This Is the Health System That Biden Inherits From Trump
With medical spending down for the first time in decades, gains in care for the poor and vulnerable are under threat. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 16, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Hospitals Preventive Medicine Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Biden, Joseph R Jr Trump, Donald J Health Insurance and Managed Care Income Inequality Finances Source Type: news
It ’s Not Just You: Picking a Health Insurance Plan Is Really Hard
Most Americans make poor choices. So do most professional insurance brokers, a new study finds. But robots may help. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 11, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Medicare Consumer Behavior Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Research Source Type: news
Becerra Supports ‘Medicare for All,’ and Could Help States Get There
Waivers can expand health care offerings without need for congressional approval, but the challenge will be how to pay for them. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: States (US) Health Insurance and Managed Care Becerra, Xavier Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Medicare Medicaid Biden, Joseph R Jr Source Type: news
Experts Debate How To Prepare For the Next Pandemic
A group of experts gathered to debate vaccines, inequality and repairing the nation ’s battered institutions. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - December 9, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Corinne Purtill Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization United States Source Type: news
Biden ’s Plan for Seniors Is Not Just a Plan for Seniors
The incoming administration aims to tackle child care, elder care, preschool and more in one ambitious aid program. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 28, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Paula Span Tags: your-feed-science Domestic Service Long-Term Care Insurance Home Health Care Health Insurance and Managed Care Nursing Homes Elderly Family Leaves Child Care your-feed-healthcare National Alliance for Caregiving National Domestic Wor Source Type: news
A Final Try by Trump to Cut Drug Prices May Stumble in Court
A new rule would base the price Medicare pays for certain drugs on the lowest price paid among similar countries. But a rushed process means legal challenges are likely. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 20, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz and Noah Weiland Tags: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Trump, Donald J Azar, Alex M II Source Type: news
Now ’s the Time to Sign Up for Health Insurance. Here’s How.
It ’s open enrollment season for the Affordable Care Act. Anyone who needs insurance for next year can pick a plan now. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 11, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Margot Sanger-Katz Tags: Content Type: Service Health Insurance and Managed Care Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) HealthCare.gov Source Type: news
These Towns Trusted a Doctor to Set Up Covid Testing. Sample Patient Fee: $1,944.
Patients say a Connecticut physician took advantage of the pandemic with “super Covid tests” and $480 follow-up phone calls. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 11, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Tests (Medical) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Murphy, Steven (1976- ) Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Health Insurance and Managed Care Doctors Bedford (NY) Connecticut Source Type: news
Covid Infections in Animals Prompt Scientific Concern
Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 8, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: James Gorman Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Minks (Animals) Monkeys and Apes Wildlife Sanctuaries and Nature Reserves Genetics and Heredity Vaccination and Immunization Tufts University University of Calgary University of Wisconsin World Health Organization Source Type: news
Shopping For Health Insurance
If you ’re shopping for health insurance this fall for coverage starting Jan. 1, start early and set aside a full day to learn about your options. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 8, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Joseph Burns Tags: Quarantine (Life and Culture) Health Insurance and Managed Care Unemployment Finances Medicaid Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Medicare Federal-State Relations (US) Labor and Jobs Federal Taxes (US) Coronavirus (2019- Source Type: news
A New Item on Your Medical Bill: The ‘Covid’ Fee
A surprise charge that can take advantage of vulnerable people and possibly violate consumer protection laws. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 5, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Tags: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Protective Clothing and Gear Health Insurance and Managed Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Teeth and Dentistry Source Type: news
Dr. Philip Lee Is Dead at 96; Engineered Introduction of Medicare
As a top health official for Lyndon Johnson and a fighter for social justice, he used government money as a cudgel to compel hospitals to desegregate in the ’60s. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 3, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Sam Roberts Tags: Lee, Philip Randolph Johnson, Lyndon Baines Deaths (Obituaries) Medicare Elderly Segregation and Desegregation Hospitals Doctors United States Politics and Government Health and Human Services Department University of California, San F Source Type: news
A Chance to Expand Medicaid Rallies Democrats in North Carolina
The legislature in this battleground state could flip to Democratic control, a prospect that is bringing out lower-income voters who stayed home in 2016. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 27, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Abby Goodnough Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Presidential Election of 2020 North Carolina States (US) Voting and Voters Politics and Government Elections, State Legislature Medicaid Source Type: news
A $52,112 Air Ambulance Ride: Coronavirus Patients Battle Surprise Bills
Congress was close to a solution before getting hit with millions of dollars of ads from private-equity firms. Then the pandemic struck. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 14, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Health Insurance and Managed Care Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Ambulances Air Methods Corp Law and Legislation Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Source Type: news
Can Trump Really Speed Approval of Covid Treatments?
Emergency-use authorizations, a formerly obscure corner of regulatory law, have become a centerpiece of the government ’s response to the pandemic. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Robert P. Baird Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns Food and Drug Administration Hahn, Stephen M (1960- ) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Vaccination and Immunization Clinical Trials Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) your-feed-health your-feed-healthc Source Type: news
