FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov. 12, 2015
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Although the language of the Affordable Care Act places considerable emphasis on disease prevention – for
Medicaid coverage improves access to health care and chronic disease control: American Journal of Public Health study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov. 12, 2015
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Low-income Americans with Medicaid insurance have more awareness and better treatment of chronic diseases, such as
Hospitals game Medicare readmission rules, avoiding fines but penalizing patients: Health Affairs Blog study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2015
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Mark Almberg, PNHP communications director, 312-782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Hospitals’ growing practice of re-labeling Medicare patient readmissions as “observation stays,” or treating returning Medicare patients
Health insurance coverage in U.S. varies widely by county, pointing to need for further reform: study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2015
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A new study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of New Mexico suggests
Unauthorized immigrants prolong the life of Medicare Trust Fund: JGIM study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 23, 2015
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Unauthorized immigrants pay billions more into Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund each year than they withdraw
ACA adding billions to health care bureaucratic waste: study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 2015
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Mark Almberg, PNHP communications director, mark@pnhp.org
The Affordable Care Act will add more than a quarter of a trillion dollars to the already
Health law hasn’t cut insurers’ rate of overhead spending: study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 12, 2015
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Mark Almberg, PNHP communications director, 312-782-6006, mark@pnhp.org
Despite claims by the Obama administration that the Affordable Care Act will reduce health insurance companies’ spending
$375 billion wasted on billing and health insurance-related paperwork annually: study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 12, 2015
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Medical billing paperwork and insurance-related red tape cost the U.S. economy approximately $471 billion
Administrative work consumes one-sixth of U.S. physicians’ time and erodes their morale, researchers say
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 23, 2014
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The average U.S. doctor spends 16.6 percent of his or her working hours on non-patient-related
Psychiatrist appointments hard to get, even for insured: Psychiatric Services study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 15, 2014
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Mark Almberg, communications director PNHP, mark@pnhp.org, (312) 782-6006
Obtaining access to private outpatient psychiatric care in the Boston, Chicago and Houston metropolitan areas
Bureaucracy consumes one-quarter of US hospitals’ budgets, twice as much as in other nations: Health Affairs study
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Sept. 8, 2014
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A study of hospital administrative costs in eight nations published today in the September issue of Health Affairs finds that hospital bureaucracy
For-profit home care agencies cost Medicare billions extra, yet provide worse care: Health Affairs study
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Aug. 4, 2014
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For-profit home health agencies are far costlier for Medicare than nonprofit agencies, according