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Health Care Costs for a Couple in Retirement in the U.S. Reach $300,000

Health Populi

While the rate of increase year-on-year since then has slowed, the $300,000 price-tag for retiree health care costs is a huge number few Americans have saved for. Now in the context of the post-COVID-19-pandemic era, one in five employees in the U.S. is “accelerating plans” to quit work, Fidelity learned.

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COVID-19 and digital transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Layla McCay ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ is an old proverb proving true as health services across the world race to adapt to manage the challenges of the current coronavirus pandemic. During the coronavirus pandemic, digital innovation and transformation is arriving at pace in health systems in the UK and beyond.

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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

Health Populi

Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs — the greatest job loss since April 2020 in the second month of the pandemic. Job losses at the start of the coronavirus pandemic hit the health care industry hard.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal, Day 2 – Letters “F” through “J”

Health Populi

If you hadn’t tuned into the Health Populi blog yesterday, 10th August 2020 , you missed the first five letters of my Age of Corona alphabet, curated in my art journal created in the early weeks of the pandemic. And what better “F” could I select for the coronavirus pandemic? Anthony Fauci Fan Club.”

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

Health Populi

Welcome back to my ABCovid-19 Journal, which I created/curated in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. one of the earliest hotspots for the coronavirus outbreak was Kirkland, Washington. K is for Kirkland, Washington state. In the U.S., L is for lockdown. Here’s a link to his biography and work.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S. Given the emergence of the virus variants emerging all over the world, we know our pandemic lifestyles, workstyles, school-styles, et al., Note that WHO’s approach to digital health adoption includes equity, access, palliative care, privacy, and security.

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Riding the digital wave through COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Interoperability Population Health Telehealth One of the more remarkable features of the NHS’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been its rapid uptake of technology in the UK says director of international relations at NHS Confederation, Dr Layla McCay. A second wave of digital transformation?