On Tuesday, August 25, Arizona reported 2,595 new cases of COVID-19 and 38 new deaths related to COVID-19. Arizona is still behind the national average on vaccinations, with 47% of Arizonans fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The national rate is 51.7%.
This information comes from the New York Times' Tracking Coronavirus in Arizona:...
Across the nation, hospitals treating patients with private health insurance were paid overall 2.4 times the Medicare rates in 2017, according to the RAND analysis. The difference was largest for outpatient care, where private prices were almost triple what Medicare would have paid. The study illustrates the widening chasm between what...