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The government stepped in to protect health care during the …

WEBIn 2020, for the first time, the federal government financed the majority of health care spending in the United States. Though the use of health care services …

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Progressive Policy Institute Telehealth Saves Money and Lives: …

WEBAuthored By: Arielle Kane, Director of Health Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute Charlie Katebi, Health Policy Analyst for Americans for Prosperity This …

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Telehealth Saves Money and Lives: Lessons From the COVID …

WEBcommercial health plans. Prior to the public health emergency declaration in January 2020, providers delivered only 1.5% of health services through telehealth, according to claims …

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Progressive Policy Institute Medicaid and CHIP Redetermination

WEBAmerica’s health insurance system is undergoing a massive disruption in coverage, specifically for adults enrolled in Medicaid and for children enrolled in the Children’s …

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U.S. Black Maternal Mortality is a Human Rights Crisis

WEBBlack Maternal Health Week is a week-long initiative that raises awareness of the diminished maternal outcomes for Black women in America, who experience …

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Progressive Policy Institute A Public Policy Success: The Affordable

WEBINTRODUCTION The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, transformed the way the U.S. …

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Progressive Policy Institute Telehealth Expansion Improves …

WEBA new bipartisan report by the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and Americans for Prosperity (AFP) found that over the duration of the pandemic, the costs …

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Affordable Health Care for All: An American Solution to High …

WEBdomestic product on health care – almost one and a half times more than Switzerland, the country with the second-highest rate of health care spending.6 Yet outcomes here are …

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Broadening co-pay caps to chronic diseases in Medicare Part D

WEBThese are medicines where regular use translates directly into better health outcomes and lower hospital costs. In practice, we’re talking about implementing …

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Improving Oral Health Across America

WEBMillions of Americans suffer from poor oral health with decaying teeth, gum disease and chronic tooth pain. Poor oral health can limit a person’s employment …

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Reframing the 2020 Health Care Debate

WEBIf we could reduce our health care spending from the current 18 percent of the GDP to the 12 percent average of most other industrialized nations, it would free up well over a …

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Progressive Policy Institute Quantifying the Economic and Health

WEBABSTRACT This paper assesses the health and economic benefits of the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. Using a simple framework of stylized facts, …

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Tiffany Green, Ph.D.

WEBDr. Tiffany Green is an economist and population health scientist and a nationally recognized expert in racial/ethnic and nativity disparities in reproductive health. She is …

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PODCAST: Congressman Ami Bera Talks the Future of Health Care

WEBArielle Kane, PPI’s Director of Health Care sits down with Rep. Ami Bera (CA-7), a leader of the New Democrat Coalition. They discuss National Public Health Week, …

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Representative Lori Trahan and Esteemed Public Health Experts …

WEBRep. Lori Trahan, Dr. Leana Wen, Rekha Lakshmanan, and Emily Gee discuss how to respond to a deluge of changing public health guidance, a minefield of …

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Progressive Policy Institute The Affordable Care Act at 13: …

WEBThirteen years ago today, President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress fundamentally transformed the U.S. health care system by providing health …

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PPI Releases New Report Rethinking Transparency in Health …

WEBThe Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) released a new paper today arguing United States policymakers should consider more aggressive ways to obtain health care …

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Progressive Policy Institute Telehealth helps low-income …

WEBA new study found low-income people were more likely than other groups to use telehealth services during the pandemic, proving that telehealth does increase …

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Progressive Policy Institute Quantifying the Economic and Health

WEBQuantifying the Economic and Health Benefits from COVID-19 Vaccines and Boosters 01.04.2024. Washington, D.C. — With the recent surge of new COVID-19 …

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Improving Oral Health Across America

WEBpain. Poor oral health can limit a person’s employment opportunities,1 increase the risk of certain cancers,2 cardiovascular disease,3 Alzheimer’s disease,4 premature births5 and …

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