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Realizing Health Reform's Potential: Small Businesses and the Affordable Care Act of 2010
Examines current coverage of workers in small firms, insurers' administrative costs, and healthcare reform provisions such as small-business tax credits to offset premiums and exemption from shared responsibility payments and the estimated impact of each
The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals: Choices for America
Looks at key differences in the 2008 presidential candidates' health insurance reforms and evaluates them against the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System's principles. Estimates each plan's impact on the number of uninsured
Squeezed: Why Rising Exposure to Health Care Costs Threatens the Health and Financial Well-Being of American Families
Examines U.S. healthcare costs compared with other industrialized countries, individual health insurance coverage, individual market regulations, and the impact of high deductible plans on the health of individuals with chronic disease
Gaps in Health Insurance: An All-American Problem
Presents findings from a survey that examines health insurance coverage, rising healthcare costs, and the health and financial consequences to families that experience breaks in insurance
Health Coverage for Aging Baby Boomers: Findings From The Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults
Examines healthcare quality and access by baby boomers in working families. Offers recommendations for expanding coverage, including options for savings accounts and early participation in Medicare
The Health Insurance Provisions of the 2009 Congressional Health Reform Bills: Implications for Coverage, Affordability, and Costs
Analyzes the House and Senate healthcare reform bills for the number of people likely to gain coverage and the implications for federal financing, families' insurance premium and out-of-pocket costs, employers, and the potential for price competition
The Comprehensive Congressional Health Reform Bills of 2009: A Look at Health Insurance, Delivery System, and Financing Provisions
Provides an overview of the key provisions of the House and Senate healthcare reform bills that are essential to a high-performance health system. Compares approaches to health insurance reforms, health system reforms, and revenue sources and financing
Front and Center: Ensuring That Health Reform Puts People First
Outlines the failures of the healthcare system and the benefits of the Commonwealth Fund's comprehensive reform plan for the uninsured, the underinsured, those who cannot afford out-of-pocket costs or premiums, and others without adequate access to care
Health Coverage for Aging Baby Boomers: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults
Similar IgE binding patterns in Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Asian shrimp species in US shrimp allergic patients
[Extract] Shellfish allergy (SA) is a leading cause of food-induced anaphylaxis1 and one of the most common causes of adult-onset food allergy worldwide, with 1%–3% of the United States (US) population affected.2-4 Nearly half (45%) of US adults with SA report utilizing emergency services for SA symptoms over their lifetime,2 remaining at-risk for lethal allergic reactions. Several allergenic proteins have been identified across shellfish species, including tropomyosin (TM), arginine kinase (AK), myosin light chain (MLC), sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein (SCP), hemocyanin, troponin C, and triosephosphate isomerase.5 (Table 1.) However, there are a large number of shrimp allergens that have been detected, but not yet characterized.6 The allergens of major importance in SA are the muscle proteins TM and AK. TM, the major allergen with specific-IgE antibodies in ≤90% of SA patients, is associated with severe clinical reactivity. AK is a pan-allergen with cross-reactivity with crustaceans and cephalopods.
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