Chicago activists want Mercy Hospital & Medical Center to be fully funded or for the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor to back a merger plan that collapsed due to a lack of state funding, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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With Missouri voters approving Medicaid expansion Aug. 4, there are now 12 states that haven't adopted expansion.
Missouri residents voted in favor of expanding the state's Medicaid program Aug. 4, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
As schools decide whether to hold in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent analysis from consumer spending resource ValuePenguin found nearly half a million teachers don't have health insurance.
CMS released its first monthly update of COVID-19 data on Medicare patients July 28, which found Black and dual-eligible members, who often have chronic illnesses, were much more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19.
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The Los Angeles-based USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics is developing a digital health dataset aimed at effectively representing marginalized groups in medical research.
Fourteen health insurers were featured on the Disability Equality Index's "Best places to work for disability inclusion" for 2020.
Lawmakers should implement a tax credit for health insurance premiums that is tied to student debt payments, according to a HealthWatch report from the United Hospital Fund, an independent organization focused on health policy in New York.
Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General received $1 million from Summit County for its Centering Pregnancy program, which provides expanded prenatal care to women affected by substance use disorders.
Oklahoma voters approved a state question to expand Medicaid to more low-income residents, according to The Oklahoman.