The American Rescue Plan includes monthly payments that could protect millions of kids from poverty — and the health risks that come with it.
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Posted inHealth Equity
Data and Door Knocking: One City’s Push for Racial Equity in Vaccines
What Chicago can teach the rest of the country about distributing vaccines more equitably.
Posted inInsurance
Will the Federal Ban on Surprise Medical Bills Work?
We dig into the research to understand what we can expect from this long-awaited policy fix.
Posted inInsurance
The High Price of Lowering Health Costs for 150 Million Americans
Employers clash with hospitals, insurers and even their own workers over high health care prices.
Posted inCost of Care
Fixing Health Care’s ‘Leaky Pipes’ Could Save the U.S. $340 Billion
The U.S. health care system has a lot of problems. Fixing even a few small ones could add up to big savings.
Posted inPublic Health
Death, Disease and Denial: Combating COVID in the ER
What one doctor has learned after a year of fighting the virus.
Posted inInsurance
Xavier Becerra: Get to Know Biden’s Pick to Lead HHS
We explore Becerra’s health policy record, what drives his views and what he could do about the country’s health care consolidation problem.
Posted inInsurance
‘The Ten Year War’ Over Obamacare (and the Battles Ahead)
Reporter Jonathan Cohn says the battle over Obamacare offers lessons and clues as to where the party’s “unfinished crusade for universal coverage” may head next.
Posted inPublic Health
We Need You
Why are so many nursing home workers hesitant to get vaccinated, and what can be done to turn those numbers around?
Posted inHealth Law
Surprise! SCOTUS Bucks ERISA
A surprise Supreme Court decision pushes back on ERISA, a federal law that has stifled states’ attempts to regulate health care for decades.