Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

These determinants, such as economic stability through universal services like unemployment benefits, paid parental leave, paid sick leave, or social support systems, like family-friendly policies and child care, remain mostly unavailable. health system continue to exacerbate poor health and disparities. COVID-19 and the U.S.

COVID-19 157

COVID-19 Public Health ACA Health Insurance 157

Health Populi

AUGUST 29, 2022

One big point underneath this big trend is that 21% of employers saw increased disability claims due to long COVID and another 1 in 4 companies expect to see that increase at some point. And long-term mental health issues were seen as the #1 impact coming out of the pandemic.

COVID-19 154

COVID-19 Health Care Access Health Outcomes Telemedicine 154

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has changed so many aspects of American health care for so many people, including doctors. Since the second quarter of 2020, I’ve noticed that JAMA has devoted increasing column inches to the issues of health equity, social determinants of health, and structural racism in U.S.

COVID-19 133

COVID-19 Health Care Inequity COVID-19 Vaccine Medicare 133

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In May 2020, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) re-visited the acronym, “PPE.” ” Perhaps Definition 3 in the OED could be updated by a blog published online in the September 25, 2020, issue of Health Affairs, A New “PPE” For A Thriving Community: Public Health, Primary Care, Health Equity.

Public Health 113

Public Health COVID-19 Community Health Services Health Care Access 113

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This report is our go-to encyclopedia of statistics on health insurance year-after-year, surveying companies’ annual health insurance strategies for coverage and tactics for managing spending and workers’ health outcomes. The coronavirus pandemic has fast-tracked telehealth in the U.S.

Health Insurance 68

Health Insurance Telemedicine COVID-19 Health Care Access 68

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For today’s Health Populi blog, I choose to focus in on a key theme in my work right now — the convergence of retail health, primary care, consumers’ home economics, health care access, and the future of U.S. health care financing.

COVID-19 96

COVID-19 Medical Billing Health Care Access Hospitals 96

Hall Render

JULY 29, 2022

340B DSH Hospitals Provided $41B in Uncompensated Care in 2020. 6 Major Trends Boosting the Telemedicine Market in Health Care. Amazon Makes Another Big Bet on Primary Care with One Medical Buyout. CMS launches Maternity Care Action Plan. Alabama nursing homes battling staffing shortages amid COVID uptick.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40