Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2022

Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population, which numbers about 2.1 As a first step to protecting incarcerated individuals’ right to health, Congress should repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP). 3514 and S.2628

Medicaid 293

Medicaid Medicaid COVID-19 Public Health 293

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Relatedly, patient care coordination is poor, with many physicians rarely making referrals to existing nutrition counseling services despite the high need among patients. in 2019, the NIH invested $1.9 It will also be essential to develop strategies to minimize barriers, such as health insurance and access to the health care system.

Health Insurance 230

Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 230

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

For the second time in three years, Espinosa faces the prospect of losing permission to work, which would cost him not only his job providing tech support at a software company, but also his health insurance. Without health insurance, his daughter would lose her eligibility for transplants.

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

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 5, 2018

They fought to erode key elements embedded in the law meant to protect health consumers’ rights: among them, health promotion, disease prevention, and public health; and the assurance that sick people would be covered by health insurance plans without prejudice. The fact is that most U.S.

Medicaid 76

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 76