Tag: US Healthcare System

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Adjusting Payments to Doctors to Improve Health Care Access

The U.S. health care system will benefit from some provisions in the federal spending plan approved in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden late last year. But more work is needed to improve Medicare’s system for reimbursing physicians. A coalition representing almost 600,000 physicians and medical students urged the 118th Congress “to address outdated […]
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COVID-19 Booster Campaign Saves $44B in Healthcare Spending

In addition to healthcare spending reductions, Commonwealth Fund also reports that a COVID-19 booster vaccination campaign would also prevent over 75K deaths and 745K hospitalizations. A COVID-19 boost vaccination campaign could seriously impact potential healthcare spending this fall and winter, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund. The private think tank recently examined […]
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