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Medicaid expansion is in the eye of the beholder

The Health Policy Exchange

To the ACA's detractors, Medicaid expansion is a hostile government takeover that must be opposed in principle, regardless of potential benefits of an infusion of federal dollars. In fiscal year 2011, Medicaid spending totaled $414 billion, with two-thirds going to services for disabled elderly persons.

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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

FDA Law Blog

2011), here , and United States v. Federal courts, too, have broadly interpreted the AKS to cover any arrangement where “one purpose” of the remuneration is to induce referrals, purchases, or orders of federally reimbursable items or services, even if the arrangement has other, legitimate purposes (see, e.g., United States v. Borrasi, 639 F.3d

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

In a study published in Nature Communications , led by researchers at National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), scientists used the deepest-ever two-photon calcium imaging in awake mice to directly observe how individual SCN neurons respond to light. Your feedback is important to us.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

2011-2014 JAMDA 2020 Efficacy of Gabapentinoids: Gabapentinoids for Pain: Potential Unintended Consequences. I also heard that if you look at all individuals in the US, about 4% of individuals are taking one of the gabapentinoids, 10% over 65. We should be able to trust all the data that comes from our governing board.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

I think some of that is from some of my thinking about maybe what I can potentially think about with the individual to support them. ” Eric: And I remember from my last podcast, Ashwin, it was about individualizing our approach to loneliness too, right? I would say that I primarily skew my questioning towards isolation.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

GeriPal

And then I feel like when I’m in clinic I’m helping individuals, and you only have so much time to help so many people. I love his just because this is a palliative care audience in the article that then turned into being mortal, New Yorker, I don’t know, circa 2011 or something. When I write, I learn a ton from that.

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Long-lasting HIV prevention shot headed toward approval

Medical Xpress

The company is working with governments and health groups in the U.K. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages. But Gilead says the shot should help expand the overall number of people using PrEP in both the U.S. and abroad. © 2025 HealthDay. Your feedback is important to us.