Using ‘per capita’ to describe data: 4 things journalists need to know
…Per capita health care spending in 2020 ranged from $7,522 in Utah to $14,007 in New York, a report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows. 2….
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Abortion pill mifepristone: An explainer and research roundup about its history, safety and future
…face the greatest barriers to care — people without health insurance, people who have Medicaid, immigrants, transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive individuals, adolescents and people of color, says Ruvani Jayaweera, an…
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The potential health effects of the ‘public charge’ immigration rule
…as Medicaid enrollment rises, community health centers are likely to see increased Medicaid revenue. Recent policy reforms provide evidence to this effect: Community health centers in states that did not…
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Does work improve health?
…condition for Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for the poor. The policy allows exemptions for some, including the elderly and disabled. Brian Neale, director of the federal Medicaid office,…
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What would nursing homes do with more money?
…Pennsylvania’s nursing homes. The data included information on Medicaid reimbursement rates, expenses for Medicaid-certified nursing homes, and details about residents. He focused on data collected from 2000 to 2002, which…
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How work might worsen health
…Texas A&M professor Laura Dague suggest added work requirements will likely lead to decreased enrollment in Medicaid. Losing Medicaid could reduce people’s access to primary and preventive care, which in…
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What the research says about hormones and surgery for transgender youth
…it first appeared. This piece is part of the newspaper’s series of stories about transgender youth in the state. As Vermont regulators consider changes to Medicaid that would expand access…
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How uninsured adults access health care
…Medicaid — public insurance for the poor — use the emergency room more than those without insurance. Looking at survey data from 2013, the researchers found that 12.2 percent of…
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7 tips on health care reporting from POLITICO’s Joanne Kenen
…federally funded programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, into one central fund to use for the new system, which Kenen suggested would be unlikely to happen under Republican leadership. Don’t…
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Why the 2020 census matters for public health: An explainer
…trillion in federal money guided by census data helps fund the following health-related programs: the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Medicaid Medicare the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) the Special…
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