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Registered Nurse Mariam Salaam administers the Pfizer booster shot at a Covid vaccination and testing site in Los Angeles on May 5, 2022. A fall booster vaccination campaign could drastically reduce Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations this winter.

Improving Health Care Quality

A Fall COVID-19 Booster Campaign Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars

blog / Oct 05, 2022

Federal investment in a fall 2022 vaccination campaign could prevent thousands of hospitalizations and deaths and generate billions in savings.

Featured Topic: COVID-19

Registered Nurse Mariam Salaam administers the Pfizer booster shot at a Covid vaccination and testing site in Los Angeles on May 5, 2022. A fall booster vaccination campaign could drastically reduce Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations this winter.

Improving Health Care Quality

A Fall COVID-19 Booster Campaign Could Save Thousands of Lives, Billions of Dollars

blog / Oct 05, 2022

View of people waiting in line for vaccinations

Improving Health Care Quality

How Many Lives Could a Fall COVID-19 Booster Campaign Save in the United States?

blog / Jul 26, 2022

Mother in mask holds daughter on lap while nurse in mask administers shot in arm

Achieving Universal Coverage

Americans Are on the Brink of Experiencing Premium Pain and Health Insurance Loss

blog / Jul 13, 2022

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Mask-wearing senior stairs out of balcony in senior living community.

Improving Health Care Quality

More COVID-19 Fallout: Social Isolation Associated with Poor Health and Emotional Distress

Blog / May 04, 2022

Patient in bed in mask is helped by nurse with stethoscope in mask

Improving Health Care Quality

The Medicare Home Health Benefit: An Unkept Promise

Blog / Apr 28, 2022

Commuters walk thru terminal in station with masks.

Improving Health Care Quality

Federal Judge Eliminates the CDC’s Public Transportation Mask Mandate

Blog / Apr 27, 2022

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer walks past an airline passenger not wearing a face mask in an airport

Improving Health Care Quality

What Do We Owe Each Other? Balancing Personal Freedom and Collective Responsibility in the Age of COVID

Blog / Apr 27, 2022

A pedestrian on their phone walks by an obamacare sign

Achieving Universal Coverage

Mitigating Coverage Loss When the Public Health Emergency Ends

Blog / Apr 26, 2022

health care worker administers COVID-19 test to woman in car

Achieving Universal Coverage

Unless Congress Acts, Recent Gains in Insurance Coverage Could Reverse

Blog / Apr 21, 2022

Pharmacy attendant wearing a face mask while checking a patients insurance card

Controlling Health Care Costs

Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers the Next Target for Prescription Drug Reform?

Blog / Apr 20, 2022

Volunteer in yellow vest loads groceries into a car

Advancing Health Equity

New Policy Opens the Door for States to Address Drivers of Health in Medicaid

Blog / Apr 19, 2022

Achieving Universal Coverage

What’s at Stake for Beneficiaries When Medicaid’s Continuous Enrollment Protection Winds Down?

Blog / Apr 13, 2022

Father with child on shoulders in mask walks with wife in park

Achieving Universal Coverage

A Fix for the Family Glitch

Blog / Apr 12, 2022

Young girl gets vaccinated against COVID-19 while sitting on fathers lap

Improving Health Care Quality

Impact of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts: An Update on Averted Deaths, Hospitalizations, and Health Care Costs Through March 2022

Blog / Apr 08, 2022

shot of a Portland, Oregon street with a big Portland sign on a theater.

Controlling Health Care Costs

Oregon Seeks to Limit Medicaid Coverage of Accelerated-Approval Drugs

Blog / Apr 05, 2022

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