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This morning, the United States Senate Committee on Finance questioned Pres. Biden’s nominee, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, for Administrator for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as Andrea Palm, the nominee for Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). CMS oversees and administers Medicare and Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the programs implemented as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
Priority issues raised in this hearing include: Section 1332 waivers (Affordable Care Act); state innovation for health care best practices; school-based health clinics and community-based services; the future of telehealth and telehealth reimbursement rates; prescription drug pricing and bipartisan drug pricing legislation; implementation of the No Surprises Act (ending surprise medical billing); the importance of rural hospitals and healthcare services; the 340B progra
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Hawaii ranks #1 in childrens’ health and access to health care Sydney Kurle | Apr 15, 2021
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WalletHub ranked the states from best to worst on 35 key indicators such as cost, quality and access to children’s health care. Hawaii ranked second overall with a score of 60.34, only behind the District of Columbia which received a score of 60.89.
In order to determine the best and worst states for children’s health care, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: childrens’ health & access to health care, childrens’ nutrition, physical activity & obesity and childrens’ Oral Health.
They evaluated these categories using 35 relevant metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with 100 representing the best health care for children.
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