The increase points to the program’s growing role not just as a safety net, but also as a foundation of U.S. health coverage. The spike in enrollment demonstrates Medicaid’s increasingly important role not just as a safety net, but also as a pillar of the American...
An analysis of health insurance records of almost two million coronavirus patients found new issues in nearly a quarter — including those whose COVID-19 infection was mild or asymptomatic. Read the Full Article.
More than 4.5 million New Jersey residents are now fully vaccinated, or about 63%. But experts say that reaching herd immunity will be a target for the foreseeable future. Perry Halkitis, Dean of the Rutgers University School of Public Health was interviewed for this...
The Supreme Court on June 17 rejected another effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care reform law, further cementing the ACA as a cornerstone of our health system. Read the Full Article.
As the nation makes the final push this summer to vaccinate as much of the population as possible, the tremendous achievement of pharmaceutical companies Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson in developing three effective COVID-19 vaccines cannot be...