicians point to as reason enough to continue the procedure. The agency said in a press release, that ‘the efficacy of this intervention has not yet been demonstrated in controlled clinical trials. Such controlled trials are needed to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of FMT products for C. difficile infection.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/15/fda-halts-u-s-poop-transplants-pending-further-review/

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The Man Who Was Treated for $17,000 Less

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“Most people are unaware that if they don’t use insurance, they can negotiate upfront cash prices with hospitals and providers substantially below the ‘list’ price. Doctors are happy to do this. We get paid promptly, without paying office staff to wade through the insurance-payment morass. So we canceled the surgery and started the scheduling process all over again, this time classifying my patient as a ‘self-pay’ (or uninsured) patient. He underwent his operation the very next day, with a total bill of just a little over $3,000, including doctor and hospital fees. He ended up saving $17,000 by not using insurance.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324139404579017113415486176.html

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Gel used for buttocks enhancements blamed for 15 deaths in Venezuela

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“A gel used in a popular form of plastic surgery in Venezuela has been blamed for at least 15 deaths in the past two years, Agence France-Presse reported on Monday. The procedure, which involves injecting the synthetic polymer beneath the skin, is intended to enhance the buttocks region by allowing the gel to spread through the tissue. Support groups said to AFP that more than 40,000 women have undergone the surgery, seemingly owing to what it called devotion to ‘the cult of the body.’ But, AFP reported, removing the gel is an experimental treatment that costs $6,000, compared to the $800 cost to get 500 milligrams of having it put in, despite the apparent health risks.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/26/a-time-bomb-in-my-body-gel-used-for-buttocks-enhancements-blamed-for-15-deaths-in-venezuela/

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E-ppointments

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“Right after 8.30am is a busy time for the ill in Britain. People must call up in the morning to book an appointment later in the afternoon. Come opening time, the phone lines are jammed with hacking, spluttering sick people trying to beg an audience with their doctor. Being able to book appointments online and outside of office hours not only makes life easier for patients, but gives them more choice. Zesty, a start-up based in London, has signed up 200 dental practices across ten London boroughs since launching at the end of April. Investors including Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, have put $95m into ZocDoc, an American health tech company, since its launch in 2007.”

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/08/online-healthcare

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ObamaCare Pushes Big Medical Practice Changes

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“More than half the doctors are now working for hospitals and other institutions, rather than in private practice. Hospitals are using their new doctor employees to get more money out of Medicare. The other major unintended consequence is the boost to consumer-directed health care.  The cheapest plans are going to have deductibles of $5,000 or more. Millions of patients are going to be buying care with their own money, rather than with a third-party payer’s money.  Accenture predicts the number of walk-in clinics is going to double in the next few years.  They are doing what the ACOs are unlikely to do: lowering costs, increasing quality, and improving access to care.”

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=4695

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Don’t Be Fooled, ObamaCare Will Drive Up Unemployment and Healthcare Costs

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“To the extent that prices are prevented from rising, it will create enhanced rationing by waiting. And almost anything patients and doctors to do circumvent the cost of waiting will also add to the money cost of care. For example, an increasing number of primary care doctors are becoming concierge doctors. For a fee of about $2,000 a year, patients get same day or next day appointments, more time with the physician and someone who acts as their agent in dealing with other parts of a complex heath care system. Yet physicians who become concierge doctors typically replace a practice that sees about 2,500 patients with one that sees only about 500.”

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=4696

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