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Etats.Unis: Obamacare - quelle est cette réforme de la couverture-maladie que Trump veut abroger?

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RTBF (05.01.2017) Donald Trump et ses alliés républicains ont promis d'abroger la réforme de la couverture-maladie de Barack Obama, dite Obamacare. Explications sur le fonctionnement de cette loi de 2010 et son impact sur le système de santé américain. L'"Affordable Care Act" contient une myriade de volets qui, combinés, visaient à réduire le nombre de personnes non assurées et à maîtriser la croissance des dépenses de

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[Opinion] US: GOP's disastrous plan for Obamacare, Planned Parenthood

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CNN (05.01.2017) Heads up, American women (and the men who love them): House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday the GOP is moving forward on its plan to repeal Obamacare, and would also include removing federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

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US: Occupational skin diseases - More common than you think

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Safety and Health Magazine (29.01.2017) Occupational skin diseases are the second-most common type of occupational disease. NIOSH estimates that more than 13 million U.S. workers are potentially exposed to chemicals that can be absorbed through their skin. Workers at risk of occupational skin diseases include those in construction, health care, agriculture, food service, auto repair and cosmetology.

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US: Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance?

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theconversation.com (17.02.2017) Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier insurance customers. But it’s not quite so simple.

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Aux Etats-Unis, la réforme de la santé divise le camp républicain

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Le Monde (09.03.2017) Trop généreux pour les uns, trop sévère pour les autres. A peine annoncé par le Parti républicain, lundi 6 mars, le plan destiné à remplacer le système de santé mis en place par Barack Obama a suscité une volée de critiques. Celles des démocrates n’ont surpris personne. La charge venue des rangs de la majorité laisse en revanche présager de longs et douloureux débats au sein du Grand Old Party.

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Trump abre en canal el debate sobre la sanidad en Estados Unidos

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El País (12.03.2017) Los republicanos, atrapados por su retórica, se enfrentan ahora a la ira de sus votantes. California, el mercado más grande de Estados Unidos, alerta de una “espiral mortal” si se destruye el sistema de Obama

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Estados Unidos: La reforma sanitaria de Trump dejará sin cobertura a 24 millones de personas en 10 años

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El País (14.03.2017) Un informe oficial revela que la aplicación del plan republicano reduce las prestaciones sanitarias a cambio de un ahorro de 337.000 millones de dólares en una década

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EEUU: Trump, abierto a adaptar el proyecto republicano del sistema de salud

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El Nuevo Herald (12.03.2017) El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, se mostró abierto a adaptar el proyecto de reforma del sistema de seguros de salud para mejorarlo, indicaron este domingo sus aliados del partido Republicano, que insistieron en que la propuesta aún es modificable.

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