Brain Brawn & Body Your Daily Dose August 8


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Dear Reader:

 

Men tend to put off health care when it costs more

hospitalpatient2High-deductible health insurance becomes more common in the United States, it may be causing men to make fewer trips to the emergency room — even when they have dangerous conditions such as kidney stones or heart trouble.

Men whose employers switched to such policies cut their ER use by nearly 20 percent the first year they were covered, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota and at Harvard Medical School.

They said it was “concerning” that ER use dropped just as sharply for severe conditions — such as an irregular heartbeat — as for minor conditions, such as a sore throat.


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Eric Von

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