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The Cost of Medical Care, Long-Term Care, and Prescription Drugs Top Older Americans’ Health-Related Concerns – With Social Security and Medicare Top of Mind

Health Populi

Thus, the survey looked across 26 factors of worry well beyond cost — including social determinants and drivers of health like obesity, alcohol use, poverty, and social isolation, along with health system factors such as unequal access to health care, inaccurate or misleading health information, and ageism and age discrimination.

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Wistful Thinking: The National Health Spending Forecast In a Land Without COVID-19

Health Populi

These projections are based on “current law,” the team from the CMS Office of the Actuary write, “developed using actuarial and econometric modeling methods in addition to judgments about future trends that affect the health care sector.” What if home was our health hub?”

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Five Healthcare Industry Changes to Watch in 2020

Henry Kotula

“Healthcare providers must follow suit to meet value expectations and deliver more consumer-friendly services or may risk losing market share to innovative new healthcare arrangements, such as direct primary care, which offer convenient and quality care with simplified medical billing,” Dexter says.