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Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Health Populi

Figure 6 from the King’s Fund report arrays health spending per capita data points from the OECD’s 2021 national survey, finding the UK (the red dot on the graph) to the left of the red average line on the x-axis for per capita spending and just north of the average line of spending as a share of GDP on the y-axis.

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – January 28, 2022

Hall Render

Number of Arizona inpatients with COVID up by nearly 50% since end of 2021. Banner Health expects hospitalizations to peak in mid-February from recent omicron surge. Arkansas health officials ask state for $400M to cover increased Medicaid costs. . Despite Burnout, These California Health Care Workers Aren’t Quitting.

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Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano

Kaiser Health News

Newsom has earned the moniker of “health care governor” by catapulting the issue to the top of his policy priorities. He made California an abortion sanctuary and is dramatically expanding health care benefits. per 100,000 people in 2021. per 100,000 people in 2021.