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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

Gamble (1976), affirmed that incarcerated individuals have the constitutional right to health care. Incarcerated individuals need health care more than ever in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected those within correctional facilities. 3514) are particularly critical. Legislation like H.R.

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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. Losing health insurance in the pandemic: a financial toxic side effect. Race matters for health insurance in America. In terms of income, U.S.

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

Health Populi

In previous years, of course, the coronavirus had not played a role in quantifying certain aspects of health system performance. 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.

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Financial Health Is On Americans’ Minds Just Weeks Before the 2020 Elections

Health Populi

The COVID-19 pandemic in America has combined with: A national economic recession and job losses. Nearly 8 million workers losing jobs also losing their employer-sponsored health insurance, discussed in this research from The Commonwealth Fund. The threat of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act during the public health crisis.

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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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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. based digital health start-ups adding up $9.4 billion, up 22% from 2019. This is $1.2

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

Health Populi

Roughly the same proportion of companies offered health benefits to at least some workers between 2019 and 2020, about 56% of firms. 31% of workers enrolled in a high-deductible health plan with a savings option, 13% in an HMO, and 8% in a point-of-service plan (POS, a hybrid of an HMO and PPO). and inflation, 2.1%.