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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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CVS Finds Differences in Mental and Behavioral Health Among Men Vs. Women in the Pandemic

Health Populi

CVS has been tracking the growing trend of health care consumerism in the U.S. since first launching this consumer market research in 2018 in the Health Ambitions Study conducted in concert with Aetna — the pharmacy chain’s newly-acquired health insurance company. Stress levels among U.S.

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Thinking About Dr. Martin Luther King and Health Equity in 2024

Health Populi

And in 2018, a new statistic emerging that the rate among women for deaths due to opioid overdoses rose. At the University of Michigan School of Public Health, I then learned to connect the dots between our environment, our socioeconomic status — especially the role of education — and health.

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Of All Forms of Inequality, Injustice in Health Care is the Most Shocking and Inhumane: Listening to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Health Populi

And in 2018, a new statistic emerging that the rate among women for deaths due to opioid overdoses rose. At the University of Michigan School of Public Health, I then learned to connect the dots between our environment, our socioeconomic status — especially the role of education — and health.

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Calling Out Health Equity on Martin Luther King Day 2020

Health Populi

And in 2018, a new statistic emerging that the rate among women for deaths due to opioid overdoses rose. At the University of Michigan School of Public Health, I then learned to connect the dots between our environment, our socioeconomic status — especially the role of education — and health.

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The Importance of Broadband and Net Neutrality for Health, to the Last Person and the Last Mile

Health Populi

There is indeed improvement, Brookings’ analysis found, but millions of people still lack broadband access…separate from the issue of net neutrality. This is so important for health given that most of us in the field agree that our “ZIP code is more important than our genetic code.”.