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Since the first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act, enrollment in Medicaid has increased 21% and the program needs to be reinvented to keep up with future healthcare needs.

In a study that will surely set off alarms, Kansas researcher Kyle Chapman found that those with a college degree gain more benefits from good diets and exercise than those without the same education.

Enrollees on the public health insurance exchanges have shown themselves to be savvy, informed consumers, according to the results from the 2015 Survey of US Health Care Consumers report from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.

The study published in Science Translational Medicine found that tissue stiffening in the breasts of obese women can drive the development of malignant disease.

Governor Robert Bentley is calling out fellow Republicans in Alabama's legislature and asking what they would cut if they fail to pass his $300 million tax proposal. His state has some of the nation's highest rates of diabetes and obesity.

The incidence of hospitalizations for pulmonary hypertension among children has doubled from 1997 to 2012 with associated costs growing to $3.12 billion.

Results for the cardiovascular outcomes trial on the SGLT2 inhibitor mark the first time one of the newer diabetes drugs has produced benefits since the FDA began looking closely at these effects. Full data will be presented next month at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Millions of exchange plan enrollees are missing out on subsidies available under the Affordable Care Act because they picked a non-qualifying health plan.

Conducted by researchers at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, phase 2 results from a basket trial evaluated the efficacy of vemurafenib on nonmelanoma BRaf V600-mutated cancers in 122 patients across 23 global centers.

Americans support more transparency in setting drug prices and letting Medicare negotiate with the pharmaceutical companies, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

The ITCA 650 device, which delivers tiny doses of exenatide, could be a game changer in solving the problem of medication adherence. An application for FDA approval is expected in the first half of 2016.

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As California reduced the number of adults ages 19 to 64 years without health insurance by 15.5% from 2013 to 2014, Medi-Cal enrollment among the same age group rose from 12.9% to 19.2% during the same time period, according to new data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

New York has a new law to protect consumers, and New Jersey and California are weighing similar legislation.

Winning bids reflect the trend of national insurers securing a large share of Medicaid managed care business as states seek savings and the Affordable Care Act allows for expansion.

The study may lead to more widespread use of the therapy, the lead author said. Coverage has been a challenge despite a declaration of obesity as a disease 2 years ago.

Research conducted at the University of Texas has identified an important role of psychological disorders in the early readmission of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

In a way, healthcare has spearheaded the forefront of the universal connectivity with common objects. In the world of Big Data, healthcare is now uniquely positioned to take the next step.

Diabetes is not just an epidemic in the United States; the nonprofit Diabetes UK warned that the disease is swamping the National Health Service with rising costs because not enough emphasis is placed on prevention.

Examples from many states show the tension between the desire the hold down costs and the need to address the specialized medical issues of patients with life-threatening illnesses, which can be very expensive to treat.

Many proposals to modify the Affordable Care Act include eliminating the individual mandate, which remains unpopular, but doing so would have significant effects, according to a RAND analysis.

Pelvic Floor Disorders (PFDs) affect tens of millions of women in the US alone, yet both provider and patient awareness remains low.

Close to 1 million new consumers selected a plan through HealthCare.gov because they qualified for a special enrollment period, according to a report from CMS.

CVS stunned the healthcare community this week with the announcement that it will wait for the FDA to approve a second PCSK9 inhibitor before it negotiates prices and there has been renewed attention on the need for enforcement of the federal parity law for mental health.

In addition to risk for liver damage, people with hepatitis C may also have an increased risk of heart disease, according to a new Johns Hopkins study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Semaglutide is currently available as an injectible only, but the company is working on a once-daily pill form.

A multicollaborative study conducted for the National Cancer Institute has resulted in a tool called the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE). PRO-CTCAE can help integrate the patient perspective into adverse event reporting.

More signed up under Medicaid expansion than expected, but use of technology and management tools have kept costs $2 billion below estimates.

A prominent neuroscientist has developed the Quick Dementia Rating System to reliably, and quickly, identify patients suffering from dementia.

Neighborhoods with more resources that support physical activity and healthy diets were associated with a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.