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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2020

More than four times as many Black women believe that it’s a bad time to be Black in America in 2020 versus 2011, we learn from The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). The Undefeated was started in May 2016, and has been a thought leader on topics of race and sports in America.

Mental health

Mental health Public Health Health Policy

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

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2019

a risk factor in two-thirds of bankruptcies filed between 2013 and 2016. That’s a sad fiscal fact, especially as more Americans gained access to health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study published this month in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPA). between 2013 and 2016.

Public Health

Public Health Health Policy

Healthcare Costs Inspire Employer Activism and Employee Dissatisfaction – What PwC Found Behind the Numbers

Health Populi

JUNE 21, 2019

each year between 2006 and 2016, employees’ healthcare cost sharing grew 4.5%. a year, PwC notes in their annual report, Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2020 from the firm’s Health Research Institute. On the consumer side, HRI conducted a national survey among 2,500 U.S. In the U.S. This is an increase of 0.3

Mental health

Mental health Health Policy

The Link Between Wellness & Wealth Is Powerful for Everyone – and Especially Women

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

adults, one in four couldn’t go on a vacation due to health care costs. For this research, Lively conducted a survey among 1,000 U.S. Guns and health care…equivalently stressing out Americans in 2019…and both top ranking issues in U.S. And across all U.S. adults age 18 and over in June 2019.

Medicare

Medicare Health Policy

Financial Stress Is An Epidemic In America, Everyday Health Finds

Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Stress is a way of American life, based on the findings in The United States of Stress , a survey from Everyday Health. Everyday Health polled 6,700 U.S. adults between 18 and 64 years of age about their perspectives on stress, anxiety, panic, and mental and behavioral health. One in three working-age people in the U.S.

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The Trust Deficit Is Bad for Health: A Health/Care Lens on the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2022

While WEF is mostly virtual this year due to the pandemic, Edelman has released the survey of global citizens’ views on trust in institutions right on-time and in full and sobering detail. I welcome and dig into the Edelman Trust Barometer every year, and put on my health/care lens when reviewing its findings.

Primary Care

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Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Three quarters of GPs surveyed have said they are seeing between one and five people a day suffering with loneliness, which is linked to a range of damaging health impacts, like heart disease, strokes and Alzheimer’s disease. At the center of this convergence are friends, families and peoples’ communities.

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Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I noted this Morning Consult survey , data shown here, finding that people of color who were lower-income as of June 2020 had a more difficult time paying for Internet and phone bills than white people with lower incomes. But connectivity became a Super Determinant of health.

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Why health care costs are making consumers more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness

Henry Kotula

APRIL 24, 2018

health care costs keep rising, and hit more than $10,000 a year per person in 2016. Also, the study found most people who are delaying or skipping care actually have health insurance. The data showed 33 percent of those surveyed were “extremely afraid” or “very afraid” of getting seriously ill.

Medical Billing

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. FYI, I’ve covered the KFF Survey annually here in Health Populi. For a worker in the U.S.

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

A 2018 national survey found that 39% of U.S. teens and young adults say they have gone online to try to find people with health conditions similar to their own and 61% say they have read, listened to, or watched other people share about their health experiences online. Should it be?

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Benefit Cost Increases Overwhelm Flat Wages for Most in US: Pew

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2018

Then wage growth flattened for several years, until modest increases beginning in 2016. Women, who are generally the Chief Health Officers of their households, are feeling more acutely pinched by healthcare costs. households. But the gap between benefits and pay remains even during America’s current positive macroeconomy.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy

Two in Three Americans Cite the U.S. Presidential Election is a Significant Source of Stress, Even More than the 2016 Race

Health Populi

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you felt stressed during the 2016 Presidential election season, you were also one in a million. The latest, published 7 October, finds that the 2020 Presidential election is a source of significant stress for more Americans than the 2016 race. That was in Wave 1 of the study which finished fielding the survey on May 4.

Public Health

Public Health Health Policy

The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Note that most people view pharma companies working on a coronavirus vaccine as balancing profit with public good, compared with drug companies in general (December 2020 tracking data compared with July 2020 survey data).

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Stress in America, Like COVID-19, Impacts All Americans

Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2020

adults age 18 and over in August 2020 for this survey. Presidential Election is a Significant Sources of Stress, Even More than in the 2016 Race – October 2020. 67% of Republicans, and. 64% of Independents. APA polled 3,049 U.S. Stressed in America – COVID-19 Takes Toll on Finances, Education.

Mental health

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Healthcare Access and Cost Top Americans’ Concerns in Latest Gallup Poll

Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2018

It’s important to note that equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans were worried about healthcare between 2014 and 2016 as the Affordable Care Act was being implemented. I covered EBRI’s poll here in Health Populi earlier this year, explaining that, “Workers dissatisfaction with U.S. Gallup interviewed 1,041 U.S.

Public Health

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Majority Rules? The Right to Affordable Health Care is A Right for All Americans

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

The report is aptly titled, Americans’ Views on Health Insurance at the End of a Turbulent Year. The Fund surveyed 2,410 U.S. This is the sixth survey conducted by the Fund to track Americans’ views of the Affordable Care Act; the first survey was fielded in mid-to-fall 2013.

Medicare

Medicare Patient Experience Health Policy

Growing Support for Medicare for All – But Do People Really Understand What It Means?

Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2019

These two surveys are: The Morning Consult’s poll published today finding growing support among Democratic voters for Medicare for All as the centerpiece for health reform in America; and, A recent study from Eligibility.com on “Medicare Myths Explained,” with the tagline, “How much do you know about Medicare?

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

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

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Healthcare Costs Inspire Employer Activism and Employee Dissatisfaction – What PwC Found Behind the Numbers

The Link Between Wellness & Wealth Is Powerful for Everyone – and Especially Women

Financial Stress Is An Epidemic In America, Everyday Health Finds

The Trust Deficit Is Bad for Health: A Health/Care Lens on the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer

Loneliness, Public Policy and AI – Lessons From the UK For the US

Can Telemedicine Increase Health Equity? A Conversation with Antoinette Thomas, Dave Ryan, and Me with the ATA

Why health care costs are making consumers more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness

In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Benefit Cost Increases Overwhelm Flat Wages for Most in US: Pew

Two in Three Americans Cite the U.S. Presidential Election is a Significant Source of Stress, Even More than the 2016 Race

The Remarkable Rise of Pharma’s Reputation in the Pandemic

Stress in America, Like COVID-19, Impacts All Americans

Healthcare Access and Cost Top Americans’ Concerns in Latest Gallup Poll

Majority Rules? The Right to Affordable Health Care is A Right for All Americans

Growing Support for Medicare for All – But Do People Really Understand What It Means?

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