by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Payers
Bright Health announced it will no longer offer individual and family plans in six states next year as the company attempts to stabilize its finances following a rough year. The insuretech said that the markets in the six states – Illinois, New Mexico, Utah, Oklahoma,...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Providers
The Biden administration announced it is providing a $226.5 million boost to efforts to build up the community health worker pipeline. The funding will be allocated from the American Rescue Plan workforce dollars for the Community Health Worker Training Program, which...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
More than six months after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established an office on climate change and health equity, there remains no dedicated funding or staff to support it. HHS originally established the office to study the “cascading” impacts of...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 18, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
A study published in JAMA Network Open found that more than 60 percent of all doctors incorrectly believed all tobacco products are equally harmful, making them less likely to recommend e-cigarettes for people trying to quit smoking. Only 22 percent recommended the...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 15, 2022 | Providers
Kaiser Permanente announced plans to double the size of its efforts to address housing instability with another $200 million. Since the Thriving Communities Fund’s inception in 2018, the initiative has preserved or produced more than 7,000 affordable housing...
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