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The Latest Breaking News from Commonwealth Fund

Britons Are Beginning To Admit It: Their Beloved National Health Service Is Broken

“Free” healthcare costs a lot in personal time and taxpayer money.

Reason

America ranks worst in the world for health care—despite spending trillions

The U.S. came in last in three of five categories—equity, health outcomes, and access to care—in addition to having the poorest overall ranking.

Fortune

US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, report finds

Despite Americans paying nearly double that of other nations, the US fares poorly in list of 10 countries

The Guardian - US

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US maternal mortality rate far higher than in peer nations, report finds

Alarming disparities persist, particularly between white and Black mothers, according to new report by Commonwealth Fund

The Guardian - US

Latinos in Florida among those with lowest rates of preventable deaths in the state

A new Commonwealth Fund report shows that preventable illnesses caused 172 deaths among Latinos under 75 per 100,000 people, fewer than for Blacks and Whites

Latin Times

Most Latino Healthcare Workers Say that Racism Against Patients is a Crisis or a Major Problem

Latino workers, along with Blacks, were more likely to consider this an issue than Asian and White counterparts, according to a survey by the Commonwealth Fund

Latin Times

Forget the French system – the NHS is fairer

Letters: Philip Collier, Dr Audrey Boucher and John O’Sullivan compare healthcare funding in France and the UK

The Guardian - UK

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The pros and cons of Medicare Advantage plans

Advice to help you choose between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.

Fortune

What to know about using a Medicare broker to find the best coverage for you

Before hiring a Medicare broker it’s important to understand how they work, how they get paid, and how to separate the best from the rest.

Fortune

America's worsening return on health investment

The U.S. continues to far outspend other developed nations while seeing worsening health outcomes.

Axios

Why do so many older adults choose Medicare Advantage?

In 2022, 48% of Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans instead of original Medicare, and experts predict the number will be higher in 2023

The Independent UK

Michael Hiltzik: Moderna and Pfizer are jacking up the price of COVID vaccines. The government should stop them

Stéphane Bancel, the chief executive of drug company Moderna, could barely restrain his pride in issuing his annual letter to shareholders on Jan. 3.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The Damar Hamlin injury provokes a wave of ignorant anti-vaccine propaganda

The on-field collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on Jan. 2 has produced a wave of uplifting public responses — not only thoughts and prayers for the player and solicitude for his family but millions of dollars in contributions to his charity toy drive.

Los Angeles Times

The $1.7T omnibus and Beltway disconnect

The bill is an immoral document executed by leaders increasingly out of touch with reality of life

Salon

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Salon

How Germany saved coal miners' health

In the Saarland, medical debt is practically nonexistent

Tribune News Service

What Germany’s coal miners can teach America about medical debt

PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long shadow of coal mining in his clinic near the big brownstone church that dominates this small town in Germany’s Saarland.

WEKU

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis

What would a world without medical debt look like? In Germany's former coal-mining region medical debt is almost unknown, despite economic challenges and health problems. Here's why.

Tribune News Service

Many patients can't afford health costs even with insurance

The number of Americans with health insurance has climbed to historic highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but within that silver lining is a darker hue.

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Axios

America's big consumer medical debt problem

It's the latest evidence that insurance coverage alone can't insulate people against soaring medical costs.

WEKU

States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

Tribune News Service

Lawsuit could end free preventive health checkups

When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, its authors cited three overarching goals: to improve access to health care, to slow rising medical costs and to improve health outcomes.

Tribune News Service

Critics fear abortion bans could jeopardize health of pregnant women

The 17 states that ban abortion after 20 weeks make exceptions to protect the life or health of the woman. But doctors and reproductive health advocates worry such exceptions are so vague or narrow that abortion providers are unlikely to invoke them — especially if they fear they could be…

Boston Herald

Massachusetts overall performed well in its response to COVID-19, study finds

BOSTON — Massachusetts ranked second in a new study that measures states’ overall response to COVID-19.

The Guardian - US

‘Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US

As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll

The Philadelphia Inquirer

US health care system ‘consistently fails’ women of reproductive age

The U.S. health care system “consistently fails” to meet the basic needs of reproductive-age women, which may partly explain why women are more than three times as likely to die during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth in the U.S. compared to other high-income countries, according to new research from the…

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