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Preventive Medicine
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Funding for preventive public health is under attack
I've said it before, and I've no doubt that I'll say it again: Prevention saves lives. Investing in preventive medicine helps defray rising healthcare costs while simultaneously easing, or avoiding
Regence fined $100K for illegally denying contraception
Regence BlueShield was fined $100,000 by the Washington insurance commissioner for improperly denying coverage to women seeking to remove a birth control device. "We wanted to make sure they
IOM: Insurers should provide free contraceptives
It appears likely that all health insurance companies will be required to provide free contraceptives to women next year after an advisory health panel made a formal recommendation to the Department
Unintended pregnancies cost $11B a year in government-underwritten medical care
Unintended pregnancies are a huge hit to the bottom line of the federal and state governments, costing at least $11 billion a year, reports the Wall Street Journal, most of which goes to clinics and
If birth control is preventive medicine, insurers must cover all costs
Birth control is a controversial issue. And I don't mean because of the political and religious arguments it can provoke. I'm talking about whether birth control and other contraceptives should be
