Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. hospitals are in poor fiscal health. The result is that rural hospitals operating in Medicaid expansion states have fared better in terms of operating margins than hospitals in non-expansion states.

Hospitals 103

Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 103

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

It’s a category in which the government says it will defer trying to deport someone so they can deal with a severe illness. “Deferred action is not a visa, it’s just a decision from the government not to deport.” Those numbers plummeted in 2019.

Health Insurance 73

Health Insurance Doctors Governance Licensing 73

Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

KFF Health News reported last year that more than 100 million Americans are saddled with medical bills they can’t pay, and has documented aggressive bill-collection practices by hospitals, many of them nonprofits. in charity care, while for-profit hospitals provided $3.80.

Hospitals 66

Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Medical Billing 66

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In March 2020 , Congress expanded unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels, subsidized businesses, guaranteed paid sick leave for many workers, and broadened Medicaid eligibility. The main motivation behind this campaign was to ensure that the capitalist class would not incur the cost of the pandemic via government intervention.

COVID-19 354

COVID-19 Public Health Federal Policy Medicaid 354

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