health care

  1. February 7, 2017

    How work, health and insurance may change post-ACA

    The link between health insurance and the labor market means proposals to dismantle some provisions of the Affordable Care Act have important consequences for the labor market, a U-M researcher says.

  2. January 24, 2017

    Projects use Big Data to predict diseases, advance genomics analysis

    Three U-M research projects will use Big Data and mobile technology to learn how to predict when individuals will get diseases including depression and hepatitis C, and to unlock the potential of single-cell gene sequencing.

  3. January 3, 2017

    Military health system will test reform concept developed at U-M

    A health care reform idea originated by U-M faculty will get a major test among members of the nation’s military and their families, as part of a new national defense spending bill.

  4. May 21, 2016

    Incentives paid to improve health care have little impact in U.K.

    The world’s largest primary pay-for-performance program designed to improve patient health care and outcomes has failed to save additional lives, a U-M researcher says.

  5. December 11, 2015

    Unhealthy choices cost company health care plans billions of dollars

    One out of every four dollars that employers pay for health care is tied to unhealthy lifestyle choices or conditions like smoking, stress and obesity, a U-M study finds.