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Half Of Americans Struggle To Afford Healthcare Costs, New

(Just Now) WEBThe Commonwealth Fund 2023 Health Care Affordability Survey shows what many Americans know all too well: healthcare costs are crushing and putting their …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/debgordon/2023/10/26/half-of-americans-struggle-to-afford-healthcare-costs-new-study-shows/

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Health Costs And Financing: Challenges And Strategies For A New

(Just Now) WEBMore than a decade after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed, health reform remains a top concern for the American public. 1 The number of …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01560

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Paying for It: How Health Care Costs and Medical Debt Are Making

(7 days ago) WEBThe Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Survey, fielded for the first time in 2023, asked U.S. adults with health insurance, and those without, about …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2023/oct/paying-for-it-costs-debt-americans-sicker-poorer-2023-affordability-survey

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America's healthcare affordability crisis 'is growing larger and …

(3 days ago) WEBData from July showed that 18% of Americans hold medical debt that has been sent to collection agencies. And according to a new West Health-Gallup 2021 …

https://www.westhealth.org/news/americas-health-care-affordability-crisis-is-growing-larger-and-deeper/

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Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs KFF

(9 days ago) WEBAdults in households with annual incomes under $40,000 are more than three times as likely as adults in households with incomes over $90,000 to say it is difficult to …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/

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How Might Patients and Physicians Use Transparent …

(9 days ago) WEBReferences. Executive Order 13877 of June 24, 2019: improving price and quality transparency in American healthcare to put patients first. Fed Regist. 2019;84(124):30849-30852. Medicare and Medicaid programs: …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-might-patients-and-physicians-use-transparent-health-care-prices-guide-decisions-and-improve/2022-11

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Measuring the Burden of Health Care Costs on US Families - JAMA …

(7 days ago) WEBThe graph shows family health insurance premiums as a percentage of median income from 1999 to 2016. The Affordability Index is calculated by dividing the mean cost for …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2661699

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Next Steps in Expanding Health Coverage and …

(8 days ago) WEBHIPSM is a detailed microsimulation model of the health care system designed to estimate the cost and coverage effects of proposed health policy options. 5 HIPSM is based on two years of the American …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2022/sep/next-steps-expanding-health-coverage-affordability

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Health Coverage Affordability Crisis 2020 Biennial …

(2 days ago) WEBIn the first half of 2020, 43.4 percent of U.S. adults ages 19 to 64 were inadequately insured. This is statistically unchanged from the last time we fielded the survey in 2018. The adult uninsured rate was …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/aug/looming-crisis-health-coverage-2020-biennial

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Medicare eligibility and healthcare access, affordability, …

(8 days ago) WEBThe Impact Of Medicare On Access To And Affordability Of Health Care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021;40(2):266–73. Epub 2021/02/02. pmid:33523737. View Article PubMed/NCBI Google Scholar 13. …

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004083

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Perspective: The Cost of Caring … and Working to Make Care …

(9 days ago) WEBA report we released this week highlights the many factors that go into the cost of caring for patients. A few key takeaways: Within the health care field, hospitals …

https://www.aha.org/news/perspective/2021-10-29-perspective-cost-caring-and-working-make-care-more-affordable

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HHS Announces New Policy to Make Coverage More Accessible …

(3 days ago) WEBNew measures will help consumers compare health insurance plan choices. Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/04/28/hhs-announces-new-policy-make-coverage-more-accessible-affordable-for-millions-americans-in-2023.html

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Understanding Affordability and Value in Health Care

(7 days ago) WEBA common understanding of value can lead to changes that reduce costs. Affordability also is of increasing concern for many citizens. Individuals and families report difficulty …

https://trustees.aha.org/disruptiveinnovation/articles/understanding-affordability-and-value-in-health-care

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Studying Healthcare Affordability during an Economic Recession: …

(3 days ago) WEB1. Introduction. Healthcare affordability, or, in other terms, “financial access”, is among the main dimensions of healthcare access and relates the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7662360/

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Health Care Access and Affordability Among Adults With Self …

(8 days ago) WEBImportance Many US adults report having post–COVID-19 condition (PCC), but little is known about their access to health care.. Objective To estimate the …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2803645

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Health Cost and Affordability Policy Issues and Trends to Watch in …

(2 days ago) WEBWhile issues of health care costs and affordability may not be at the forefront of this year’s election, they remain a major concern among the public. Health …

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/policy-issues-and-trends-2024/

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High quality, affordable health care is the right of every American

(2 days ago) WEBAs the voice of academic medicine, the AAMC has long held that high quality, affordable health care is the right of every American. The AAMC released a document in 2008, …

https://www.aamc.org/news/high-quality-affordable-health-care-right-every-american

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Editorial: Health care financing and affordability in the emerging

(3 days ago) WEBA diverse group of authors coming from academia, industry, governing authorities , and professional associations attempted to provide a thorough overview of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9647898/

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Under the Biden-Harris Administration, Over 20 Million Selected

(9 days ago) WEB“Today’s announcement means more than 20 million people have the security of knowing they have access to affordable health care in 2024. This is a …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/01/10/under-biden-harris-administration-over-20-million-selected-affordable-health-coverage-aca-marketplace-start-open-enrollment-period-record-high.html

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Affordability of Health Care: A Global Crisis - Value in Health

(5 days ago) WEBAffordable basic health care is a fundamental need for countries at all economic levels. Expenditures around the world continue to rise as a percentage of …

https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(18)30133-5/fulltext

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Health Care Affordability - AHIP

(1 days ago) WEBHealth Care Affordability Our Position Every American deserves more choices, better quality, and lower costs. When health care is more affordable, more …

https://www.ahip.org/issues/affordability

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Health Insurance Affordability Concerns and Health Care …

(8 days ago) WEBKey Points. Question Do US adults have concerns about health insurance during retirement, and if so, are these concerns associated with avoidance of medical …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2760437

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As the Pandemic Eases, What Is the State of Health Care Coverage …

(9 days ago) WEBFindings from the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Coverage and COVID-19 Survey, March–June 2021. A “We Are Open” sign is seen on the side of a restaurant …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2021/jul/as-pandemic-eases-what-is-state-coverage-affordability-survey

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A new California rule aims to cap your health care cost increases

(1 days ago) WEBLea esta historia en Español. You won’t notice it right away, but a new California state agency took a major step this week toward reining in the seemingly …

https://calmatters.org/health/2024/04/health-care-costs-rule/

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2023 Costs of Caring AHA - American Hospital Association

(2 days ago) WEBA recent report by Syntellis Performance Solutions found that full-time equivalents (FTEs) for hospital contract employees jumped 138.5%. This reliance on …

https://www.aha.org/guidesreports/2024-05-01-2023-costs-caring

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Biden Extends Obamacare to ‘Dreamers’ Lacking Health Plans

(1 days ago) WEBPresident Joe Biden will allow a group of undocumented US residents to access health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, a change that comes as the …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-03/daca-recipients-to-get-obamacare-access-through-biden-action

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DACA recipients will now be eligible for federal health care …

(6 days ago) WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that over 100,000 young immigrants who lack health insurance will now have a shot at accessing …

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/biden-daca-healthcare-coverage-new-rule-rcna150473

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In Reversal, Expert Panel Recommends Breast Cancer Screening at 40

(3 days ago) WEBBreast cancer rates among women in their 40s are on the rise, increasing by 2 percent a year between 2015 and 2019. Credit Michael Hanschke/picture alliance, …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/health/breast-cancer-mammography-ultrasound.html

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Can You Afford to Take Care of Your Children and Parents? Biden …

(3 days ago) WEBLeah Willingham. FILE - Staffer Mackenzie Hunt smiles as a child raises her hand to answer a question at Living Water Child Care and Learning Center in …

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-05-08/can-you-afford-to-take-care-of-your-children-and-parents-biden-revives-effort-to-lower-costs

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Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance - NPR

(5 days ago) WEBThe federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled in favor of transgender patients on Monday. The case was brought by Medicaid recipients in West Virginia and …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/29/1247896150/transgender-health-insurance-west-virginia-north-carolina-appeals-court

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