Word: careful
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Students from the College, Kennedy School, and Law School held signs, chanted, and brandished coat hangers to warn of dangerous alternatives that women might be forced to pursue under the law, which the House passed on Nov. 7. The Senate is still considering its version of health-care reform...
Ellen R. Meara, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School who was not involved in the research, suggested there could be several explanations for the disparity...
...There could be structural differences that are at work here: the uninsured could go to different medical facilities or wait to seek medical care,” Meara said. “Doctors may order similar procedures, but make it more difficult for an uninsured patient to receive them. There are still factors worth exploring, but we continue to see evidence that the uninsured are receiving different care, less care...
Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health, said the research findings have implications for health care reform in the United States...
...body of studies suggest that if you insured much of the 37 million Americans without health insurance, lives would be saved and a great deal of suffering would be avoided because people would receive a quality of care that is difficult to get in the medical community now,” Blendon said...