#SJFD to charge $427 fee for #emergency #medical services or #EMS on 1/1/2026. It aims to recover costs for increased demands in #SanJose. #Uninsured residents may qualify for reduced fees or waivers under the “compassionate billing” provision. #FirstResponder
#uninsured
Over 600,000 people in #Washington are #uninsured, and many more are underinsured. Whole Washington is pushing for a single-payer #healthcare system to guarantee everyone access to care.
This year, two bills have the most support, with 11 Senate co-sponsors and 17 in the House. The #grassroots campaign is gaining momentum, especially after COVID revealed healthcare #inequality. The goal is to create a model for nationwide change. But it all depends on public pressure.
#HouseRepublicans Float #Medicaid Cuts & More to Finance #Trump’s Huge Agenda
Trump wants a massive tax cut & #immigration crackdown bill. Now #Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.
#Congress #law #USpol #healthcare #WealthGapHealthGap #HealthCarePrices #HealthCareCosts #HealthInsurance #Uninsured #HealthInequity #economy #PersonalFinance
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-tax-cuts-immigration-house-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump Medicare pick Dr. #Oz says #uninsured 'don’t have right to #health' in resurfaced clip
https://www.alternet.org/news-politics/dr-oz-trump-medicare/
*US vs Geisinger*
7. How would patients be hurt by the transaction?
Hospitals compete to attract patients to their facilities by offering high quality care, a broad #scope of #services, #amenities, #convenience, customer service, and attention to patient satisfaction. This competition improves access to #healthcare, reduces wait times, and improves the quality of care for all patients, including commercially insured, #Medicare, #Medicaid, and #uninsured #patients. #Hospitals also compete to be included in health insurers’ networks and this #competition enables insurers to #negotiate lower #reimbursement rates and other terms that reduce healthcare costs, all for the benefit of patients. This transaction permanently and fundamentally alters the competitive relationship between #Geisinger and #Evangelical by linking them together in a number of ways that, taken together, raise the likelihood of coordination and reduce #Geisinger
#incentivetocompete #aggressive against each other... The transaction is likely to lead to #highprices, #lowquality, and #reducedaccess to high-quality #inpatient hospital services for patients in central Pennsylvania. In addition, the transaction creates incentives for Geisinger to raise prices to commercial insurers and other #purchasers inpatient acute care...
And it isn't necessarily the nine states you might think, although some of them are. #MedicaidExpansion #FundingCuts #TriggerLaws #uninsured https://buff.ly/4fVhx7q
"Research shows many factors contribute to #RuralHospital closures, not solely financial losses from providing care for #uninsured patients, whether those people are migrants in the country illegally or U.S. citizens." #FactCheck #HospitalClosures #Hospitals #Healthcare https://buff.ly/3YhFmyA
"If the expanded #ACA tax credits end in 2025, as many as 3 million Americans could become #uninsured and 20 million Americans could see premium increases." #SoundTheAlarm #PremiumSubsidies https://rollcall.com/2024/09/18/house-senate-democrats-renew-health-care-subsidies-push/
#SCOTUS allows #HHS to divert funds over #abortion referrals
The #SupremeCourt Tues cleared the way for the #Biden admin to strip millions of #HealthCare dollars from #Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to info about #abortions — a federal req that the state says would be at odds w/its strict #AbortionBan.
Last yr, the Biden admin diverted $4.5M from OK’s #FamilyPlanning prgm, which primarily serves #LowIncome or #uninsured patients.
#law #ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/03/oklahoma-abortion-funding-supreme-court-title-x/
What the end of the CDC's COVID vaccine access program means for uninsured Americans
The CDC is ending a program that provided free COVID shots to uninsured people.
Healthcare in America...Not being able to afford an important vaccine is just the tip of the iceberg.
The states with the most #uninsured #Americans, mapped
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/uninsured-americans-texas-map
PSA: #CDC ending free Bridge Access Program #COVID #vaccine shots for un(der)insured in August ☹️😡
#BridgeAccessProgram #uninsured #underinsured
Daily Beast: CDC Will No Longer Supply Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Uninsured Adults
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-no-longer-supply-free-190431029.html
Meanwhile, FLiRT COVID variants spreading ☹️
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-covid-19-flirt-variants-identified-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1maLLp
Police seize more than 2,500 uninsured vehicles in 2023 | Hampshire Chronicle
https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24245812.police-seize-2500-uninsured-vehicles-2023/
#Uninsured
#UninsuredVehicles
#Hampshire
#MotorInsurersBureau
#MIB
#AutomatcNumberPlateRecognition
Open Path Collective, a #MentalHealth resource for low-income #uninsured and underinsured:
"Our #nonprofit serves clients in financial need seeking affordable therapy. Open Path clients cannot afford market rates for #therapy, lack adequate mental health insurance coverage. Affordable in-person and online care from a vetted mental health professional."
Open Path Collective is essentially a clearinghouse for therapists willing to offer a deep discount on their services.
I wish more people were talking about this
“HHS Launches Bridge Access Program to Safeguard Free COVID-19 Vaccination for Uninsured and Underinsured Adults”https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0914-uninsured-vaccination.html #covidvaccines #COVID19 #CDC #boosters #uninsured #HHS
#US. #poverty rose in 2022 while fewer were #uninsured, Census Bureau says
https://ground.news/article/us-official-poverty-rate-was-115-in-2022-census-bureau-says_5881de
It said I #owed $150. But when I went to the #billing site, it said I owed zero. So I called #customer support today.
When I paid the $400 two months ago to cover the costs of the #uninsured month... that was only the NON-prefixed account.
The $150 was on the prefixed account. That didn't get paid when I paid the non-prefix account. Which then went to #collections. And when balances go to collections, they DON'T show as due on the #hospital billing site.
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