In patients with connective tissue disease, it is common for collagen and elastin to become injured by inflammation. Many connective tissue diseases feature abnormal immune system activity with inflammation in tissues as a result of an immune system that is directed against one's own body tissues (autoimmunity).Diseases in which inflammation or weakness of collagen tends to occur are also referred to as collagen diseases. connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology.
Big insurer Centene has announced plans to enter the Obamacare markets of Kansas, Missouri and Nevada in 2018, and also intends to expand its existing individual health plan business in six other states: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Texas and Washington. Centene's announcement, which boasted of another year of ... successful operations on Obamacare markets by the company, bucks a trend of stories about insurers saying they will exit Obamacare markets, including several states that Centene is committing to.
Centene's health plans provide services through a network of more than 30,000 primary care physicians, 95,000 specialists, and 1,250 hospitals in 12 states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. Operations