Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

has some of the world’s leading medical facilities and research institutions, and the ability to deliver the highest available quality of care, it ranks last among rich nations in providing equitable, accessible, affordable, and high-quality health care. America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage.

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

On October 29, 2020, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (“the Departments”) issued a final rule requiring private-sector health insurers and self-insured health plans to disclose treatment prices and cost-sharing information with consumers.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

As large employers’ annual health care costs for an employee are expected to exceed $15,000 in 2020, companies are focusing in on managing the pharmacy line-item, we learn from the 2020 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH).

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Bill of Health

MAY 12, 2023

McCuskey In vitro fertilization (IVF), like most medical care in the U.S., But, unlike most other expensive medical care, IVF rarely has insurance coverage to defray the cost. In 2020, only 27% of employers with 500+ employees and 42% of employers with 20,000+ employees covered IVF in their employer plans.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

The latest (March 2021) Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll learned that at least one in three Americans were recently “struggling” to pay living expenses since December 2020, with six in ten families affected by COVID-19 having lost a job or income. Interesting, even in this very partisan moment in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

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. voters’ perspectives on healthcare reform. has the best health care system in the world. Today’s Financial Times features a poll that found two-thirds of U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In my 11 years of writing every one of over 2,000 Health Populi posts on this blog, I have never, ever mentioned the “f-word” here. In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017.

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