2020 Health Care Reform Medicare 
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Even with the prospect of enrolling in Medicare sooner in a year or two or three, Americans approaching retirement are growing concerned about health care costs, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Nearly 1 in 5 consumers in the study avoided medical care or filling a prescription in the past year due to cost concerns.
Bill of Health
MARCH 15, 2022
For instance, in 2019, the AMA urged Congress to remove the very caps on Medicare-funded residency slots it helped create. Indeed, in 2020 and 2021, the AMA touted more advocacy efforts related to scope of practice that it did for any other issue — including COVID-19. But the AMA has held out in one important respect.
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Health Populi
AUGUST 16, 2019
As large employers’ annual health care costs for an employee are expected to exceed $15,000 in 2020, companies are focusing in on managing the pharmacy line-item, we learn from the 2020 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH).
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
In the Spring of 2020, a number of institutions—health, education, judicial, and others—went through a wrenching technological transformation: To prevent the spread of COVID-19, they took refuge online. I talked to a number of health IT and telehealth experts in a search for answers to these questions. If the U.S.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 28, 2019
The study also addressed the politics of health care leading up to the 2020 Presidential election. So whose job is it anyway to bolster social, economic and environmental health for a nation’s health citizens? I laud these programs initiated by private sector businesses and health care stakeholders.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
National health spending in the U.S. every year from 2020 to 2027, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forecast in their report, National Health Expenditure Projections, 2018-2927: Economic And Demographic Trends Drive Spending And Enrollment Growth , published yesterday by Health Affairs.
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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