No Surprises Act Implementation: What to Expect
VIDEO EXPLAINER: What Patients Should Know About the New Protections
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VIDEO: What to Know About the New Surprise Billing Ban
In this new video, KFF Senior Fellow Karen Pollitz explains why surprise bills have been such a major problem for patients, the new federal ban on the practice, and how patients can get help if they received a surprise bill.
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Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity
KFF is collecting and analyzing data on COVID-19 vaccinations by race/ethnicity to gain increased insight who is receiving the vaccine and whether some groups are facing disparities in vaccination.
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Over 160,000 Have Died From Vaccine-Preventable COVID-19
These COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented by vaccination during the time that vaccines have been widely available to all U.S. adults, our analysis shows. The overwhelming majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to be preventable.
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Use of Race in Clinical Diagnosis and Decision Making: Overview and Implications
This brief reviews how race is incorporated into medical care and training and discusses implications for health and health care disparities and efforts to advance health equity.
Greater Than COVID
NEW VIDEOS EXPAND THE CONVERSATION: Pediatricians Answer Questions about Children and the COVID-19 Vaccines
THE CONVERSATION / LA CONVERSACIÓN expands to address information needs about the COVID-19 vaccines available to children 5 and older and the status of vaccines for younger children. Produced by KFF under its Greater Than COVID public information response, this campaign is presented with the American Academy of Pediatrics. The new videos join the expansive living video library featuring Black and Latinx health care workers answering common questions on the COVID vaccines (available in English and Spanish). YouTube/Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest are supporting distribution.
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