Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

Hospitals 68

Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Health Care Reform 68

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

National health spending in the U.S. every year from 2020 to 2027, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forecast in their report, National Health Expenditure Projections, 2018-2927: Economic And Demographic Trends Drive Spending And Enrollment Growth , published yesterday by Health Affairs.

Medicare 91

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 91

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 6, 2022

Data obtained by WBUR after Massachusetts lawmakers asked for it in 2020 said that there were more than 700 requests nationwide for deferred action for medical reasons in 2018 and that fewer than half were approved. Those numbers plummeted in 2019. That was when Julia faced the first immigration-related threat to her life.

Health Insurance 73

Health Insurance Doctors Governance Licensing 73

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 6, 2022

Datos obtenidos por WBUR después de que legisladores de Massachusetts los solicitaran en 2020 revelaron que, en 2018, hubo más de 700 solicitudes de acción diferida por razones médicas. Menos de la mitad fueron aprobadas.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 52

Kaiser Health News

APRIL 22, 2022

Drug pricing experts said there’s no question that insulin’s list price (the amount charged to consumers and their health plans) has risen over the past decade. In 2018, the annual number of new diagnoses had risen to about 27 million. Is there a reason the price has ballooned? That is true.

Pharmaceutical Industry 118

Pharmaceutical Industry ACA Health Care Reform Medicare 118

Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

The public school system here had to scramble in 2018 when the local hospital, newly purchased, was converted to a tax-exempt nonprofit entity. The takeover by Tower Health meant the 219-bed Pottstown Hospital no longer had to pay federal and state taxes. POTTSTOWN, Pa. —

Hospitals 66

Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Medical Billing 66

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

This percentage has ranged from a low of 35% favorability in September 2014 to a high of 54% in February 2018 — a month after President Trump took office. For now, the KFF July 2019 poll tells us Americans who are insured cleave tightly to their health plans — sub-optimal as the experience, coverage and cost might be.

ACA 56

ACA Health Care Reform Health Insurance Medicare 56

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

adults believe that health insurance plans should cover people with pre-existing conditions. This is true for majorities of people across political party, the Kaiser Family Foundation found in its August 2018 Health Tracking Poll. ” You can listen to that full podcast on the 2018 mid-term elections here. [As

Medicaid 76

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 76

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance. .” health care system , Gallup learned.

ACA 72

ACA Doctors Health Care Reform Health Insurance 72