Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2022

This policy would be particularly significant in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) , because justice-involved populations largely intersect with those made eligible for Medicaid in expansion states (namely, people who earn less than 138% of the federal poverty level). Legislation like H.R. 3514 and S.2628

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

For instance, in 2019, the AMA urged Congress to remove the very caps on Medicare-funded residency slots it helped create. Promoting these policies was a mistake, but an understandable one: the AMA believed an influential report that warned of an impending physician surplus. But the AMA has held out in one important respect.

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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 Another concern is that, given the limited funding allocated towards food and nutrition (e.g.,

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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. health care system model.

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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.

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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. The spending typically includes charity care — broadly defined as free or discounted care to eligible patients.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

conservative movement, convened by the Council for National Policy, organized a campaign to fight against public health measures nearly a year before vaccines or outpatient treatments were available to the general population. years below 2019 levels, largely due to COVID-19 deaths. During the second year of the pandemic, U.S.

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