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Medical Notes: November 21, 2021

>> November 21, 2021

If medical consequences won’t get people to be vaccinated for Covid-19, maybe financial consequences will. A new analysis in the journal JAMA Network Open finds that most insurance companies are no longer waiving co-pays and deductibles for Covid …

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Medical Notes: October 10, 2021

>> October 10, 2021

The cost of unnecessary Covid hospitalizations is adding up. An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that in June, July, and August, vaccinations could have prevented more than 340,000 hospitalizations in the United States… and at $20,000 each, those …

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The Affordable Care Act and Access to Care

>> December 14, 2014

As the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) health insurance exchanges enter their second year, some insured people are finding that getting access to care is extremely difficult due to meager provider networks and low doctors’ payments. …

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