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Hospitals charge commercial payers far more than is needed to cover their expenses, with people who pay insurance premiums ultimately paying the price.
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Essential workers: Unpaid caregivers and the future of work
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to consider what work is essential to our society. It's time we start including caregiving on that list.
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It's long past time to put our communities first, and our nursing homes are depending on it.
Fast and inexpensive coronavirus tests are now arriving
Testing failures led to the widespread COVID-19 transmission. New, recently approved technology may finally help get outbreaks under control.
COVID-19 has made telemedicine more common. That’s making our lives better.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced Americans to substitute virtual interactions for many things we’d rather do in-person. Expanded access to telemedicine is one change precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic that has changed our health care system for the better.
All patients deserve protection from surprise medical bills
A surprise medical bill is an unexpected charge not covered by insurance even though the patient received care at a facility or from a doctor they believed to be within their insurance network. State and federal policies, including some specifically aimed at COVID-19 patients, don't fully protect patients. The nation should expand surprise billing protections to include all patients, now and after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
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Elizabeth
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Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group