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What’s in Biden’s $1.8 Trillion Family Aid Plan

WebWednesday, April 28, 2021. The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled its proposal to provide a historic increase in federal assistance to households, with significant new …

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Medicaid Expansion Opens Up Coverage for 600,000 in North …

WebMore than 600,000 residents of North Carolina will gain access to health insurance starting today thanks to the expansion of the state’s Medicaid program.

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1.4 Million Americans Will Go Abroad for Medical Care This Year.

WebThis year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will leave the country for a medical procedure, according to Patients Beyond Borders. In addition to traveling in …

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More Than Half of Children Losing Medicaid Coverage Live in Just …

WebAs individual states continue to disenroll millions of people from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) now that pandemic-era suspension …

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Medicare for All Would Save $450 Billion and 68,000 Lives: Study

WebBernie Sanders’ Medicare-for-All plan would save the country about $450 billion a year on total health care spending while preventing nearly 70,000 deaths, …

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Healthcare Costs Making Americans Poorer and Sicker: Report

WebHealthcare Costs Making Americans Poorer and Sicker: Report A

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Chart of the Day: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health The Fiscal Times

WebChart of the Day: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health. Researchers announced late last year that U.S. life expectancy had fallen for a second year in a row in 2021, an …

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How Strong Are Your City's Finances

WebTo compile this Fiscal Health Index, we looked at 116 U.S. To compile this Fiscal Health Index, we looked at 116 U.S. cities with populations greater than 200,000, …

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Hospitals Plot the End of Insurance Companies The Fiscal Times

WebFor both non-profit systems like Mt. Sinai and for-profit systems, he said, retaining more and more of the health care premiums paid by consumers is essential to …

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The 10 Healthiest States in America The Fiscal Times

WebMany people think of Hawaii as a tourist paradise, but apparently life is pretty good for residents there, too. For the fourth year in a row, the Aloha State tops the list of …

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Medicare Advantage Has a Fraud Problem The Fiscal Times

WebAdvertisement. Most of the large insurers involved in Medicare Advantage have been accused of various kinds of fraud, according to an analysis published by The …

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The Eye-Popping Tax Hikes Needed to Pay for Medicare for All

WebThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is the latest group to take a stab at answering the big question

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Why Health Care Spending Could Rise Even Faster in the Next 10 …

WebAdvertisement. National health care spending will rise at an annual average rate of 5.6 percent of GDP over the coming decade, nearly four times the current rate of …

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Why Mississippi Is the Unhealthiest State in America

WebOn the other end of the spectrum, Mississippi fell from 49 th to 50 th on the list, swapping spots with Louisiana to become the unhealthiest state in America. As the …

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Right or Privilege

WebOverall, it’s a commodity, for which the terms “right” and “privilege” are largely meaningless. In an economic sense, health care is no different than markets for …

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Why So Many Americans Can’t Afford Health Care

WebThat translates to roughly 137 million people struggling to pay medical bills, delaying care and/or worrying about how to afford the care they need. “High patient out …

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Why a Big Mac Is Healthier Than You Think The Fiscal Times

WebAnd yet, a new report from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine points out 100 restaurant salads that are “worse” than a Big Mac. The group …

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Bridgegate Closes a Lane for the Christie Campaign

WebChris Christie treated Friday’s indictment of two of his closest aides as a personal vindication, but it will likely hang as a shadow over his presidential prospects.

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CVS Says It Will Overhaul How It Prices Prescription Drugs

WebDrugstore giant CVS Health announced Tuesday that it is dramatically changing the way its pharmacies are reimbursed for prescription medications, shifting to …

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Millennials Embrace Alternative Medicine, a $32 Billion Business

WebMillennials were also the largest growing segment of people to use supplements: In 2013, 68 percent reported that they took some type of supplement in the …

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