The United Health Foundation, a non-profit linked to UnitedHealth Group, offered its first report card Wednesday on the health status of the nation's senior citizens. The study ranked states based on 34 indicators grouped into “determinants” like smoking and obesity and “outcomes” like ICU usage and hip fractures.
The USA Today map of the state rankings offered few surprises.
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The NEJM study out today analyzing Oregon's Medicaid program is drawing heated commentary across the web. The study suggested people added to the Medicaid rolls spend more on healthcare than other poor people, but don't necessarily wind up with better health with two major exceptions: they had less depression and they were financially more secure.
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