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Medicare is experimenting with how it pays for kidney transplants

Association of Health Care Journalists

The American Society of Nephrology , the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network , and consumer advocacy group Families USA offered generally positive comments, with the latter suggesting amendments to promote health equity, data collection and shared decision-making. How does the model work? What are the transparency requirements?

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The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans

KFF Health News

Americans’ health has long been unequal, but a new study shows that the disparity between the life expectancies of different populations has nearly doubled since 2000. “Some groups in the United States are facing a health crisis,” Bollyky said, “and we need to respond to that because it’s worsening.”