Obamacare Special Report and More Medical News

Recent news of interest to primary care from around the Web: a “special communication” on Obamacare; a breakdown of health care expenditures by income level; melanoma screenings in primary care; the associations of butter consumption with mortality, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes; and more.Scroll through the slides above for highlights.Find links to studies/abstracts below.Sources:A Bird’s-eye View of Obamacarehttp://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2533698Healthy, Wealthy, and…Surprise!http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/7/1189.abstractPrimary Care Melanoma Screening Benefits Outweigh Riskshttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.30177/abstractButter Up!http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158118Surgery Operates on Opioid Risk http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2532789Sunscreen Recommendations: Balance Performance and Preferenceshttp://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2532615