News 2012
Flu-Related Mortality 73 Times Higher With AIDS in US cART Era
Even after introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in the United States, influenza-related mortality remained 73 times higher in people with AIDS than in the general population. Influenza-related mortality through 2005 in South Africa was similar to that in the United States in the pre-cART era.
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Health Plan Open Season Brings Rising Premiums And More Expensive Dependent Coverage
The fall health insurance open enrollment season is when many people consider changes to their health coverage. This year, premiums will rise, although perhaps not as much as last year, and dependent coverage may be noticeably more expensive than in the past. Comparing plans may be easier, though, thanks to new coverage summaries that group health plans and insurers must provide.
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Is A Competitive Health Care Model All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says his proposal to overhaul Medicare would use market competition to tame costs in the government health program relied on by almost 50 million people.
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Ending AIDS in Black America: Step Four: Integrating Biomedical and Behavioral Strategies
This is the fourth in a series of conversations about ending the AIDS epidemic in Black America. We began with a conversation about why the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is critically important to Black people and why we need to be at the forefront of its full implementation.
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Will the Affordable Care Act Help Blacks Join the AIDS-Free Generation?
There was lots of buzz at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., about the hope for an AIDS-free generation. But will the advances that place the end of the epidemic in sight benefit Black communities, which historically have been left behind? Policymakers, scientists and activists are cautiously optimistic that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law by President Obama, may help turn the tide in their favor.
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