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HHS Announces New Policy to Make Coverage More …

(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 Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced new measures that will allow …

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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Back to Basics: Healthcare Reform - Public Citizen

(5 days ago) WEBA report issued today by Public Citizen proposes 10 cost-cutting, patient-safety measures that would save an estimated 85,000 lives and $35 billion a year. In contrast to the high-tech tests and procedures that many experts blame for staggering increases in the nation’s health care costs, most of the reforms in Public Citizen’s report

https://www.citizen.org/article/back-to-basics-healthcare-reform/

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Fact Sheet: Celebrating the Affordable Care Act HHS.gov

(9 days ago) WEBContact: HHS Press Office. 202-690-6343 [email protected]. Fact Sheet: Celebrating the Affordable Care Act. 12 Years of Advancing Health Equity for All Americans. Since its enactment on March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act has led to an historic advancement of health equity in the United States. This landmark law improved …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/03/18/fact-sheet-celebrating-affordable-care-act.html

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A Century of Health Care Reform in the United States

(Just Now) WEBIn 1915, reformers issued the first major proposal for national health insurance in the United States. Nearly a century later, Americans are still debating health care reform, the perils of

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1202111

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Health Reform - American Public Health Association

(2 days ago) WEBA pandemic is no time to undercut US health care. The Affordable Care Act is the nation’s health reform law enacted in March 2010. The law aims to reform both our private and public health insurance systems. Since it …

https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/health-reform

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5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System

(6 days ago) WEBThey include: focus on prevention, not just treating sickness; tackle racial disparities; expand telehealth and in-home services; build integrated systems; and adopt value-based care. Since early

https://hbr.org/2021/12/5-critical-priorities-for-the-u-s-health-care-system

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Health reform: How to improve U.S. health care in 2020 …

(8 days ago) WEBHealth reform: How to improve U.S. health care in 2020 and beyond. Health care remains a major theme in our national conversation. And as we approach the November 2020 election, we will hear a lot of debate about the right path forward to fix what ails our current system. It is encouraging to hear so many people—candidates, …

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/health-reform-how-improve-us-health-care-2020-and-beyond

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A field guide to U.S. healthcare reform: The evolution to

(3 days ago) WEB1. INTRODUCTION. In the United States (U.S.) between 1960 and 2019, healthcare spending as a percentage of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew from 5% to 17.7%, reaching $3.8 trillion dollars in 2019 (Figure 1). 1 Payment reform models have emerged to both control this growing expense and realign how quality, as a return …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8223464/

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Health Care - Public Citizen

(2 days ago) WEBHealth Care. Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn’t meet acceptable standards of quality. Much of the care that we get is unaffordable, unnecessary or harmful. Public Citizen advocates Medicare for All, stronger oversight of dangerous doctors and safe clinical trials.

https://www.citizen.org/topic/health-care/

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Reforming Health Care: The Single System Solution

(4 days ago) WEBThe flaws of the U.S. health care system have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. This paper posits three underlying causes of our persistent poor performance: flawed …

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.20.0456

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Health care reform - Wikipedia

(8 days ago) WEBIn the United States, the debate regarding health care reform includes questions of a right to health care, access, fairness, sustainability, quality and amounts spent by government.The mixed public-private health care system in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with health care costing more per person than in any other …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_reform

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FACT SHEET: Protecting Seniors by Improving Safety and Quality …

(Just Now) WEBGiving the public a resource to better understand owners’ and operators’ previous violations will empower states to better protect the health and safety of residents. Improve Transparency of

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/28/fact-sheet-protecting-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-by-improving-safety-and-quality-of-care-in-the-nations-nursing-homes/

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Public Support for Government Intervention in Health Care in the …

(3 days ago) WEBCongress has continuously worked on health care reform since the 1980s to address led to growing public skepticism surrounding government’s role in health care and even government intervention in citizens’ lives more generally. Lee Daniel, Ghitza Yair. 2010. “Public Opinion on Health Care Reform.” The Forum 8(1):Article 8. Crossref.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23780231211072394

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Health Care Reform and Social Movements in the United States

(3 days ago) WEBPublic opinion has generally run in favor of health care reform, but popular approval has not been matched by the rise of a large-scale, activist popular movement for change.2 Because of the importance of grassroots movements to reform in the United States, it is important to ask why there has never been such a movement for universal health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447696/

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Majority in U.S. Still Say Gov't Should Ensure Healthcare - Gallup.com

(5 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON, D.C. -- A 57% majority of U.S. adults believe that the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage. Yet nearly as many, 53%, prefer that the U.S. healthcare system be based on private insurance rather than run by the government. These findings are in line with recent attitudes about the …

https://news.gallup.com/poll/468401/majority-say-gov-ensure-healthcare.aspx

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How U.S. Health Care Providers Address Social Drivers of Health

(6 days ago) WEBThe 2023 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey is a nationally representative study of adults age 18 and older. The survey was administered in 10 countries, but this study uses data from U.S. respondents only. The survey was fielded by SSRS from March to August 2023, and multiples modes were offered (online and …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/may/how-us-health-care-providers-are-addressing-drivers-health

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History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

(Just Now) WEBHealth care reform was a major concern of the Bill Clinton administration headed up by First Lady Hillary Clinton. The 1993 Clinton health care plan included mandatory enrollment in a health insurance plan, subsidies to guarantee affordability across all income ranges, and the establishment of health alliances in each state. Every citizen or

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_health_care_reform_in_the_United_States

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Healthy NJ 2020 - The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey

(8 days ago) WEBHealthy New Jersey 2020 was the basis for the latest State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan and was the state's health promotion and disease prevention agenda for the 2010-2020 decade. It was modeled after the federal Healthy People 2020 initiative and was the result of a multiyear process that reflected input from a diverse …

https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/

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Health insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

(7 days ago) WEBIn the United States, health insurance helps pay for medical expenses through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program funded by the government. [1] [2] Synonyms for this usage include "health coverage", "health care coverage", and "health benefits". In a more technical sense, the term "health insurance" …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_insurance_in_the_United_States

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Judicial Decisions Constraining Public Health Powers During …

(Just Now) WEBThe legal infrastructure—the laws that empower public health officials—is a critical dimension of the public health system. 1, 2 During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, state, and local

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00073

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Free to Choose? Reform, Choice, and Consideration Sets in the …

(8 days ago) WEBReform, Choice, and Consideration Sets in the English National Health Service by Martin Gaynor, Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler. Published in volume 106, issue 11, pages 3521-57 of American Economic Review, November 2016, Abstract: Choice in …

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20121532&trk=public_post_comment-text

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Nexus Between Citizens’ Trust and Good Governance in Public

(8 days ago) WEBPublic institutions are essential for executing government policies. Citizens’ trust in public institutions is a crucial factor to consider when assessing the state of democracy. Working processes, trends, organisational principles, neutrality, approaches and impartiality are also used to assess an institution’s trustworthiness.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00195561241248140

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Healthcare Reform and How It Impacts You - Patch

(Just Now) WEB19 meeting to the public in order to provide free access to an important presentation entitled, “Healthcare Reform and How It Impacts You.” The featured speaker will be Jean Angelo,

https://patch.com/new-jersey/bridgewater/healthcare-reform-and-how-it-impacts-you_c0d6db45

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Pritzker’s healthcare insurance reforms pass State Senate

(6 days ago) WEBThe Senate passed two bills: the Healthcare Protection Act and one that would end short-term insurance plans. The reforms are one of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s (D-Illinois) top legislative priorities, which he first highlighted at his State of the State address in February. “I think there’s broad agreement that this is something really good for

https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/pritzkers-healthcare-insurance-reforms-pass-state-senate/

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Bipartisan scrutiny of health care mergers - POLITICO

(4 days ago) WEBDriving The Day. CONSOLIDATION FEARS INCREASE — A growing wave of hospital mergers, large firms buying physician practices, pharmacy benefit manager consolidation and private equity’s

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2024/05/21/bipartisan-scrutiny-of-health-care-mergers-00159057

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Pension and Health Care Reform Bill Heads to Assembly

(3 days ago) WEBPension and Health Care Reform Bill Heads to Assembly - Madison, NJ - Opponents of the reforms, which were approved by the Senate on Monday, have called the legislation an attack on the middle class.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/madison/pension-and-health-care-reform-bill-heads-to-assembly-19

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Major health care reforms advance in Illinois OurQuadCities

(6 days ago) WEBUpdated: May 24, 2024 / 11:00 AM CDT. Major health care reforms are one step closer to becoming law in Illinois. The senate passed two bills, the Healthcare Protection Act and a bill to ban short

https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/state-news/illinois-news/major-health-care-reforms-advance-in-illinois/

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Citizens Against Government Waste Releases Issue Brief on …

(Just Now) WEB(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released a new issue brief, “Curing What Ails the U.S. Healthcare System,” co-authored by CAGW President Tom Schatz and Director of Health and Science Policy Christina Smith, which describes current problems and offers solutions to reform the U.S. healthcare …

https://ww.cagw.org/media/press-releases/citizens-against-government-waste-releases-issue-brief-comprehensive-healthcare

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Large and Compact PowerPoint Presentations on Health - Public …

(Just Now) WEBDrs. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein, Faculty at the City University of New York at Hunter College and Harvard Medical School, and Research Associates at Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, have prepared a large library of slides with data on a range of health policy issues relevant to health care reform, and …

https://www.citizen.org/article/large-and-compact-powerpoint-presentations-on-health-policy-issues-relevant-to-health-care-reform/

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Lawmakers send package of health insurance reforms to Gov. J.B

(2 days ago) WEBLawmakers send package of health insurance reforms to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk. Health care initiatives pushed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker were passed by the Illinois House Saturday, paving the way for a prohibition on controversial insurance industry practices such as a requirement that patients try treatments that differ from those prescribed by

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-05-25-1415/healthcare-lawmakers-send-package-health-insurance-reforms-gov-jb-pritzker-s

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Vitale on Signing of Charitable Immunity Reform

(4 days ago) WEBTRENTON - Senator Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, the prime sponsor of legislation to remove the legal protection for charities that negligently put children in harm's way by harboring sexual predators, issued the following statement today on Governor Codey signing the bill into law: "With a signature, we are finally able to bring justice to those …

https://www.njsendems.org/vitale-on-signing-of-charitable-immunity-reform/

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Trends in socio-demographic characteristics and - BMC Public …

(7 days ago) WEBSubstance use is an escalating public health problem in South Africa resulting in risky behaviours and poor educational attainment among adolescents. There is a huge battle to overcome substance use among learners as more drugs become easily available with the mean age of drug experimentation reported to be at 12 years of age. It …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-18927-7

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Health Care Reform in the U.S. - Public Citizen

(2 days ago) WEBWe are gratified that the recent efforts at tapping into public opinion reveal significant agreement on key issues in health care: An overwhelming majority (96.8 percent) of the persons attending the community meetings felt that the health care system is in crisis or constitutes a major problem; Over 94 percent thought that affordable health

https://www.citizen.org/article/health-care-reform-in-the-u-s/

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FACT SHEET: Kenya State Visit to the United States

(2 days ago) WEBThe Administration intends to provide $3.3 million for a U.S. Department of State program for sixty Kenyan undergraduate students to study for a semester in the United States, with a focus on STEM

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/23/fact-sheet-kenya-state-visit-to-the-united-states/

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NJ Legislature passes OPRA reform bill for public records access

(9 days ago) WEBOpen government advocates said the bill masquerades as reform but is in reality a way to keep important information from the public. It was sponsored in the Senate by Sens. Paul Sarlo, D-Bergen

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2024/05/13/nj-senate-passes-opra-reform-bill-public-records-access/73675100007/

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Eight facts about permitting and the clean energy transition

(6 days ago) WEBFact 3. Most wind and solar projects are only contested at the state or local level. Fact 4. Local ordinances constrain where and how clean energy projects are developed. Fact 5. More than 300

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/eight-facts-about-permitting-and-the-clean-energy-transition/

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Public health officials encouraging older Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen

(9 days ago) WEBSome infections have resulted in deaths. “We are still seeing lots of older adults who end up in hospital, and there are still deaths,” Arnason said. Since the beginning of 2024, 46 Ottawa

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/public-health-officials-encouraging-older-ottawa-residents-to-get-updated-covid-vaccine

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Healthcare in the United States - Wikipedia

(1 days ago) WEBt. e. Healthcare in the United States is largely provided by private sector healthcare facilities, and paid for by a combination of public programs, private insurance, and out-of-pocket payments. The U.S. is the only developed country without a system of universal healthcare, and a significant proportion of its population lacks health insurance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_United_States

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