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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.

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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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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – January 21, 2022

Hall Render

Nursing home industry reacts to health care worker vaccine mandate. Ransomware: 2,300+ local governments, schools, healthcare providers impacted in 2021. Arizona Health Care System Can’t Take Much More, Current Surge Has Yet to Peak: Doctor. Walgreens, VillageMD to open 8 more primary care clinics in Arizona.

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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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Nurses and Aides Are Beloved and Deserve Higher Pay; and a Spotlight on the Filipinx Frontline

Health Populi

The research covered a range of health policy issues, including how health citizens view the Affordable Care Act compared with a single payer health care system or a public option; The study was fielded in June 2021 among 1,071 U.S. adults aged 18 and over.

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