Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

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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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

In 2018, we saw more incentives to inspire adherence to prescription drug regimens, particularly in Medicare Part D along with increasing focus by pharmacists and providers. Just under 9% of patients across all three health plan types had over $500 in OOP costs in 2018. A cost of $125 or more yields abandonment of at least 50%.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2020

A Kaiser Family Foundation poll covered here in Health Populi demonstrated support across party ID back in October 2019. The Gallup-West Health Poll finds similar massive support for government negotiation specifically for COVID-19 treatment pricing, shown in the third table. Gallup and West Health polled 1,016 U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2019

There’s little Americans, by political party, agree upon in 2019. is prescription drug prices — that they’re too high, that the Federal government should negotiate to lower costs for Medicare enrollees, and that out-of-pocket costs for drugs should be limited.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

Health care and the economy are, in fact, intimately tied in every American’s personal household economy I assert in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. They may be threatened by a call for “Medicare for All” given their affection for the program.

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