The Guardian (31.01.2017) People will be better off having entered marketplace exchanges even if options worsen under the Trump administration, experts say
The Guardian (16.02.2017) Age UK report calls for urgent action, including cash injection in spring budget and development of long-term plan. Social care in England is at risk of imminent collapse in the worst affected areas unless urgent steps are taken to address the crisis engulfing the sector, Age UK has warned.
Gov.cn (04.02.2017) Basic medical insurance and maternity insurance will be merged for urban residents in 12 cities from the end of June this year, as a pilot project, according to a circular issued by the State Council on Feb 3.
OIT (10.02.2017) Une étude de l’OIT relève le manque de services de soins de longue durée pour les personnes âgées dans la région tandis qu’un nombre significatif de femmes émigrent vers l’Europe de l’Ouest afin de combler la pénurie de main-d’œuvre qui existe aussi dans ce secteur. Nous avons demandé à Kenichi Hirose, co-auteur de ce rapport avec Zofia Czepulis-Rutkowska, de nous en dire plus sur ces tendances.
Financial Afrik (24.02.2017) En Côte d’Ivoire, le projet de couverture maladie universelle se précise. Le gouvernement a fixé à 1 000 FCFA (1,52 euros) par mois et par personne le montant de la cotisation au régime contributif dit Régime général de base, soit 12 000 FCFA par an (18,29 euros).
The Japan Times (19.02.2017) The inauguration last month of Donald Trump as U.S. president and his plan to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act, known as “Obamacare,” has left many people here wondering: How does Japan compare?
Irish Medical Times (22.02.2017) The next Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Department of Social Protection will be required to contribute to a major transformation process in relation to access, assessment for and review of entitlement to illness payments, as well as to help address capacity deficits, IMT reports.
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.
TDG (07.03.2017) Cette baisse des primes doit passer par une refonte du système de compensation des risques entre assureurs mais les partis bourgeois s'y opposent.
Telecompaper (27.02.2017) Digital health, the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to provide health services, has the potential to advance the goal of universal health coverage and improve the quality and efficiency of health services, according to a report from the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development's Working Group on Digital Health.
