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Trump’s White House Return Poised To Tangle Health Care
Safety Net Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care. KFF Health News, November 6, 2024 Why Retail Health Clinics Failed It was only a year ago that retail health clinics in the United States — the kinds run by CVS Health, Walmart, and Walgreens — were all the rage. Harvard Business Review, October 10, 2024 How much is health spending expected to grow? This chart collection explores how health spending is expected to grow in coming years, based on National Health Expenditure (NHE) projections from federal actuaries. KFF, October 7, 2024 US Uninsured Rate Was Stable in 2023, Even as States’ Medicaid Purge Began The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record low the Biden administration achieved in 2022 through expansions of public programs, including the Affordable Care Act. KFF Health News, September 10, 2024 |
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Projected Change in Per
Capita Health and Retail Prescription Drug Spending, 2023-2028 1. 2023: Total health spending: 6.9%; Prescription drug spending: 6.3% 2. 2024: Total health spending: 4.5%; Prescription drug spending: 6.1% 3. 2025: Total health spending: 4.2%; Prescription drug spending: 3.9% 4. 2026: Total health spending: 4.3%; Prescription drug spending: 5.9% 5. 2027: Total health spending: 5.3%; Prescription drug spending: 6.0% 6. 2028: Total health spending: 4.9%; Prescription drug spending: 5.7% Source: Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, October 2024 |
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CMS Announces New Policies to Reduce Maternal Mortality,
Increase Access to Care, and Advance Health Equity The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new baseline health and safety requirements for hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) providing obstetrical (OB) services to make pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care safer. CMS, November 1, 2024 Hospital price increases since 2000 outpaced inflation by more than double, Baker Institute report says Hospital service prices surged more than 220% between 2000 and 2022, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. While hospitals attribute rising prices to increased operating costs — particularly due to labor shortages from the pandemic — evidence shows that hospital prices have consistently risen faster than other medical services since 2006, according to the authors. Baker Institute, October 21, 2024 Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Expanding Coverage of Birth Control and Other Preventive Services The Biden-Harris Administration, through the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and of the Treasury, proposed new rules that would continue building upon the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by expanding coverage of recommended preventive health services. CMS, October 21, 2024 New analysis points to troubling trends as U.S. healthcare costs rise, but health outcomes worsen A new analysis points to troubling trends in the U.S. healthcare market as costs continue to rise but health outcomes are declining. In the U.S., national health expenditures increased from $2.8 trillion in 2012 to $4.5 trillion in 2022, despite relatively little change in demand or utilization, and are projected to grow to $7.7 trillion by 2032. Fierce Healthcare, October 1, 2024 Ending ACA subsidies could affect 2 million chronically ill A decision by Congress to let enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire next year could leave 2 million people with chronic conditions uninsured, a new analysis from consulting firm Oliver Wyman shows. Axios, September 26, 2024 Biden-Harris Administration Announces $75 Million Investment in Rural Health Care The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced nearly $75 million to support health care services in rural America. Funding will launch new opioid treatment and recovery services in rural communities, strengthen maternal health care in the South, and help rural hospitals stay open. HHS, September 24, 2024 |
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