Topics Quote of the Day Short Definition Definition goes here. 499 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 26 27 28 29 30 … 50 Older GOP-led states diverge on easing Medicaid access during COVID-19 March 19, 2020 Post By Harris Meyer Modern Healthcare, March 18, 2020 At least two Republican-led states want to temporarily ease their Medicaid waiver requirements and make it easier for residents to get and keep coverage under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program during the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, Arizona and Iowa sent requests to the CMS so […] Quote of the Day Can we put partisan politics aside during the pandemic? March 18, 2020 Post By Bobby Allyn, Barbara Sprunt NPR, March 17, 2020 In the face of the coronavirus worsening across the U.S. and reordering the daily life of millions of Americans, fewer people view the pandemic as a real threat, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. Just about 56% of Americans consider the coronavirus a “real threat,” […] Quote of the Day Pandemics and Medicare for All March 17, 2020 Post Institute for Public Accuracy, March 16, 2020 Biden claimed at last night’s debate: “With all due respect to Medicare for All, you have a single-payer system in Italy. It doesn’t work there. It has nothing to do with Medicare for All. That would not solve the problem at all.” Sanders responded: “What the experts tell […] Quote of the Day RAND draws wrong conclusion on capping surprise bills March 16, 2020 Post RAND, Press Release, March 12, 2020 Placing limits on what hospitals can collect for out-of-network care could yield savings similar to more-sweeping proposals such as Medicare for All or setting global health spending caps, according to a new RAND Corporation report. RAND researchers examined the potential impact of four proposals for out-of-network payment limits: 125% […] Quote of the Day Taiwan’s COVID-19 lesson for us March 13, 2020 Post By C. Jason Wang, MD, PhD; Chun Y. Ng, MBA, MPH; Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD JAMA, March 3, 2020 Conclusions Taiwan’s government learned from its 2003 SARS experience and established a public health response mechanism for enabling rapid actions for the next crisis. Well-trained and experienced teams of officials were quick to recognize the […] Quote of the Day With Coronavirus, ‘Health Care for Some’ Is a Recipe for Disaster March 12, 2020 Post By The Editorial Board The New York Times, March 6, 2020 In late January, as the new coronavirus was making its first incursion into the United States, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration’s contested “public charge” rule, which enables federal officials to deny green cards to immigrants who use social safety net programs. The […] Quote of the Day Statement from prominent economists on Medicare for All March 11, 2020 Post By James G. Kahn, Jeffrey Sachs, Anders Fremstad, Robert Reich, Robert Pollin, Leonard Rodberg, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, Alison Galvani, Gerald Friedman The Hopbrook Institute, February 28, 2020 We are economists interested in public policy and healthcare. Some of us have worked to estimate the cost of alternative healthcare programs. Others have reviewed such estimates. […] Quote of the Day The rough political road to optimal health policy March 10, 2020 Post By Quoctrung Bui and Sarah Kliff The New York Times, March 10, 2020 It is a common refrain from Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail: The United States is the only developed country that does not provide health coverage to all residents. “Canada can provide universal health care to all their people at half the […] Quote of the Day Medicare For All: If Not Now, When? March 9, 2020 Post By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. Health Affairs Blog, March 9, 2020 The rise of Medicare for All has triggered mixed reactions. Supporters see it as a cause for hope — the culmination of decades of research, education, and advocacy. President Donald Trump, on the other hand, is dyspeptic, fuming in his recent State of the […] Quote of the Day HHS’s zero tolerance for children (er, something like that) March 6, 2020 Post U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, March 2020 Why we did this study In spring 2018, the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adopted a zero-tolerance policy under which large numbers of families entering the United States without authorization were separated by DHS. Typically, adults were held […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 26 27 28 29 30 … 50 Older More questions about this topic?Chat with our Ai Bot!
