Economic Concerns Top Public's List of Priorities
Health care, including costs, is the second-most frequently mentioned priority. read more >
Health care, including costs, is the second-most frequently mentioned priority. read more >
As nonprofits have expanded their efforts, they're taking a dual approach — paying off debt and pushing for legislative change to prevent or alleviate that debt, such as by expanding Medicaid eligibility. read more >
The rate increases come as Congress debates whether to extend financial help for consumers through the American Rescue Plan. read more >
The Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker estimated earlier this month that more than 90,000 COVID-19 deaths since June 2021 likely would have been prevented with vaccinations. read more >
The number of Americans enrolled under the Affordable Care Act increased by 20%. read more >
More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic as of Dec. 23, a figure that is much higher than that reported by the government. read more >
In the second quarter of 2020, health services spending fell by 8.6% compared with the second quarter of 2019. read more >
After dropping dramatically with passage of the Affordable Care Act, the number of uninsured nonelderly Americans began to rise starting in 2017, the Kaiser Family Foundation said in a report earlier this month. read more >
Eager to be shed of Obamacare once and for all? Be careful what you wish for. read more >
With medical marijuana expected to boom into a $100 million-a-year business in Arkansas within a year or two, medical clinics specializing in marijuana certifications are cropping up to handle the rush. read more >
Someday our federal lawmakers will have the luxury of turning their attention away from impeachment and back to matters of life and death. One of those is health insurance. read more >
Spending on hospitals and physician services accounted for 53% of U.S. health spending in 2017. read more >
The United States spends more per person on health care than similarly wealthy countries: $10,224 per person in 2017. That was 28% higher than Switzerland, the next highest spender per capita. read more >
The average annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance reached $19,616 in 2018, an increase of 5 percent. read more >
The Affordable Care Act has never gained the popular support that Democrats hoped. But neither has it been as deeply unpopular as Republicans believed it would be when they spent years promising to repeal “Obamacare” and possibly to replace it. read more >
Health care is No. 2 among the public’s top three concerns as the United States nears the 2018 midterm elections, according to the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. read more >
A new report shows large employers spent $2.6 billion to treat opioid addiction and overdoses in 2016, an eightfold increase since 2004. More than half went to treat employees' children. read more >
President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but his budget would cut funding in both areas. read more >
In a major policy shift that could affect millions of low-income people, the Trump administration said Thursday it is offering a path for states that want to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. read more >
Improving access to care in Arkansas and getting children the early care they need was the subject of a recent report released by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF). read more >
