A new study finds that people with low incomes have benefited in key ways from the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion, but without further federal and state health care policy revisions, millions of U.S. citizens will not receive the medical attention they need to truly improve their health.
Driven to sell out by financial woes during the pandemic and ever-increasing administrative tasks, independent clinics are being swallowed up by the behemoths.
After jumping ship from Cigna's executive team, Wendell Potter is now an advocate for overhauling employer-sponsored health insurance--and calling on businesses to take the lead.
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