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Consolidation in Hospital Sector Leading to Higher Health Care Costs, Study Finds [University of Chicago]

Consolidation in Hospital Sector Leading to Higher Health Care Costs, Study Finds by Assistant Professor Zarek Brot-Goldberg, The University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy April 24, 2024   A new study co-authored by Assistant Professor Zarek Brot-Goldberg provides evidence that consolidation in the U.S. hospital sector—a result of lax antitrust enforcement –is contributing […]

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Universal Health Systems: a better pathway to achieving universal and equitable access to comprehensive healthcare.

Universal Health Systems: a better pathway to achieving universal and equitable access to comprehensive healthcare. June 2024   Task Force 1 – Fighting inequalities, poverty, and hunger. Topic 1.4 – Promoting universal health coverage, digital health, and open innovation to fight health inequalities   Authors   Leonardo Mattos, Researcher, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brasil Ligia Giovanella,

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SCOTUS Sides With Native American Tribes in Healthcare Funding Dispute With Feds [MedPage Today]

SCOTUS Sides With Native American Tribes in Healthcare Funding Dispute With Feds by Associated Press June 7, 2024   The Supreme Court sided with Native American tribes Thursday in a dispute with the federal government over the cost of healthcare when tribes run programs in their own communities.   The 5-4 decision means the government

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How Corporate Health Insurers Harm America’s Seniors [PNHP]

How Corporate Health Insurers Harm America’s Seniors Physicians for a National Health Program May 23, 2024   Executive Summary   Medicare Advantage (MA), the privately-administered version of Traditional Medicare (TM), is causing significant harm to America’s patients, providers, and health care system. The insurers who run MA plans claim that they lead to better patient

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What’s Driving Healthcare Consolidation? The Answer May Surprise You [MedPage Today]

What’s Driving Healthcare Consolidation? The Answer May Surprise You by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today May 21, 2024   WASHINGTON — What is driving consolidation in healthcare? The answer is: consolidation, Erin Fuse Brown, JD, MPH, said Tuesday.   “If all of the other competitors in the market are getting bigger, then in order

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Urge Congress to keep the minimum staffing standard for nursing homes! [National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care]

Urge Congress to keep the minimum staffing standard for nursing homes! May 31, 2024   Nursing home residents need your help! In the coming days, Congress will be considering legislation and a joint resolution that would prevent the implementation of the recently issued minimum staffing standard in nursing homes. This extreme legislation would not only

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California deficit could halt raises for disability workers. They say Newsom ‘breaking a promise’ [The Sacramento Bee]

California deficit could halt raises for disability workers. They say Newsom ‘breaking a promise’ By Vanessa G. Sanchez, KFF Health News May 02, 2024   Families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities say Gov. Gavin Newsom is reneging on a scheduled raise for the workers who care for their loved ones, and advocates warn

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March 2024 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy [MEDPAC]

March 2024 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy Mar 15, 2024   Executive Summary   By law, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reports to the Congress each March on the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payment systems, the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, and the Medicare prescription drug program (Medicare Part D).   In this year’s report,

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The Synergy of Clinical and Social Care in the US [PNHP]

The Synergy of Clinical and Social Care in the US [PNHP] The Synergy of Clinical and Social Care in the US by Eric Reinhart, New England Journal of Medicine April 10, 2024   Clinicism is the reduction of health to individualistic biomedical paradigms that overemphasize clinical perspectives and interventions (even though clinical care is estimated

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