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

Health Populi

consumers say the “important things in life today” are health and financial security, according to the latest study from the Retirement Security Survey conducted by Principal in Q4 2020. Health Populi’s Hot Points: While the 2007-8 Great Recession was considered more of a “He-Cession,” this round of U.S.

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Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Health Populi

The report, Medical Bankruptcy: Still Common Despite the Affordable Care Act , updates research from 2007 which was conducted by two of this new study’s authors, Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, along with other colleagues. In the 2007 analysis, a roughly similar proportion of U.S.

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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.

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The Polarization of Trust in 2023 – What It Means for Health, via Edelman at Davos WEF 23

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Note that Russia, studied in the surveys between 2007 and 2022, was not included in the 2023 research). ” This survey report is the first of several that Edelman will produce in the coming months: it’s a global look at the top-line findings, so I will distill what I can regarding the U.S.

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Job #1 for Next President: Reduce Health Care Costs – Commonwealth Fund & NBC News Poll

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adults say lowering the cost of health care in America should be high priority for the next American president, according to a poll from The Commonwealth Fund and NBC News. Health care costs continue to be a top issue on American voters’ minds in this 2020 Presidential election year, this survey confirms. Four in five U.S.