The Health Care Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Medicare Advantage (Advantage), originally conceived in 1997 during the Clinton Administration as ‘Medicare + Choice’, has progressively grown and become an established health insurance option for those 65 and older. Bush administration in 2003, the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) renamed Medicare + Choice as Medicare Advantage.

Socioeconomic Status and Health 113

Socioeconomic Status and Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Ethnicity and Health Health Disparities 113

Environmental Health News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

And this is 2003 and I remember one of my uncles came home and he made fun of me, and he was like, "This is so stupid. So I still remember this, because it's, it's like, etched so vividly in my memory. I was in third grade and we had to make posters for something in school. Like, why are you concerned about the environment and the planet?"

Climate Change and Health 56

Climate Change and Health Health Policy and Advocacy Organizations Socioeconomic Status and Health Ageing and Health 56

NC Health News

MARCH 13, 2025

By Grace Vitaglione Sherrie Wood and her husband, Kenneth, were newly married when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in North Carolina men, according to the UNC Chapel Hill Mens Health Program. After all, he was only in his early 40s.

Mental Health and Public Health 121

Mental Health and Public Health Socioeconomic Status and Health Health Policy 121