Louisiana Louisiana has the sixth-highest obesity rate and the third-highest poverty rate in the country along with high rates of smoking and inactivity. The resulting life expectancy in the state is 75.7 years, the third-shortest in the country. Louisiana struggles with diabetes and related health and mortality issues in particular; in 2013 more than 1Continue reading “Toxic Waste and Health Stat from 3 states”
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Competition in Health Exchanges is for the greater good
Government officials have said that the exchanges will keep insurers’ prices down by making them compete with each other. Prices on the exchanges have been lower than government forecasts, partially a sign of “healthy competition,” Cohen says, and are generally lower in more competitive markets. So far, though, the marketplaces seem to be having anotherContinue reading “Competition in Health Exchanges is for the greater good”