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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

Prudential surveyed U.S. First, foremost, Americans are concerned about the impact of a disease outbreak on their health, personal finances and the U.S. Anderson was co-author with Uwe Reinhardt of “It’s the Prices Stupid,” the landmark Health Affairs essay from 2003 that pointed out the key difference between U.S.

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

He co-wrote the first “It’s The Prices Stupid” research article in Health Affairs with Gerard Anderson et. back in 2003 — so we’ve known for over 16 years that in the U.S., higher-than-world-average health care spending is mostly about how services are priced, versus whether Americans use more healthcare.

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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lacked health insurance. Losing health insurance in the pandemic: a financial toxic side effect. Nearly 7 million Americans lost health coverage due to COVID-19, a national survey from Civis Analytics found, in The State of Health Insurance in COVID-19 America. Onward, health citizens.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. The research found that peoples’ exposure to clinician quality information doubled between 2010 and 2015, and more consumers sought quality metrics — albeit, with differences across sub-groups of people (e.g.,

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Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Ensure Healthcare for All

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This sentiment has been relatively stable since 2000 except for two big outlying years: a spike of 69% in 2006, and a low-point in 2003 of 42%. This study surveyed about 1,500 people with serious illnesses or people who cared for those patients, polled in July and August 2018. The call for universal health care assurance is clear.