What the ‘One Nation, Overcharged’ Campaign Aims to Achieve
One Nation, Overcharged, a campaign backed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, launched to raise awareness of rising healthcare costs.
State Mitigation Strategies Could Blunt Medicaid Coverage Losses
An Urban Institute report finds that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cause 5–10 million people to lose Medicaid coverage by 2028, with outcomes heavily dependent on how states implement work requirements and eligibility rules.
The Power of Real World Data to Study Women’s Health at Scale
Veradigm examines key clinical trends, comorbidity profiles, and treatment trends across adolescence, reproductive years, and peri-/post-menopause. Download it today!
Report: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs Jumped in 2024, Outpacing Inflation
Employer-sponsored health insurance costs rose faster than inflation from 2023 to 2024, with higher premiums and deductibles making coverage less affordable for employers and workers, a recent analysis found.
Report: Covid-19 Policy Changes Made Healthcare More Affordable
Several policy changes, including the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision and enhanced Marketplace tax credits, improved health coverage and access during Covid-19, a new report showed.
Urban Institute: 400,000 Veterans Expected to be Uninsured in 2024
About half (47%) of nonelderly uninsured veterans will be eligible for Medicaid or subsidies through the ACA Marketplace in 2024, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.
2.3M People Would Gain Coverage If Remaining 10 States Expanded Medicaid
If the remaining 10 states expanded Medicaid, uninsured rates would greatly drop for women of reproductive age, non-Hispanic Black adults and young adults, a new Urban Institute report found.
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Report: 22.2M Women Could Lose Access To Free Mammogram Screenings
A recent court decision could lead to women losing access to free mammogram screenings, a new Urban Institute report showed. Without insurance, mammograms can cost up to $560 in out-of-pocket expenses.
Report: Noncitizens Will Account for One-third of Uninsured Population in 2024
A recent Urban Institute report found that the uninsurance rate for nonelderly people who aren’t citizens will be 39.2% in 2024, about four times higher than it is for the entire U.S. population at 9.8%.
Report: 21% of Adults Without a Vehicle or Public Transportation Skip Care
About 8% of Black adults and 7% of Hispanic adults skipped care because of transportation challenges in the last year, compared to 4% of White adults and 2% of Asian adults, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition, 14% of adults with low family incomes passed on care.
64% of Medicaid Enrollees Are Unaware of Redeterminations. How Can the Industry Help?
After three years of not having to renew Medicaid coverage, redeterminations are set to return April 1. Yet, more than 64% of enrollees are unaware. Constant repetition and outreach from healthcare players will be needed to combat this, one payer expert said.
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Report: $27B remains unspent in Covid-19 Provider Relief Fund
Of the billions of dollars provided by the government to support providers during the pandemic, $11.7 billion has been allocated but not spent, $7.1 billion has not been allocated and $8 billion has been returned for various reasons, including that the organization recovered faster than expected.
Patients report unmet care needs despite rising telehealth use
Roughly a third of adults had a telehealth visit in the first 6 months of the pandemic, according to a new survey conducted by the Urban Institute. But not everyone who wanted a telehealth visit was able to access it, leaving some adults with unmet care needs.
Report: 10M could lose insurance by the end of 2020
Researchers at the Urban Institute found that up to 10 million people could lose their job-based insurance due to Covid-19 by the end of the year.
Playing doctor-patient to improve patient experience, starting with antibiotics
One goal of the simulation platform, developed by Kognito, is to improve the quality of interactions between patients and physicians.
$10M infusion to allow OpenNotes to reach 50 million people
OpenNotes, once an academic experiment to see if physicians would accept patients viewing encounter notes and if patients could decipher the medicalese, is getting ready to scale, thanks to a large donation.