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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. In fact, the number of uninsured Americans rose by 2 million people in 2018 , and by 1.9 lacked health insurance.

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Acquisition of BCBSLA Paused a Second Time It was the biggest health care deal in Louisiana history.

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NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T in Indiana aging-in-place work. nursing home Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.5B in Indiana aging-in-place work. The office hasn’t moved. Why is UNC now charging more?

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Be prepared to drive to deliver Mount Sinai launches regenerative medicine outpost to translate research into medicines Northwell marketing chief joins Ad Council board Ribbon cut at Watertown’s new mental health urgent care Surgical communication platform raises $4.2

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Health Care Providers Are More Politically Engaged in the 2020 Elections

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Then in 2018, two years into President Donald Trump’s four-year term, the mid-term elections drove U.S. voters to the election polls…including health care providers. But health care drove millions of voters to the polls in the 2018 U.S. Until 2016, physicians’ voting rates in U.S.

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Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Ensure Healthcare for All

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believe that the Federal government should ensure that their fellow Americans, a new Gallup Poll found. But while there’s majority support for universal health care, we should think broadly about this concept at this moment. This asked people whether they would prefer a government-run health system.

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The Social Determinants of Food for Health, Farms, and the Economy

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Expanding access for affordable, nutritious food. Ensuring food security for people who lack that access. In so doing, regions would enhance public health, stronger local economies, and more resilient ecosystems. The third map (labelled “Map 10”) shows the ranking, with a rough cut between north and south.