Medical spending among the U.S. elderly
…to $18,424 per person for people aged 65 and older – about five times as much as per-person spending for children ($3,628) and triple what was spent on working-age individuals…
…to $18,424 per person for people aged 65 and older – about five times as much as per-person spending for children ($3,628) and triple what was spent on working-age individuals…
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…that women are uniquely vulnerable, especially if they are charged with caring for children or other relatives and have no means of leaving an impacted area. Women coping with disasters…
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…photographer for more than thirty years focusing on civil conflict, natural disaster, and gang members and their families throughout Latin America and the United States. She teaches journalism at the…
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…of and dependence on drugs and alcohol. The researchers defined the NESSY cohorts as “upper-middle class.” The subjects came from families with median incomes over three times the national average…
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…the Washington Fair Chance Act. Only certain types of employers – for example, those that provide care for children – are exempt from that law. We’ve gathered research on BTB…
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…counties, every 10 percent increase in the share of households that are severely cost burdened is linked to: 29,000 more children in poverty; 86,000 more people who are food insecure;…
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…stories, John P. Ackerman, senior author on the paper and the suicide prevention coordinator for the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio explains….
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…juvenile justice system than the adult justice system. In juvenile justice, probation officers are there to guide youths and their families through the system. Part of their job is to…
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…and sewer bills eat up a substantial portion of low-income families’ disposable income. Households that are among the lowest fifth percentile of income earners use on average 12.4% of their…
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…health reporter for the online news outlet STAT; Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center and an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of…
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