Thanks to recent changes to the Medicare program, access to preventive and mental health services will soon be getting easier for millions of older Americans.
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More and more evidence is pointing to the value of prevention not only as a way to save and improve lives, but also to address spiraling health care costs and revamp a health system traditionally focused on treating the sick instead of keeping people healthy.
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Next issue: The October issue of The Nation's Health will be posted by Friday, Oct. 17.
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"Vote & Vax," a joint effort by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the nonprofit Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration, will offer Americans the opportunity to receive flu shots in the same location they vote in the November elections.
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After making the list of the top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century, community water fluoridation has accomplished yet another feat — about 184 million people living in the United States now have access to fluoridated water.
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