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Siempre es importante tener un seguro médico, en especial, durante una crisis sanitaria mundial. El seguro médico ayuda a pagar las pruebas médicas y los cuidados relacionados con la pandemia del COVID-19. También sirve…
The COVID-19 pandemic provides a stark reminder that if any of us are sick, we are all at risk. Because we are all in this together, Americans have taken on the financial risk of…
NOTE: This blog was originally published in Health Affairs on April 14th, 2021. Both the Biden-Harris administration and the 117th Congress have a possible—and likely time-limited—political opportunity to make substantial federal investments across multiple…
This publication was co-authored by Erica Cischke; American Academy of Family Physicians; Shawn Gremminger, Purchaser Business Group on Health; Jeremy Hoffman, American Federation of Teacher; Shaun O'Brien, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal…
This report finds that consumer costs in the individual market were nearly $6 billion too high in 2020 because premiums in health insurance exchanges were not set consistently with Affordable Care Act (ACA) pricing…
COVID-19 exposed the problems with our health system, and it has shown what needs to change. As our nation recovers from the pandemic, we must build a "new normal" that prioritizes the communities hit…
Karen Kali is the Senior Program Manager of Special Initiatives at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC). In her role, she focuses on aging in the community, Age-Friendly Banking, healthy communities, and emerging areas…
The American Rescue Plan (ARP), which President Biden recently signed into law, takes the most significant steps in more than a decade to lower families’ health care costs and provide insurance to people who…
Under the newly enacted American Rescue Plan, states can receive increased Medicaid funding from the federal government from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, to “enhance, expand, or strengthen” home- and community-based services…
With the American Rescue Plan now signed into law, and the 117th Congress and new Administration starting to think through next steps, we want to continue the drumbeat for action on health and health care…