Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

84% of Americans told the Foundation that they were concerned about how much health care costs will affect them in the future, with 42% of patients saying they couldn’t afford to pay over $500 for an unexpected medical bill. Hospital costs contribute to rising medical costs to 49% of health consumers.

Pharmaceuticals 136

Pharmaceuticals Medical Billing Medicare Mental health 136

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

As the Harvard Chan-POLITICO study points out, prescription drug costs are top-of-mind for health consumers in America. Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine in December 2018 found that as out-of-pocket costs for insulin have increased over the past few years, many patients use less insulin than needed.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 160

Henry Kotula

AUGUST 28, 2023

In August 2018, I launched the Fixing Healthcare podcast. Americans today pay twice as much for the same medications as people in Europe largely because of Congressional legislation passed in 2003. [link] Albert Einstein determined that time is relative. bankruptcy.

Mental health 41

Mental health Medicare Medical Billing Telemedicine 41

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In 2006, Medicare Part D launched, which may have boosted consumers’ faith in Federal healthcare programs. But while there’s majority support for universal health care, we should think broadly about this concept at this moment. This asked people whether they would prefer a government-run health system.

Medical Billing 178

Medical Billing Medicare Federal healthcare Public Health 178

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The big headline in this poll following last night’s third Democratic Presidential debate is that 55% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning Independent voters prefer a candidate that will build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) versus a President that would replace the ACA with a Medicare For All plan (M4A).

Medicare 130

Medicare Medical Billing Health Policy 130

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

This finding reinforces the voter turnout for the 2018 mid-term elections which was largely driven by peoples’ concerns for losing health access for pre-existing conditions. ” I note that note all national health plan designs would need to be tied to Medicare. .'”

Medicare 156

Medicare Medical Billing Health Policy 156

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

.” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance. health care system , Gallup learned.

Medical Billing 180

Medical Billing Medicare Public Health Health Policy 180