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Medicare, Consumers Face Challenges When Trying To Make Choices Based On Value

News outlets report on concerns about Medicare costs and the difficulties consumers face when trying to find value in their health services. Jacksonville Business Journal reports on concerns about proposals to base Medicare pay on rewarding quality and notes that variation in hospital performance often occurs because of the amount of charity cases, Medicaid and uninsured patients…

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Women Who Make Poor Shoe Choices At Risk For Foot Pain Later In Life

A recently published study determined that women who make poor shoe choices early in life suffer with foot pain in later years. Research shows that men do not experience the same foot pain as women, due to type of shoes they wear. Details of this study appear in the October issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology.

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In End Of Life Choices, Blacks More Likely To Opt For Life-Sustaining Measures

When faced with a terminal illness, African-American seniors were two times more likely than whites to say they would want life-prolonging treatments, according to a University of Pittsburgh study available online and published in the June issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The study, led by Amber E. Barnato, M.D., M.P.H.

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Overwhelming Medicare Plan Choices Spell Confusion

In a sign of the challenges facing seniors on Medicare, a new study finds that older Americans are more likely to make poor choices when faced with a wide array of drug-coverage plans. Making matters worse, many are confident they made the right decisions. “There is information overload when there are too many drug plans for seniors to choose from,” said study co-author Thomas Rice, vice chancellor at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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