The Health Care Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
With the Medicare Modernization Act, a “conservative” policy dedicated to minimizing the federal budget has cost the Medicare program significantly more than expected, as private health insurance corporations reap growing profits from Advantage members and the government, in the form of CMS reimbursements and rebates.
International Journal of Epidemiology Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
For example, between 1990 and 2019 in Finland, increases in cause of death diversity went hand in hand with decreases in cause of death inequality. We tested this new inequality indicator and an existing diversity indicator for causes of death in several low-mortality countries.
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Fund for Public Health NYC
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Vasan Launch Ambitious Whole-of-government Campaign To Extend Lifespan Of All New Yorkers “HealthyNYC” Aims to Increase Life Expectancy to 83 Years by 2030, Focuses on Reducing Chronic Disease, Overdose, Maternal Mortality Deaths, and More New Yorkers Have Seen Lifespans Fall at Historic Rates Between 2019 and 2021, Dropping Nearly Two Years to 80.7
Big Cities Health Coalition
OCTOBER 24, 2024
A resilient, well-funded, and equitable public health infrastructure is essential to addressing health disparities and improving overall health outcomes for urban populations nationwide. An equity approach to federal health policy and funding decisions should be data driven and designed for targeted and universal impact.
NC Health News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
We already know exactly what we got from the fee-for-service world, said former Triad Healthcare Network executive director Steve Noerr during a 2020 Duke health policy webinar. Over the course of her lifetime, she said, Cone went from being an adversary where discrimination was an issue to a vital partner in expanding health care.
HEALTHBEAT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Congress allotted more than $800 billion to support states’ Covid-19 responses, fueling a surge in the public health workforce nationwide. Public health experts warn that the accompanying service cuts – functions like contact tracing, immunizations, family planning, restaurant inspections, and more – could send communities into crisis. “You
KFF Health News
OCTOBER 28, 2024
“So much of what we see is the long tail of slavery and Jim Crow,” said Andrea Ducas , vice president of health policy at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit think tank. Recent efforts to address health disparities have run headlong into racist policies still entrenched in health systems.
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