Trump's return puts Medicaid on the chopping block
Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low.
Jan 14, 2025
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Health Care Economics and Organizations: News and Research on Regional Health Planning
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How potential Medicaid cuts could play out in California
In 2017, the Republicans who controlled Congress tried mightily to slash federal spending on Medicaid, the government-funded health program covering low-income families and individuals.
Dec 12, 2024
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High cost of childbirth and postpartum care causes biggest financial hardship for lower-income families, finds study
The cost of childbirth and postpartum health care results in significant, ongoing financial hardship, particularly for lower-income families with commercial insurance according to a Columbia University study. About half of ...
Nov 6, 2024
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Vaccines for children program offers free immunizations when cost is a barrier
Vaccines are a safe and highly effective way to prevent common diseases that used to seriously harm or even kill infants, children and adults. When children have all their recommended vaccines on schedule, that helps ensure ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Despite national efforts, cancer clinical trials are becoming less diverse, study finds
In the U.S., millions of people experience cancer every year, but don't have an equal opportunity to access experimental treatments in clinical trials, or to receive treatments that have been shown to be effective in patients ...
Oct 15, 2024
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America is increasingly dependent on foreign doctors, but their path to immigration is getting harder
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a pressing issue: The U.S. health care system is increasingly dependent on immigrant physicians, but it's becoming harder for aspiring ones to work and settle in the U.S.
Sep 25, 2024
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Inside the political fight to build a rural Georgia hospital
Ed Whitehouse stood alongside a state highway in rural Butts County, Georgia, and surveyed acres of rolling fields and forests near Interstate 75. Instead of farmland and trees, he envisioned a hospital.
Aug 26, 2024
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Colorado dropped Medicaid enrollees as red states have, alarming advocates for the poor
Colorado stands out among the 10 states that have disenrolled the highest share of Medicaid beneficiaries since the U.S. government lifted a pandemic-era restriction on removing people from the health insurance program.
Jul 22, 2024
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US efforts to collect LGBTQ+ data among medicaid patients is a 'foundational step towards health equity'
Compared to straight and cisgender individuals, sexual and gender minority adults in the US are more likely to face barriers paying for or accessing adequate health insurance and health care, but few states collect sexual ...
Jun 27, 2024
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Diversified clinical workforce needed to effectively serve a growing Hispanic population in underserved areas: Study
A new study examining the impact of the 2009 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) expansion on clinical diversity has found the number of Hispanic NHSC clinicians lacking relative to the Hispanic population.
Mar 20, 2024
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