KFF Analysis: Trump’s tax and spending law set to grow the number of uninsured Illinoisans
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could increase Illinois’ uninsured rate by 4 percentage points over the next decade, as 470,000 Illinoisans stand to lose coverage, according to a KFF analysis released this week.
Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says
Health spending in the U.S. rose by 4.1% — to $4.5 trillion — in 2022, up from a 3.2% increase in 2021 but not as much as the 10.6% growth seen in 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday. The lower growth in 2021 and 2022 compared with 2020 was largely […]
With Shutdown Likely, Policy Experts Weigh Health Risks
Unless Congress acts to pass a spending package on or before September 30, the federal government is hurtling toward a shutdown. How will that affect federal healthcare programs? Stakeholders and policy experts, including former government officials, shared with MedPage Today their forecasts around which health programs and personnel might be most impacted by a shutdown […]
For Parents Fearful Of Their Teens’ Social Media Use, Here’s Some Hope — And Advice
If you have a teen girl, chances are she’s spending hours online every day — and you’re probably spending at least as many hours worrying about her safety there. We’ve known for some time that social media can be detrimental to anyone’s mental health, and particularly that of teen girls. Meta, the company that owns […]
7 Holiday Tasks That Are Secretly Depleting You
As merry as it may be, the holiday season can also be synonymous with stress. Between spending lots of money on gifts, living up to the (probably very high) expectations in your head and making time for all of the holiday events throughout the month, it’s an overwhelming season for many people. But you’re definitely […]
Why Respiratory Sicknesses Are Hitting Kids So Hard This Year
You might think that as COVID-19 becomes less of a threat, we would all be spending less time talking about viruses, testing and how to prevent the spread of germs. But it seems that everywhere you turn these days, there are sick kids. Pediatricians are tending to a never-ending stream of patients, and children’s hospitals […]
Lenvatinib Packaging for Endometrial Cancer Tied to $168 Million in Overspending
PHOENIX — Dose-specific packaging could potentially result in substantial excess spending on lenvatinib (Lenvima) for endometrial cancer, a researcher reported. Patients and payers may be on the hook for as much as $168 million in annual overspending for dose reductions for the disease — spending that could be avoided with different packaging, reported Emeline Aviki, […]
The ‘Healthy’ Pandemic Habit Secretly Messing With Your Mental Health
Spending more time at home ― as we’ve all been doing for over a year and a half ― has certainly had some perks. More time with family, less time commuting and more time wearing pants with an elastic waistband. One shift not on this list? The number of body image issues that have materialized […]
‘I Thought We’d Be Spending Less’: What We Heard This Week
“We knew it would be a lot of money, but I thought we’d be spending less.” — Heather Vallier, MD, of MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, on her team’s study that showed the total cost of care for treating gunshot victims at the trauma center over a 27-month period was over $18 million. “This is […]
Taking Care of Our Patients When Time Is Fleeting
After spending the last few months getting ready for a large accreditation survey for our hospital, and having survived the last week with all the surveyors on campus looking into every nook and cranny, it’s made us rethink how we do things, how we need to work to be so much better, and how hard […]