Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

household budgets have been particularly hard-hit in paying off credit cards and bills (23%), paying for food (17%), falling behind paying rent or mortgage (16%), affording health insurance coverage (16%), and paying for medical bills (16%). State Governors to expand Medicaid. electorate is in favor.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

The growing interest in how tax-exempt hospitals operate — from lawmakers, the public, and the media — has coincided with a stubborn increase in consumers’ medical debt. The spending typically includes charity care — broadly defined as free or discounted care to eligible patients.

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Hospitals Medicaid Medicaid Medical Billing 66

Hall Render

MARCH 11, 2022

How Nonprofit Hospitals, Health Systems Compensate Executives. Encompass Health’s home health unit attracts acquisition interest-sources. COVID-19 cases dwindle, but Alabama lawmakers continue push for public health reform. State health officer reflects on progress 2 years into pandemic.

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COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses 40

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

.” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance. health care system , Gallup learned.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 24, 2023

More than 16 million people enrolled in their own plans this year, and millions more are getting coverage through expanded Medicaid in all but 10 states, leading to an all-time-low uninsured rate. The real fight comes down to defining “short-term,” said John McDonough, a professor of public health practice at the Harvard T.H.

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