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Errors impede efforts to overcome disparities in health care access and outcomes

Health inequities account for $320 billion in annual health care spending, rising to $1 trillion by 2040

Proposal follows announced ban on menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars, and e-cig ban could be coming.

Internists group advocates greater use of prospective payment models, less reliance on fee-for-service in primary care

Entrepreneur beats prices of supply chain wholesalers, PBMs, pharmacies, and insurers.

Scott Jensen is running for governor in Minnesota and is also a COVID vaccine skeptic

Both Moderna and Pfizer shots have been authorized for children

Two-thirds of Americans 50-plus see health care as at least a minor financial burden

Recommendation for a population-based approach is part of annual MedPAC report to Congress

$500 million in expiring funding puts Medicare in jeopardy

Study examines visits and expenses from Civil Rights era to after Affordable Care Act.

AMA has adopted a multi-prong strategy to try to counter lies while holding the person responsible to professional review

Climate changes are threatening the health and well-being of all people, according to the group

Challenge seeks ideas on connecting patients with primary care and social supports such as transportation, food and housing.

Association says inflation-adjusted minimum wage laws would reduce poverty and improve health, especially among communities of color.

After battling COVID-19 pandemic, AMA president says nation needs new commitment to physicians.

Studies examine COVID-19 and other causes of death in counties leaning Republican or Democratic.

Transitioning from a fee-for-service billing model to value-based care that incorporates financial risk and rewards tied to the patient’s health outcome is not easy.

Unconscious bias, past negative experiences may be contributing factors, researchers say

A strategic blueprint for fixing primary care.

Figure flies past federal regulators’ initial estimate of 17,000 surprise bills a year.

Expiring tax credits that boosted marketplace coverage could result in many losing health coverage

Survey shows little progress after four years of promises

American Hospital Association requesting a task force from the justice department to investigate commercial health insurance companies in the Medicare Advantage program

Study estimates 12.8 million doctors worldwide, and more are needed.