Questions for the America First Global Health Strategy
Authored by KFF’s Jen Kates and Boston University’s Debbie Stenoien and Allyala Nandakumar as well…
Questions for the America First Global Health Strategy
Authored by KFF’s Jen Kates and Boston University’s Debbie Stenoien and Allyala Nandakumar as well as independent consultant Michael Ruffner, this post for ThinkGlobalHealth identifies and examines several key issues and questions that lie ahead for the America First Global Health Strategy — the first roadmap for what comes next for the President’s Emergency Plan…
Debunked Episode 21: The Drug Price Debate, AI in Healthcare Companies Face Consolidation But How Much?
How many companies will be left standing once consolidation hits the AI in healthcare sector? Which pharma companies are working with the Trump administration to lower costs? The post Debunked Episode 21: The Drug Price Debate, AI in Healthcare Companies Face Consolidation But How Much? appeared first on MedCity News.
Leveraging AI and LLMs To Close Critical Gaps in Patient Data and Transform Patient Risk Assessment in the ICU
It is our obligation to do our part to find ways to improve patient outcomes and lower health care costs. This often means continuously finding better, more efficient ways to solve problems, utilizing the most optimal tools and data we have at our disposal. And as of right now, and for the foreseeable future, that…
Exploring How Ear-Based Stimulation May Support Stress Recovery and Post-Viral Health
Ear-based stimulation has the potential to provide health systems with a scalable, low-risk tool to address some of today’s most pressing challenges: rising rates of anxiety and depression, persistent post-viral syndromes and the long-term burden of stress-related chronic conditions. The post Exploring How Ear-Based Stimulation May Support Stress Recovery and Post-Viral Health appeared first on…
State Awards From Most of the Rural Health Funds Could Vary Only Modestly Despite Large Differences in Rural Needs
This brief provides estimates of how $37.5 billion of the $50 billion rural health fund could be distributed across states if all states are approved for funding. Awards from the $37.5 billion could range from an estimated $550 million (in Rhode Island) to just over $1 billion (in Texas) over five years if all states…
As Healthcare and Biopharma Companies Embrace AI, Insurance Underwriters See Risks and Opportunities
[Sponsored] In an interview, Munich Re Specialty Senior Vice President Jim Craig talked about the risk that accompanies innovation and the important role that insurers play. The post As Healthcare and Biopharma Companies Embrace AI, Insurance Underwriters See Risks and Opportunities appeared first on MedCity News.
White House Calls This 9/11-Era Fund ‘Wasteful.’ Red and Blue States Rely on It.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate a federal disaster preparedness program threatens a fund used by state health systems from Republican-led Texas to the Democratic stronghold of California. The Hospital Preparedness Program was created more than two decades ago in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City’s…
Farmers, Barbers, and GOP Lawmakers Grapple With the Fate of ACA Tax Credits
John Cleveland is ready to pay a lot more for his health insurance next year. He hasn’t forgotten the pile of hospital bills that awaited him after he had a seizure while tending to customers in his Austin, Texas, barbershop four years ago. Once doctors hurriedly removed the dangerous tumor growing on his brain, a…
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Weighs in on Health Care Debate and Government Shutdown
As the government shutdown continues over debates on whether or not to extend the Marketplace enhanced tax credits, this KFF Health Tracking poll finds that three quarter of the public continues to say Congress should extend the tax credits, while partisan loyalties among the public are deepening on the issue.
Poll: Support for Extending the Expiring Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Remains High, But Dips Among Republicans and MAGA Supporters as Shutdown Continues and Partisanship Takes Hold
As the government shutdown continues, public support remains high for extending the enhanced ACA tax credits set to expire at the end of the year, with three quarters (74%) of the public in favor of extending them, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds.
