insurance

  • An older couple go over health care bills while sitting at a table together with a tablet computer.
    health care costs

    Costs top health worries among older adults

    Health-related costs top older adults' concerns for people their age, a new poll finds.
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    immigration

    State restrictions risk health of postpartum immigrants

    "Immigrants in states with public insurance restrictions for postpartum immigrants are less likely to receive postpartum care."
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    health care costs

    Listen: How every American could get health insurance

    In this podcast episode, Katherine Baicker lays out an innovative blueprint for health care—not to tinker with the system, but to redesign it.
  • A farm worker bends down to tamp down some soil in a field.
    agriculture

    Obamacare has helped farm workers get and stay healthy

    Passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 has helped farm workers get better medical care—and avoid trips to the emergency room.
  • adult in mask holds newborn baby in hospital bed
    births ,

    17% drop in postpartum hospital stays with Medicaid expansion

    "Our findings indicate that expanding Medicaid coverage led to improved postpartum health for low-income birthing people."
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    health care costs

    Health care costs increasingly outpace employee insurance

    Health care is growing less affordable for American adults—particularly women—with employer-sponsored health insurance, research finds.
  • A woman holds her baby while sitting on a gray couch with her eyes closed.
    COVID-19

    Pandemic widened gaps in postpartum care

    Postpartum doctor visits declined during the pandemic, with the sharpest drops seen among young women, Black women, and uninsured women.
  • A mother lays on a couch with her baby on her chest.
    COVID-19

    More women kept postpartum insurance during pandemic

    Temporary changes to Medicaid eligibility during the COVID pandemic meant that women due to lose insurance 60 days postpartum could stay on their plans.
  • upset adult holds child at table with laptop, paperwork, and mug
    health care costs

    Crowdfunding for health care isn’t a real safety net

    An analysis of GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns for health care costs challenges the idea that it's a meaningful safety net for people without insurance.
  • A father and son carry a rolled up rug in a college dorm parking lot
    families

    3 things affect whether young adult kids talk to parents about health

    New research digs into the complicated dynamics that shape conversations around health for young adults still using their parents' health insurance.
  • medical bill line items with eye glasses
    health care costs

    Easing medical debt may get people to the doctor

    People with unpaid health care bills are less likely to seek needed medical care, according to research that indicates the inverse is also true.
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    cancer ,

    Out-of-pocket costs ensue after free cancer screenings

    Out-of-pocket costs may deter people from acting on abnormal results from free cancer screenings, two studies indicate.