Kaiser Health News
Rhode Island, where more than 1,000 people have died from painkiller or heroin overdoses since 2009, is taking the lead.
February poll of 618 Colorado physicians before the ballot measure was proposed found support within group for physician-assisted death in general.
Incorrect information was found for almost half of the 5,832 doctors listed in directories for 54 Medicare Advantage plans checked last fall.
Hawaii and Massachusetts earn nearly as much as those in California, with average annual salaries of $90,000 and $88,000, respectively.
40 percent of California population identifies as Latino; only about 5 percent of all physicians are Latino, California Health Care Foundation says.
Los Angeles hospital implanted the device in patient who died, readmitted two other patients who, like the Orange County man, had been sent home with the compressor.
Secretary Sylvia Burwell Wednesday acknowledged that the Affordable Care Act's fourth enrollment season, which begins Nov. 1, is a pivotal time.
Study found ER use among Medicaid patients in Oregon stayed high two years after people gained coverage, more patients visited doctors offices.
Officials will add 10 new categories involving a population of about a half a million people, according to the measure's proponents.
Bigger paychecks and benefits will not have a significant impact on senior citizens unless their aides are better screened, trained, organized.