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Opinion: How to fix the two-tier U.S. health payment system

29.03.2022

How the U.S. pays for health care is neither efficient nor fair. Despite spending an astounding 20% of its economic output on health care, the U.S. ranks poorly among high-income …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Giving gender-affirming care: ‘gender dysphoria’ diagnosis should not be required

11.03.2022

As people around the world come to acknowledge that gender is something defined along a spectrum rather than a binary concept, the necessity of a “gender dysphoria” diagnosis needs to …

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Health Tech

Virtual reality in the health care space heats up

24.02.2022

You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get this newsletter delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Hospitals’ cash prices for services offer a new look at health care pricing

03.02.2022

There are several common narratives about variations in health care prices: Uninsured consumers are dunned for full chargemaster prices, consumer advocates complain. Insurers with outsized market power drive down physician …

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Health Tech

As internet access limits telehealth’s reach, insurers are starting to cover the bill

03.02.2022

Billions of dollars have been poured into telehealth during the pandemic: Insurers loosened the purse strings on virtual appointments, digital health companies pulled in astronomical investments, and the public markets …

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First Opinion

Opinion: People in states without Medicaid expansion can’t wait any longer to build back better

17.11.2021

Lawmakers are in the midst of deliberations over the Build Back Better Act, a landmark legislative package to transform the U.S. for the better. One piece of the bill that …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Insurers should cover energy costs for prescribed medical equipment

19.10.2021

Some Americans working from home during the pandemic noticed sizable increases in their monthly electric bills from increased energy use. But for patients like ours with advanced lung disease — …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Hold insurers accountable for covering HIV prevention drugs at no cost to patients

02.09.2021

Even before the Affordable Care Act reduced uninsured rates in our country, it required private insurers to cover essential preventive care at no cost to patients. But just as other …

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Coronavirus / First Opinion

Opinion: Two insurance-based ways to get more Americans vaccinated

01.09.2021

With 40% of Americans completely unvaccinated against Covid-19 — blame it on political polarization, virulent disinformation, structural barriers, and more — the number of people infected by SARS-CoV-2 and dying …

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