Despite over 90% of the United States population having some form of health insurance, medical debt remains a persistent problem. An analysis of government data estimates that 9% of adults – roughly 23 million people – owe more than $250 due to health costs. Half those people report owing more than $2,000.
These estimates come...News
Excess deaths among Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN), and Latino men and women in the United States were more than double those reported among Whites and Asians during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research finds.
A surveillance study published by the National Cancer Institute in Annals of Internal Medicine calculated...National News
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) sent its March 2021 Report to Congress on Tuesday. The Report generally includes recommendations for legislative adjustments to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and this one included suggestions for Medicaid's response to current economic...CMS Rules
The newly installed Biden Administration and the ongoing turbulence of the pandemic have resulted in a flurry of recent changes in the world of the Affordable Care Act—all as an impending Supreme Court decision on its very existence looms in the background.
Many Americans lost jobs due to the pandemic, and with them their...National News
COVID-19 has shined a bright light on so many problems in America, one of them is racial disparities in healthcare. One root cause of that, according to new research, may be price discrimination: the discrepancy between hospital payments from public and private health plans.
New research from the New England Journal of Medicine...Arizona News
African-Americans admitted to the intensive care unit for heart failure are less likely than white patients to receive care by a cardiologist.
Reuters reports that studies have shown that care by a cardiologist for heart failure is associated with better outcomes, including higher survival rates.
Dr. Khadijah Breathett from the...
