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Patients, Nurses and Doctors Blame Health Insurers for Increasing Costs and Barriers to Care

Health Populi

Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA).

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

Despite the important enactment in 2010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which increases access to care by expanding Medicaid eligibility and protecting insurance coverage of people with pre-existing health conditions and disabilities, more than 25 million people remain uninsured.

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Chronic Medical Conditions, Mental Health, and Equity On Employers’ Minds for 2022 – Employee Health in the Wake of COVID-19

Health Populi

receive health insurance through employers. With that objective, it’s always instructive to explore the annual study from the Business Group on Health, the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey. One in two people in the U.S.

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The New Search for Reproductive Justice in Old Laws

Bill of Health

In the post- Dobbs fight to safeguard reproductive healthcare, a new spotlight has been placed on two existing federal laws: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). . In June 2022, the U.S. By Katie Gu. The Guidances. CMS EMTALA Guidance

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Health Care Costs Are a Driver of Health Across All of America – Especially for Women

Jane Sarashon

This is true across all income categories, from those earning under $24,000 a year to the well-off raking in $180K or more, we learn in Gallup’s poll conducted with West Health, finding that Majorities of people rank cost and equity of U.S. adults in late June 2022. avoid care due to cost. healthcare negatively.

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Addressing Ghost Networks in Mental Health Care

Bill of Health

Considering these substantial consequences for patients’ access to mental health care, developing solutions to prevent ghost networks is critical. In November 2022, Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) To remedy issues of data quality and integrity, insurers could use algorithms or AI to detect and remove ghost provider entries.

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Health Provider News – October 14, 2022

Hall Render

Yale New Haven Health acquires Waterbury, Manchester, Rockville hospitals in agreement. Yale New Haven Health strikes deal to acquire Connecticut health systems from Prospect Medical Holdings. Yale physician among 2022 McArthur Fellows. UConn Health to hire formerly incarcerated people. McLaren St. WASHINGTON.