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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

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These services are enumerated in Section 2713 in the ACA , prompting Dr. Kavita Patel to assert in the first panel of the day that, “2713 is my favorite number.” have struggled to pay for living expenses since December 2020, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Cost of Healthcare Can Drive Medical Rationing and Crowd Out Other Household Spending

Health Populi

cannot afford to pay for quality health care — an especially acute challenge for Black and Hispanic Americans, according to a West Health-Gallup poll conducted in March 2021, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. However, only 15% of Republicans support strengthening the ACA. One in five people in the U.S.