Sunday, October 30, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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New Findings About Health Benefits
Earlier this week, Health Affairs released an article ahead-of-print detailing findings from the twenty-fourth annual Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Employer Health Benefits Survey. Key findings from the article include:
There is very little change to the cost of employer-sponsored health insurance in 2022, with 2022’s average annual premium being $7,911 for single employee coverage and $22,463 for family coverage–2 percent and 1 percent higher, respectively, from rates in 2021.
Workers at small firms (with less than 200 workers) on average pay $7,556 out of their paychecks annually for family coverage–nearly $2,000 more than workers at larger firms ($5,580).
Almost half of large employers reported an increase from 2021 in the share of employees using mental health services.
This week, we’re highlighting another resident artist from Art Enables, a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities and experiences to artists with disabilities. We purchased original artwork by five talented artists, some of which are featured in our Disability & Health issue, and we are honored to share their stories.
Meet Jamila Rahimi, who joinedArt Enables in 2006.
Her works are inspired by her interests in travel, nature, and baseball, and typically include vibrant shapes
comprised of watercolor, ink, colored pencil, and marker.
"I like Art Enables because I can get out of the house and come here to make art," says Rahimi.
In the past six years alone, her compositions have been showcased in over 40 online and in-person exhibitions held at Art Enables, the World Bank, Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, Dumbarton Concerts, Children’s National Hospital, Catholic University, and The Apollo.
This week we launched Health Affairs Reads, a series of reviews of recently published books relevant to health, health care, and health policy.
In the first book review, Henry Claypool and Mary Lou Breslin discuss "Making Their Days Happen," in which physician and researcher Lisa Iezzoni examines the role that personal assistance services plays for people with disability in the US.
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new report from America’s Health Rankings revealed increasing mental health needs among young people. To help better address these mental health needs, we are partnering with Active Minds to launch a new program in 50 school districts across Minnesota, North Carolina and Florida. Learn more.
Alan Weil interviews Lisa Meeks of the University of Michigan about her recent paper she and colleagues published exploring the topic of mistreatment of physicians with disabilities.
Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the FDA's efforts to pull the pregnancy drug Makena from the market and the implications for drug policy.
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