New Data: Patients Wait on Average 26 Days for an Appointment Physician wait times are the longest they’ve ever been, according to the latest data from Merritt Hawkins. Over 1,000 physicians in major metropolitan areas were surveyed with results showing wait times varied between cities and specialties. For example, patients wait on average 84 days…

Insurance coverage and maternal health outcomes in the U.S. trail behind peer nations. One study found one in five women lost insurance coverage throughout the preconception, prenatal, peripartum and postpartum periods. With insufficient insurance access throughout pregnancy, is it a surprise, then, that 24 mothers die for every 100,000 live births in the U.S.? Lawmakers…