“About 810,000, or 1 in 10, Los Angeles County adults together owe more than $2.6 billion in medical debt as of 2021, a new analysis has found — a staggering sum that suggests extending health coverage to more people doesn’t necessarily protect them from burdensome […]
“Last year, about 6.2 million consumers nationally, 2.4 million in individual plans and the rest in a group or employer plan, qualified for a rebate check, according to Norris’ analysis of government data. While that’s a sizable number of people, it’s still a small percentage […]
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Health care and the U.S. economy The US Economy is being choked by our healthcare system. It costs us $4.3 trillion, or about $13,000 per person, each year. This breathtaking expenditure represents over 18% of the US gross domestic product (GDP). […]
“Federal health programs have dodged a budgetary bullet in the Washington showdown over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.” The Debt Ceiling Deal Takes a Bite Out of Health Programs. It Could Have Been Much Worse. [Last UPDATED at 8:30 […]
“’The individual mandate was not intended to create funds for other government programs outside of health care,’ said Democratic Assembly member Jim Wood, of Santa Rosa, chair of the Assembly Health Committee, at a heated budget hearing this spring. ‘The clear intent of the legislature […]
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“Doctors are showing — through their words and actions — that they are reluctant to practice in places where making the best decision for a patient could result in huge fines or even a prison sentence. And when clinics that provide abortions close their doors, […]
