Universal healthcare as pandemic preparedness: the lives and costs that could have been saved during the COVID-19 pandemic

AP Galvani, AS Parpia, A Pandey, P Sah… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
The fragmented and inefficient healthcare system in the United States leads to many
preventable deaths and unnecessary costs every year. During a pandemic, the lives saved …

Prevalence and risk factors for medical debt and subsequent changes in social determinants of health in the US

DU Himmelstein, SL Dickman, D McCormick… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cost barriers discourage many US residents from seeking medical care and
many who obtain it experience financial hardship. However, little is known about the …

Association of medical financial hardship and mortality among cancer survivors in the United States

KR Yabroff, X Han, W Song, J Zhao… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Cancer survivors frequently experience medical financial hardship in the United
States. Little is known, however, about long-term health consequences. This study examines …

The financialization of health in the United States

JD Bruch, V Roy, CM Grogan - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
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What determines consumer financial distress? Place-and person-based factors

BJ Keys, N Mahoney, H Yang - The Review of Financial Studies, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We use credit report data to study consumer financial distress in America. We report large,
persistent disparities in financial distress across regions. To understand these patterns, we …

Financial toxicity in the post–health reform era

J Wu, H Moss - Journal of the American College of Radiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in March 2010, was
comprehensive health care reform legislation aimed to improve health care access and …

Wealth redistribution to extend longevity in the US

KEW Himmelstein, AC Tsai… - JAMA Internal …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The US is unique among wealthy countries in its degree of wealth inequality and
its poor health outcomes. Wealth is known to be positively associated with longevity, but little …

The financial effects and consequences of COVID-19: a gathering storm

JA Graves, K Baig, M Buntin - JAMA, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe in 2020, the US faced a unique
challenge in mobilizing and aligning its fragmented health insurance system to …

Association of chronic disease with patient financial outcomes among commercially insured adults

NV Becker, JW Scott, MH Moniz, EF Carlton… - JAMA Internal …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The bidirectional association between health and financial stability is
increasingly recognized. Objective To describe the association between chronic disease …