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Here are five updates on issues surrounding "Medicare for All" proposals published by Becker's Hospital Review since July 15.

The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set is a performance measurement tool for health plans and other healthcare organizations.

Here are five memorable quotes that CMOs from Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Geisinger Health Plan, AmeriHealth Caritas and Cigna's behavioral health unit shared with Becker's in the past two months:

House representatives who drafted a bipartisan bill aiming to expand health savings accounts to Medicare beneficiaries got help from one of the nation's largest independent HSA companies, according to a July 18 press release.

Had all states expanded Medicaid under the ACA, an additional 15,600 deaths would have been averted, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Centene saw double-digit growth in its revenue and profit during the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 that ended June 30, according to an earnings release.

Proposals to cover Americans under a "Medicare for All" system wouldn't result in a net increase in hospital use, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Here are the 18 Democratic presidential candidates who want to keep private insurance under any healthcare reform, according to The Washington Post.  

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota held strong against criticism over its new policies that end reimbursement for routine colonoscopies and other services under certain circumstances, according to the Star Tribune.

Each time a patient enters the emergency department with a condition that can be treated in a primary care setting, it comes at an average cost of $2,032 to the healthcare system, according to an analysis published by UnitedHealth Group.