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Health and Wealth

How can we build a better health care system?

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Kelly Silvera
Mar 28, 2024
Experts say 3 million people in the U.S. have more than $10,000 in medical debt each.
"Whatever you do, don't put [medical debt] on a credit card," said RIP Medical Debt's Allison Sesso. "Once you put it on a credit card, it's consumer debt — it's not medical debt anymore."
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Medicare expands mental health coverage

by Savannah Maher
Dec 25, 2023
Loosened restrictions on who can bill the program for mental health services mean more options for Americans, especially in rural areas.
The Jan 1. change to Medicare will make some 400,000 providers, or 40% of the mental health workforce, eligible to bill the program.  
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Health care costs were a main driver of inflation in September

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 27, 2023
Rising costs for prescriptions and hospital services were felt in latest PCE report, though health inflation has been mild in the past year.
By the end of the decade, health care is expected to account for about a fifth of the U.S. economy.
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A Warmer World

The extreme heat takes a physical toll — and an economic one

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 18, 2023
Low-income workers who aren't able to choose their work schedules are especially hard hit. And that has a cost of its own.
Construction workers rebuild an interstate highway during a heat wave in Houston on July 14.
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How to make health care better through dollars and sense

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Jul 28, 2023
A new book puts forth ambitious solutions to redesigning and funding the American health care system.
Amy Finkelstein, the author of "We've Got You Covered," compares universal health care coverage to public school — it's an option for all if you want or need it.
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Health care costs are expected to keep rising

by Ali Budner
Jul 6, 2023
Inflation has hit the medical industry hard.
The underinsured and uninsured will feel the rising cost of health care the most.
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Food-insecure households spend more on health care

by Samantha Fields
Jan 10, 2023
People who struggle to afford food have 20% higher health care costs than those who don't, partly the result of a cheaper, less healthy diet, a study finds.
Some doctors prescribe fruits and vegetables to boost patient health.
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Tampons, pads on expanded list of items OK'd for FSA spending

by Kimberly Adams
Dec 23, 2020
The CARES Act expanded the list of items that FSA money can be used to buy, which includes feminine hygiene products.
People can use the money that they put aside for menstrual products if they buy them at the FSA store or with reimbursable expenses.
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Race and Economy

There's a big racial divide over COVID-19 cost concerns, new study finds

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 29, 2020
People of color are almost twice as likely as white people to be worried about how to pay for care if they get COVID-19.
The study also says nonwhite workers are about twice as likely as whites to stay in a job they don’t like because they’re afraid of losing health insurance during the pandemic.
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Health care costs are driving up inflation

by Kimberly Adams
Feb 19, 2020
The latest producer price index was up 0.5% in January, mostly because of higher service costs, not more expensive goods.
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