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US: Obamacare Cost-Sharing Provisions and the Stakes in House v. Burwell

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The Wall Street Journal (17.03.2016) the health-care law that is at issue in the case. To soften the impact of out-of-pocket costs under Obamacare, the law requires insurers to reduce certain payments for individuals whose incomes are up to 250% of the federal poverty level if they purchase a “silver” plan through one of the insurance marketplaces. The law also says that insurers are to be repaid for the discounts.

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Association between spending on social protection and tuberculosis burden: a global analysis

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sciencedirect.com (dec 2015) The End TB Strategy places great emphasis on increasing social protection and poverty alleviation programmes. However, the role of social protection on controlling tuberculosis has not been examined fully. We analysed the association between social protection spending and tuberculosis prevalence, incidence, and mortality globally.

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Egypte : Assurance-maladie : Début de soulagement dans les campagnes

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Ahram Hebdo (09.03.2016) Une nouvelle loi destinée au monde agricole permet désormais d'alléger le fardeau financier des soins de santé des populations paysannes. Elles sont souvent frappées par des maladies difficilement curables à cause notamment du maniement de pesticides. Visite.

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Les mutualistes africains partagent leurs expériences sur la couverture santé universelle

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Star Africa (03.03.2016) Les mutualistes africains ont entamé, mercredi, à Abidjan, des échanges sur les perspectives dans le cadre de la couverture santé universelle au bénéfice des populations, a constaté sur place, un journaliste de APA.

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Myanmar: Health ministry to launch Universal Health Coverage programme in 2030

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Eleven Myanmar (09.03.2016) With the aim to implement the Universal Health Coverage programme for rural people, the Health Ministry is building 78 rural healthcare centres across Myanmar in cooperation with the Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3 MDG).

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Cameroun - Santé publique - Vers une couverture maladie universelle

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Cameroon-Info.Net (19.02.2016) Depuis le jeudi 18 février 2016, des intervenants nationaux et internationaux débattent sur la recherche des voies et moyens permettant de doter le Cameroun d’une couverture médicale pour tous. La cérémonie s’est ouverte à l’Amphi 600 de l’Institut Universitaire Saint Jerome , par le Cardinal Christian Tumi, Archevêque de Douala. «Nous allons passer ici quelques jours de méditation sur la santé universelle. Sur la santé pour tous. La santé est un don de Dieu. La santé est d’abord une affaire d’individus. Il ne faut pas manger n’importe quoi.

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US: The Costs of Inequality - More Money Equals Better Health Care and Longer Life

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US News (23.02.2016) Obamacare has helped many, but system's holes limit gains, Harvard analysts say. Health inequality is part of American life, so deeply entangled with other social problems — disparities in income, education, housing, race, gender, and even geography — that analysts have trouble saying which factors are cause and which are effect.

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