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Matt McGough
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Health policy analyst @kff.org posting about the ACA, affordability, and a bit of pop culture | Hopkins alum | Views own🏳️‍🌈
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What could this decrease mean for consumers? Those enrolled in a standard silver plan could see their deductibles rise by $1,750 or their coinsurance increase by 25 percentage points, and still be within the actuarial value range for standard silver plans.
June 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Health consumption spending on Medicaid and Medicare was over $1.7 trillion or nearly 40% of total spending in 2022.
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November 19, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Today, the Surgeon General declared firearm violence a public health crisis, specifically citing the impact on young people. hhs.gov/surgeongener...

In 2021, the US had a child and teen firearm mortality rate that was nearly six times that of the next highest peer nation.
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June 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
According to recently published CMS data, over 21 million people selected a Marketplace plan during this OEP, representing a 31% change from the prior period.

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March 26, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Nearly half of the victims of Wednesday's shooting at the Kansas City Super Bowl Parade were children.

The U.S. has by far the highest child and teen firearm mortality rate and assault by firearm mortality rate among peer nations.

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February 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
NEW: The U.S. has lost two decades of progress in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains below peer nations, despite a partial rebound in 2022.

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January 30, 2024 at 8:04 PM
NEW: In 2022, the U.S. outspent all other OECD nations on healthcare, even those with similar or higher GDP per capita.

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January 24, 2024 at 8:56 PM
While the life expectancy gender gap has only widened in the U.S. since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's remained stable among most similarly large and wealthy peer countries. www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...
November 13, 2023 at 5:38 PM