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Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could cause some DC-area families to lose an average of $187 in monthly benefits.
The promise and performance of all-payer rate setting: Just what the doctor ordered? Maryland tested a system in which health care payers pay a fixed sum that creates an annual global budget for a given hospital—with promising results.AHRQ is vital to health policy research Without AHRQ data, our analyses of policy related to the ACA, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program would be seriously hampered.Six new insights about Americans’ borrowing habits How do Americans use debt throughout their lifetime? We recently examined the credit records of more than 5 million consumers to find out.Antidepressants and the ACA: Is your prescription covered and how hard is it to find out? Antidepressants are the most commonly used prescription drugs for adults 18 to 44. But coverage under the Affordable Care Act varies widely by state.Diabetes in the food-pantry line: how food banks can help reach the hard-to-reach People choosing between buying food and medicine may all but give up on managing a disease. Food pantries are ideal sites for health interventions.Breaking down the proposals for Pell grant reform A student in a family that earns $15,000 receives the maximum grant under all plans, but differences between plans become apparent as income rises.
