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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

Year-on-year, different spikes and ups-and-downs call out for special mention, such as: Pharma’s 13-point steep dive to 38% between 2017 and 2018, dramatically recovering by 9 points in the last year to 47% [with the wild card here of whether U.S. to approve Medicare’s negotiation of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies].

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The Evolution of Self-Care for Consumers – Learning and Sharing at CHPA

Health Populi

Payors have begun to recognize the value of nudging consumers toward over-the-counter products under Medicare Advantage plans. Some specific consumer health brands and categories were faster-growing than others: Garden of Life, Sambucol, Pedialyte, Nature’s Truth, among them.

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The Gap Between the Trump Administration’s Promise of Reducing Rx Costs for Consumers and What People Really Want

Health Populi

Incentives for lowering list prices for medicines, such as FDA requiring that drug companies include list prices in ads and bringing more transparency to Medicare drug pricing and generic competition, and. ” These prescriptions for lower pharma costs contrast with what most U.S.