US health care system ranks last among wealthy nations, report finds
Americans have the worst health care among the world's wealthy nations, a new report says.
Sep 19, 2024
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Health Care Economics and Organizations: News and Research on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Which Americans are likely to be incorrectly billed for preventive care?
Even though preventive care is supposed to be free by law for millions of Americans thanks to the Affordable Care Act, many don't receive recommended preventive services, especially racial and ethnic minorities and other ...
Sep 19, 2024
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Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records
Health care is a defining issue in the 2024 election—Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump have starkly different records on the issue. Rather than focusing on what they promise ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Longtime head of L.A. Care to retire after navigating major Medi-Cal changes: Q&A
For nearly a decade, John Baackes has led L.A. Care Health Plan, a publicly run insurer primarily serving low-income Los Angeles County residents on Medi-Cal. It is by far the largest Medi-Cal plan in the state.
Sep 12, 2024
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Trump, Harris spar over abortion rights and Obamacare in their first face-off: Fact check
When Vice President Kamala Harris walked across the debate stage Tuesday night to shake the hand of former President Donald Trump, it was the first time the two had met in person. But that was the rare collegial moment in ...
Sep 12, 2024
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ACA enrollment platforms suspended over alleged foreign access to consumer data
Suspicions that U.S. consumers' personal information could be accessed from India led regulators to abruptly bar two large private sector enrollment websites from accessing the Affordable Care Act marketplace in August.
Sep 11, 2024
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US uninsured rate was stable in 2023, even as states' Medicaid purge began
The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record low the Biden administration achieved in 2022 through expansions of public programs, including ...
Sep 11, 2024
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Biden administration blocks two private sector enrollment sites from ACA marketplace
Federal regulators have blocked two private sector enrollment websites from accessing consumer information through the federal Obamacare marketplace, citing "anomalous activity."
Aug 23, 2024
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The politics holding back Medicaid expansion in some Southern states
For Roderick Givens, a radiation oncologist, the expansion of Medicaid isn't just a policy issue. He practices medicine in a rural area in the Mississippi Delta and he sees daily how Medicaid coverage could help his uninsured ...
Aug 19, 2024
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US women who use a pump found to breastfeed 21 weeks longer on average
Among a large group of U.S. mothers who breast fed between 2016 and 2021, breast pump use was associated with 21 additional weeks of breastfeeding on average, according to a new study from researchers at Yale School of Medicine.
Aug 2, 2024
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