Shefali S. Kulkarni

Those Who Like The Health Law And Those Who Understand The Health Law

Sure there are those who support the health care law, and those who want to repeal it. But how many people in the U.S. actually understand the Affordable Care Act? That’s what a Stanford University professor asked in a nationwidesurvey in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, GfK and the Associated Press. The survey, which […]

Shefali S. Kulkarni
By Shefali S. Kulkarni
Protesters continue their stance at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 28, 2012. (Mannie Garcia/MintPress)

Sure there are those who support the health care law, and those who want to repeal it. But how many people in the U.S. actually understand the Affordable Care Act? That’s what a Stanford University professor asked in a nationwidesurvey in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, GfK and the Associated Press. The survey, which

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Fixing Health Care Isn’t About Party, ‘It’s About Building A Sustainable System’

It’s no secret that reforming the country’s health care system is an important issue in this year’s presidential election. According to a recent survey from the New England Journal of Medicine, one out of every five voters sees the 2010 health law as a top priority, but many are also still perplexed by it. That confusion has […]

Shefali S. Kulkarni
By Shefali S. Kulkarni
Kate Birdsall, L from Maine and Colleen Osborne, C, from Los Angeles cheer the announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Obama administration's health care law in a landmark 5-4 decision in Washington, DC, June 28, 2012. (Mannie Garcia / MintPress News 2012)

It's no secret that reforming the country's health care system is an important issue in this year's presidential election. According to a recent survey from the New England Journal of Medicine, one out of every five voters sees the 2010 health law as a top priority, but many are also still perplexed by it. That confusion has led about 15,000

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Patients Often Find Getting Coverage For Eating Disorders Is Tough

When she was 5 years old, Chevese Turner had her first binge eating disorder episode. The 44-year-old recalls sneaking a box of colorful ice cream cones from the kitchen and eating as many as she could alone in her room. Over the years, she found herself repeating that practice in sporadic, emotional episodes that left […]

Shefali S. Kulkarni
By Shefali S. Kulkarni
A girl sits during a photo shoot, ribs showing through her skin. (Photo by Danila Panfilov via Flikr)

When she was 5 years old, Chevese Turner had her first binge eating disorder episode. The 44-year-old recalls sneaking a box of colorful ice cream cones from the kitchen and eating as many as she could alone in her room. Over the years, she found herself repeating that practice in sporadic, emotional episodes that left her with an

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When A Rock Star Tweets About The Uninsured

Among the many struggles for starving artists is a lack of health insurance — something Amanda Palmer, a musician, artist and formerly with punk band The Dresden Dolls — knows all too well. Yesterday Palmer tweeted about her struggles with insurance coverage after reading a New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof. Kristof wrote about his college roommate who […]

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By Shefali S. Kulkarni
Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman during an interview for ORF radio before a concert at the Arena in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by Manfred Werner via Wikimedia Commons)

Among the many struggles for starving artists is a lack of health insurance — something Amanda Palmer, a musician, artist and formerly with punk band The Dresden Dolls — knows all too well. Yesterday Palmer tweeted about her struggles with insurance coverage after reading a New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof. Kristof wrote about his

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Health Care Jobs Report: A Dire Warning To Congress

You knew this was coming: Just four months before a series of automatic spending cuts kick in, Medicare providers warned that, if those cuts become reality, hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost. The report, funded by theAmerican Hospital Association, the American Medical Associationand the American Nurses Association, predicts that the 2 percent cuts to Medicare […]

Shefali S. Kulkarni
By Shefali S. Kulkarni
In this June 25, 2012, photo, physician assistant Anna Streuli, right, examines Maria Guzman at the Multnomah County's Mid-county Health Center, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

You knew this was coming: Just four months before a series of automatic spending cuts kick in, Medicare providers warned that, if those cuts become reality, hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost. The report, funded by theAmerican Hospital Association, the American Medical Associationand the American Nurses Association, predicts that the 2

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