M-HEAL Lab

Working to improve access to timely, high-quality, affordable care for ALL. A @NoraBeckerMD, @ErinCarlton, @MichelleHMoniz, & @DrJohnScott collaboration.

[John W Scott, MD MPH @DrJohnScott]

Important study led by @PoojaNeiman @vhmouli @kathrynk_taylor.

"Policy solutions are needed to mitigate the risk of financial distress for vulnerable patients undergoing emergency surgical procedures who are neither getting what they pay for nor able to pay for what they get."

[John W Scott, MD MPH @DrJohnScott]

Thank you @USNewsHealth & @usnews for covering our work about Financial Toxicity after Traumatic Injury from the @MHEAL_lab team.

Article in @JAMAHealthForum here: https://t.co/kSOmywUMim

"Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy" https://t.co/8clgR9Qiur

[U-M IHPI @UM_IHPI]

NEW: Working-age, privately insured people who suffer a traumatic #injury also suffer financial pain at much higher rate than others like them, new study from @DrJohnScott, @NoraBeckerMD et al shows: https://t.co/z4GtrkSMlv

[M-HEAL Lab @MHEAL_lab]

Medical Debt + Bankruptcies shed light on the long-term economic strain experienced by survivors of traumatic injuries in @JAMAHealthForum. Collaborative work from @MHEAL_lab members @DrJohnScott @MichelleHMoniz @ErinCarlton @NoraBeckerMD, + all-stars @renutip & @kirstinwscott

[U-M IHPI @UM_IHPI]

NEW from @DrJohnScott @NoraBeckerMD & colleagues:
Bankruptcies doubled and medical debt in collections jumped among working-age adults following an traumatic #injury hospitalization: https://t.co/7Wht5WG6HT @UMichCHOPFellow

[Michelle Moniz @MichelleHMoniz]

Just wild! Families shouldn't face such $ burden for essential healthcare. Individuals who give birth pay ~$3,000 more out-of-pocket than peers who don't give birth https://t.co/1BXLvu4QkO via @KFF #FinancialToxicity @NoraBeckerMD @ErinCarlton @DrJohnScott @MHEAL_lab @UM_VBID

[CHRT @CHRTumich]

Adults’ risk of serious financial problems rises directly with the number of chronic health conditions they have, a new study of nearly 3 million privately insured adults finds: https://t.co/YD1ao0uXI4
@MHealthLab @jzayanian @NoraBeckerMD @DrJohnScott @MichelleHMoniz

[U-M IHPI @UM_IHPI]

In a tour de force of combining medical and financial data from nearly 3 million people, @NoraBeckerMD & colleagues show a "dose dependent" link between serious financial issues and the tally of #ChronicIllness that a person lives with: https://t.co/vIdnBy6QMz

[M-HEAL Lab @MHEAL_lab]

Huge congrats to the ever-brilliant @NoraBeckerMD !!!

[John W Scott, MD MPH @DrJohnScott]

Come join our team @MHEAL_lab !

[Michelle Moniz @MichelleHMoniz]

Friday fact: 5 in 10 pregnant/postpartum women in the wealthiest nation in the world have financial distress. 6 in 10 view healthcare as unaffordable. This keeps me up at night. @JAMANetworkOpen https://t.co/d9KRE5MtM3 @UM_IHPI @UM_PWHER

[M-HEAL Lab @MHEAL_lab]

Posting newly re-active! We’re looking forward an analyst who wants to help us move the needle on improving affordability and eliminating financial toxicity for our patients. Click the link below. Remote working a possibility. We need you! Let’s go!

[Esther Oh, MPP @EstherJiinOh]

We are hiring a new statistician! Come join our amazing and supportive group of researchers at one of the top-ranked health policy research universities in the nation!

https://t.co/ZKlkkWEDb1

#Hiring #UniversityofMichigan #IHPI #CHOP #HealthPolicy

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Breaking: The House just passed a bill to cap the cost of insulin to $35 a month.

Next, lower ALL drug prices!

[M-HEAL Lab @MHEAL_lab]

@DrJohnScott @SueFuMD1 @LisaMKnowlton @AnnalsofSurgery Just a reminder that 1-in-5 households have medical debt. Amounting to $88 Billion, with a B. —> https://t.co/K15tepCKWQ

[John W Scott, MD MPH @DrJohnScott]

Great work by @SueFuMD1 @LisaMKnowlton & Co in @AnnalsofSurgery “Financial Burden of Traumatic Injury Amongst the Privately Insured” https://t.co/BO0MoXU5JL 👇Below are some thoughts re eliminating cost sharing for trauma care in order to avoid curing our pts into destitution.

[Annals of Surgery @AnnalsofSurgery]

NEW IN ANNALS ‼️

Powerful and insightful new piece by @DrJohnScott on potential strategies to mitigate the risk of financial toxicity after major traumatic injury. Check it out!

https://t.co/IR2OWcUooW

[Michelle Moniz @MichelleHMoniz]

More evidence that economic insecurity is bad for women's health. Financial Instability and Delays in Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Due to COVID-19 | Journal of Women's Health https://t.co/X3Zt4764Jp @NoraBeckerMD @ErinCarlton @DrJohnScott @MHEAL_lab

[John W Scott, MD MPH @DrJohnScott]

1-in-5 households hold medical debt

...to the tune of $88,000,000,000

How can we think the system is working fine when *the sick* (you know, those who need healthcare) are saddled with $ 88 Billion in bills they can't pay? We have so much work to do. @MHEAL_lab @michiganshield

[Kathryn Taylor @kathrynk_taylor]

Excited to share our work in @AnnalsofSurgery! Using National Health Interview Survey, we found #financialtoxicity is common among surg patients: 33% reporting general financial strain & 40% unaffordable care @PoojaNeiman @chasliu @KyleSheetz @DrJohnScott https://t.co/SgCMlyRdDM

[Kathryn Taylor @kathrynk_taylor]

Taken together, financial toxicity was reported by half of surgical patients & varies by income and insurance - pointing to policies and programs for intervention