Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

“This surge of people experiencing acute behavioral health problems…has the potential to further impact the healthcare system for years to come,” a report from McKinsey expects looking at the hidden costs of COVID-19’s impact on U.S. health care. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Together, these three factors erode workers’ confidence in jobs and their personal household economies and financial health. The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012. Technology was the only industry whose trust-equity fell in the year.

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Health Populi

MAY 17, 2022

That net shift was 93% of folks thinking about healthfulness of food (a lot + a little) down to 86% across all consumers. Over 1 in 2 consumers said they felt stressed in the past 6 months (roughly October 2021 through March 2022), with 22% reporting being “very” stressed.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For context, since 2012, the annual cost increase for family premiums ranged between 3% and 5%, so the 2020 rate of 4% fell within a fairly normal range of 3-5% seen over the past eight years. Job losses in the public health crisis have resulted in millions of American workers and families losing health benefits.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: This last chart compares gains in life expectancy (longevity) between two periods, 2002-2007 and 2012-2017. But in the latter five-year period, 2012-2017, life expectancy gains in the U.S. Look all the way to the left of the chart, and see that in the U.S.

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