National

Smoking causes half a million deaths each year in the U.S.

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Tobacco

Smoking causes half a million deaths each year in the U.S.

Footnote: 

Smoking-attributable Mortality in the United States, Epidemiology. 2011 May;22(3):350-5.

Health care act means opportunity for insurers

Resource: 
Health Reform
KMBC News, June 27, 2014
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Health care act means opportunity for insurers

Cost of not caring: Stigma set in stone

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Mental Health
USA TODAY, June 25, 2014
URL: 
http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/nation/2014/06/25/stigma-of-mental-illness...

Say What? Many Patients Struggling To Learn The Foreign Language Of Health Insurance

Resource: 
Health Reform
Kaiser Health News, June 16, 2014
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Say What? Many Patients Struggling To Learn The Foreign Language Of Health Insurance

Obamacare’s employer mandate is under attack from both sides. Will it survive?

Resource: 
Health Reform
Washington Post, June 10, 2014
URL: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/obamacares-employer-man...

Teens with addiction have few recovery programs

US News, June 10, 2014
URL: 
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-childrens-hospitals/articles/2014/06/1...