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If there’s anything we’ve learned in the past couple of years, it’s that Americans need accessible mental health services more than ever. According to Mental Health America, 20 percent of adults experience mental illness — that’s nearly 50 million Americans. The data indicates that we need to make accessing mental health care and support a…

At Sidecar Health, we believe healthcare should be affordable and accessible for everyone. In the last five years, we’ve worked consistently to bring better health options and transparency to patient care by offering a superior alternative to traditional health insurance. To drive this mission, we’re committed to building a culture rooted in empathy and fueled…

It’s no surprise roughly two in three adults in the U.S. worry about unexpected healthcare costs; one third of Americans reported being “very worried” about incurring these surprise healthcare costs. The financial implications of healthcare kept nearly half of respondents from seeking medical care, according to a 2020 Harris Poll survey completed on behalf of the American Heart Association. This…

March 11, 2022 marked the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s official declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a WHO survey of 130 countries, COVID-19’s devastating impacts included the disruption of mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration data further shows that more than one…

America’s health care system has existed, in one form or another, since the time when the country’s founding fathers were still fighting for their freedom from Great Britain. Over the intervening 200-plus years, medical care in the U.S. has had a long history of ups and downs, from the difficulty of addressing racism toward the…

Some of the worst health issues disproportionately affect communities of color, and it’s not because there’s something wrong with their bodies. Health experts have studied and analyzed the social causes of health issues, set in place by many factors in our country’s history, including beliefs that people of certain racial groups handle pain differently. Death…

Canva Medical deserts, where access to health care is restricted or nonexistent, may affect more than 80% of counties in the U.S. In these rural, suburban, and even urban areas, individuals live without services essential to basic health maintenance. These can include pharmacies, primary care providers (PCPs), community health centers, emergency services, and hospitals. Telehealth…

As the coronavirus rages on, so do its impacts on the country’s businesses and workers. Remote work and hybrid arrangements are gaining a stronger foothold, and about 2.2 million Americans remain long-term unemployed while millions of others are quitting their jobs. This massive health and economic disruption is inevitably impacting health care as well. Employers…

181 rural hospitals have closed since 2005—see the states that have been impacted Rural hospitals have long struggled financially and the situation is getting worse. In the mid-1940s, Congress provided funding to build hospitals in rural areas, leading to a rise in their numbers, especially in the South. By the 1980s and 1990s, those hospitals…