Newly public data show that hospital prices vary in unpredictable ways that seem out of patients’ control. A Wall Street Journal analysis has identified a kind of health coverage that leaves patients with especially high bills. Hospitals’ highest rates often aren’t for a specific insurance plan, but rather a type of healthcare provider network that…
EDMONTON — The world’s eight most extreme wildfire weather years have occurred in the last decade, according to a new study that suggests extreme fire weather is being driven by a decrease in atmospheric humidity coupled with rising temperatures. “Extreme conditions drive the world’s fire activity,” said former U of A wildfire expert Michael Flannigan,…
The pandemic revealed entrenched health disparities that existed long before COVID-19, and a new report shows no state is immune. Though some do better than others, the comprehensive report of 2019 and 2020 data by the Commonwealth Fund found health equity doesn’t exist anywhere in the USA. The report, called the Health Equity Scorecard, showeddisparities in every state,…
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The share of Americans under the age of 65 without health insurance fell every year between 2010, when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, and 2016, when President Barack Obama left office. Though the uninsured rate among Americans younger than 65 has inched up over the years since, it remains well below…
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