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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

As a first step to protecting incarcerated individuals’ right to health, Congress should repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP). The MIEP, established in 1965, prohibits Medicaid from covering incarcerated individuals, despite any prior eligibility. Specifically, states that have expanded Medicaid could save $4.7

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

Health Populi

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. Nearly 7 million Americans lost health coverage due to COVID-19, a national survey from Civis Analytics found, in The State of Health Insurance in COVID-19 America.

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The 2022 US Health System Report Card: Pretty Terrific If You Live in Hawaii or Massachusetts

Health Populi

Here for 2022, the second chart tracks the “stark toll” of the COVID-19 pandemic and the excess deaths experienced for each state since the pandemic emerged in February 2020. deaths per 100,000 population between 2019 and 2020. The overall death rates for this scenario increased from 83.8

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

Kaiser Health News

The penalties — a 1% reduction in Medicare payments over 12 months — are based on the experiences of Medicare patients discharged from the hospital between July 2018 and the end of 2019, before the pandemic began in earnest. ” KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues.

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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

Healthcare Law Blog

On April 1, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced states may seek to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year through a new state plan option offered by the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”). In states that have not expanded Medicaid, however, many postpartum women lose coverage.

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La atenciĂłn de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom

Kaiser Health News

Desde el aborto hasta las vacunas contra covid-19, Newsom y DeSantis no podrían ser más opuestos. Esa política de gran alcance entra en vigencia en enero y va mucho más allá de la expansión opcional de Medicaid que la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) ofreció a los estados.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Turbocharged Digital Health Investment in 2020

Health Populi

This funding record (“already” before year-end, tallied by the third quarter as Rock Health notes) was driven by “mega”-deals accelerated during the public health crisis of COVID-19. billion, up 22% from 2019. In the third quarter of 2020, some $4 billion was invested in U.S. This is $1.2

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