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Insurers criticized for preventing psychiatric care

A new study is criticizing health insurers in Massachusetts, where statewide reform has lead to innovative changes like global payments, for preventing patients from accessing timely psychiatric

Kids in Medicaid, CHIP have trouble accessing specialty care

Children covered by Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program experience a myriad of problems accessing care and obtaining services, a new report by the Government Accountability Office

Children experience big waits when accessing care

A whopping 90 percent of hospitals end up delaying appointments, losing patients or refering them elsewhere due to physician subspecialty shortages -- particularly in pediatrics, according to new

Report: Healthcare varies widely by state

A new report underscores what policymakers have been yelling about over the past several years--that the health system in the U.S. is extremely inconsistent in the way it cares for citizens. The