Ms. Harris is forging her own path on the health care issue, putting forth a plan for providing Medicare for all Americans that stops short of the complete overhaul Bernie Sanders has proposed.
Month: July 2019
Harris announces her plan for Medicare-for-all
Proposal would allow people to keep their private insurance, with a caveat.
A Question Rarely Asked: What Would Medicare for All Cover?
If it followed the path of traditional Medicare, it would end up paying for a lot of coverage that has little medical value.
CAR T-Cell Therapy—A Microcosm for the Challenges Ahead in Medicare
This Viewpoint discusses existing mechanisms of Medicare reimbursement for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, which at US $375 000 to $475 000 per treatment is prohibitively expensive, and proposes ways to mitigate the challenges of covering the therapy appropriately and equitably for those who need it while realistically managing cost constraints.
[Editorial] Prioritising primary care in the USA
Although the USA spends more on health care despite having worse outcomes than other high-income nations, one area where it underinvests is primary care. Research has shown that higher levels of spending on primary care lead to improved patient outcomes and lower overall health-care costs. On July 17, 2019, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) issued the first report to look at primary care spending by state, including spending from across different types of payers: commerc...
Trump administration rejects Utah request for partial Medicaid funding
The Trump administration will not allow Utah or any other state to use federal funding to partially expand Medicaid, dealing a blow to conservative states that envisioned a new way to take advantage of ObamaCare....
Dialysis Firm Cancels $524,600.17 Medical Bill After Journalists Investigate
This week, NPR profiled a Montana man who was billed nearly half a million dollars for 14 weeks of dialysis, after being caught in a dispute between insurer and the dialysis provider. Now he owes $0.
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Immigrants avoid everyday activities over deportation fears and it’s causing psychological distress
President Donald Trump’s hardline enforcement policies are preventing thousands of undocumented immigrants and green card holders from participating in everyday activities out of fear they’ll be deported.
A recent study by the Urban Institute found that in 2018 roughly 1 in 6 adults in immigrant families reported they or a family member had avoided activities in which they could be asked about citizenship status. These activities included anything that could result in po...
