Cynthia Cox
@cynthiaccox
Vice President @KFF, Affordable Care Act. Also tracking health costs, outcomes & access to care w @PetersonCHealth. May or may not be notable.
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https://www.kff.org/person/cynthia-cox/ 06-04-2010 03:10:27
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This was a terrific discussion of the burden of medical debt in the U.S. with KFF's Cynthia Cox explaining that ~14mm people owe >$1K and how medical debt can create more debt. matteroffact.tv/americans-grap…
Latest health sector job numbers in charts:
-Employment in hospitals and clinics now back to pre-COVID projections
-Home- and nursing care jobs have seen higher average wage increases
KFF Peterson Center on Healthcare Imani Telesford Emma Wager Cynthia Cox Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge)
healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collecti…
Health spending as a share of GDP has stayed about the same since 2010. Average annual growth has slowed compared to prior decades. Insured rates now top 90%. Yet, health care affordability issues persist.
See Peterson Center on Healthcare KFF charts here: healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collecti…
3/ Price transparency data requirements can have some unintended consequences—hospitals find out what competitors are paid and demand higher prices. There’s also potential for vice versa but requirements are fairly new to say how things are going to net.
healthsystemtracker.org/brief/policy-i…