This article was previously published May 9, 2018, and has been updated with new information. For years, opioid addiction in the U.S. has continued to spiral at all-time highs — so much so that, by 2017, it had already been identified as a significant factor in unemployment among men,1 with opioid overdoses the leading cause… Read More: Doctors Were Paid to Prescribe Opioids »
Dive Brief: A new report in Health Affairs seeks to measure the financial impact surprise medical bills had on adult patients with private health insurance between 2001 and 2016. Researchers found that ER doctors retained a larger share of what they initially charged, or what is considered the sticker price, when patients were unexpectedly out-of-network… Read More: Patients hit with surprise medical bills paid ER docs 10… »
Paid sick leave (PSL) mandates like those found in the federal government’s Families First Coronavirus Response Act may be helping to slow the spread of COVID-19, according to a new study by health economists at Georgia State and Tulane universities. Since 2007, several state and local governments have enacted laws requiring employers to provide their… Read More: Paid sick leave mandates hold promise in containing COVID-19 »