Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

Policy analysts at KFF estimated the total value of nonprofit hospitals’ exemptions in 2020 at about $28 billion, much higher than the $16 billion in free or discounted services they provided through the charity care portion of their community benefits. Ideas for reforms, though, have run up against powerful hospital opposition.

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Bill of Health

MAY 12, 2023

McCuskey In vitro fertilization (IVF), like most medical care in the U.S., But, unlike most other expensive medical care, IVF rarely has insurance coverage to defray the cost. In 2020, only 27% of employers with 500+ employees and 42% of employers with 20,000+ employees covered IVF in their employer plans.

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Hall Render

MARCH 29, 2024

The Triangle’s health outcomes rank among highest in the nation What HCA has told feds it’s doing to fix staffing issues at Mission Hospital. The Triangle’s health outcomes rank among highest in the nation What HCA has told feds it’s doing to fix staffing issues at Mission Hospital. NEW HAMPSHIRE Ambulance service in N.H.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In January 2021 , the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States were trending back to early pandemic levels and on-pace to be deadlier than 2020. But as we moved into the second year of the pandemic, tolerance for state-ordered closures and mitigation measures was waning and political resistance was rising.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Health care will be a key issue driving people to their local polling places, so it’s an opportune moment to take the temperature on U.S. voters’ perspectives on healthcare reform. has the best health care system in the world. Today’s Financial Times features a poll that found two-thirds of U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

voters, conducted in September 2018, making sure insurance companies still have to provide health insurance for people with preexisting conditions ranks top of mind for likely voters in this year’s elections. for the coming 12 to 24 months as we approach the 2020 Presidential election. In their poll of 487 likely U.S.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In March 2020 , Congress expanded unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels, subsidized businesses, guaranteed paid sick leave for many workers, and broadened Medicaid eligibility. For their part, liberal institutions acquiesced to removing most collective health protections as well, albeit on a slower timeline.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

is on the right track, and are least likely to vote for President Trump in 2020. This group is less likely to support universal health care or the guarantee of pre-existing condition coverage, yet are more keen on access to treatment for drug and alcohol service. Over one-half of the Skeptical and Searching believe that the U.S.

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