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Employment and material hardship among adults with long COVID in December 2022
Over 4 in 10 adults with long COVID reported experiencing food insecurity in the past year, and 1 in 5 reported housing payment difficulties.
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Parents’ and children’s exposure to bias and unfair treatment in health care
More than 1 in 5 Black parents reported unfair treatment in health care settings because of their race, ethnicity, language, or other characteristics.
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Coverage and cost effects of the Choose Medicare proposal
The proposal’s key feature is a public option plan that would be available in the nongroup, small group, and large group markets. It would provide more affordable insurance choices and increase coverage but could be disruptive in many markets.
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Advancing vaccine equity through community-based organizations
Outreach and engagement through trusted community-based organizations effectively fostered trust and combated misinformation in marginalized communities. Continued progress on vaccine equity may require extended, adequate, and sustainable investments in public health.
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Finding suitable alternatives for measuring patient functional status in a unified PAC PPS for Medicare
Because patient functional status can be mismeasured, researchers examined proxy measures that might improve postacute care (PAC) prospective payment system (PPS) models. None of the options considered could equalize payment-to-cost ratios across patient function groups.
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