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. Over time, depending on the politics of health care reform, the safety net and social determinants policies (e.g.,

Hospitals 103

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Health Populi

JUNE 21, 2019

As the first chart shows, trend will grow 6% from 2019 to 2020. for 2019, which was flat from the previous year. That costs are inching up are concerning to employers providing health benefits, who have become dissatisfied with efforts to contain health spending, PwC learned from its survey research.

Health Care Reform 58

Health Care Reform Doctors 58

C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The final rule complements the hospital transparency rule that CMS promulgated in November 2019 (the substance of which is discussed here ),which requires hospitals to post pricing information based on negotiated rates for standard items or services. The hospital transparency rule is currently on appeal before the D.C.

Regulatory Compliance 40

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

Employers cited several main tactics to address coupon cards looking forward from 2019 to 2022. One-third of employers were already doing this in 2019, with another 20% adding in 2020 and 16% considering for 2021-22. In contrast, employers have used rebate payments to defray premium costs). Across party identification, U.S.

Governance 74

Governance Health Care Reform FDA ACA 74

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. health care system every other year.

Single Payer Health Care 52

Single Payer Health Care Medical Billing Health Care Reform Governance 52

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

Those numbers plummeted in 2019. 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. 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

MAY 5, 2022

From 2019 to 2021, fentanyl overdose deaths more than tripled among teenagers — and surged fivefold among Black teens , according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data produced by the advocacy group Families Against Fentanyl. .”

Public Health 97

Public Health COVID-19 Health Care Reform 97

Kaiser Health News

APRIL 22, 2022

KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation).

Pharmaceutical Industry 118

Pharmaceutical Industry ACA Health Care Reform Medicare 118

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

years below 2019 levels, largely due to COVID-19 deaths. If we have in fact passed through the portal to another world, it is certainly not better than the one we inhabited in 2019. The availability of vaccines and antivirals certainly helps, but the ongoing toll of disability and death under this strategy remains unacceptably high.

COVID-19 354

COVID-19 Public Health Federal Policy Medicaid 354

Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

voters’ views on health care, through the lens of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Tracking Poll for July 2019 published yesterday. Health care is the top issue Democrats want to hear about in the debates, well ahead of climate change, women’s issues, immigration and gun policy.

ACA 56

ACA Health Care Reform Health Insurance Medicare 56

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Today is 4th November 2019, exactly one year to the day that Americans can express their political will and cast their vote for President of the United States. Health care will be a key issue driving people to their local polling places, so it’s an opportune moment to take the temperature on U.S.

ACA 52

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Virginia will expand Medicaid on January 1, 2019, McDonough asserted, noting that they’ll be state #32 in Medicaid expansion. ” (That is, tomorrow, as I draft this post). Then if Maine’s Attorney General, who is a Democrat, wins that state’s Governorship, they would be state #33. amazing to watch,” he said.

Medicaid 76

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 76

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

A Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll published April 24, 2019 found that most Americans health care policy priorities were to lower health care and prescription drug costs, ensure the ACA’s coverage of pre-existing conditions, and protect people from surprise medical bills. “The

ACA 72

ACA Doctors Health Care Reform Health Insurance 72

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

Health care and the economy are, in fact, intimately tied in every American’s personal household economy I assert in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. This group is made up disproportionately of Democrats (35%), 28% Republicans, and 21% Independents.

Health Care Reform 59

Health Care Reform Medicare Medicare Health Insurance 59