Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The idea of health care consumerism isn’t just an American discussion, Deloitte points out in its 2019 global survey of healthcare consumers report, A consumer-centered future of health. The third chart arrays health consumers’ interest in price comparison tools, and it’s no surprise that one in two U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

health care system. As such, American health consumers are wrestling with sticker shock from surgical procedures, surprise medical bills weeks after leaving the hospital, and the cost of prescription drugs — whether six-figure oncology therapies or essential medicines like insulin and EpiPens.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Patients’ experiences with the health care industry fall short of their interactions with other industries — namely online retail, online banking and online travel, a new survey from Cedar, a payments company, learned. consumers age 18 and over in August and September 2019. Healthcare Consumer Experience Study.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In addition to wanting a higher communication standard for clinical information and self-care, three-quarters of patients also want an easy way to understand and paying their medical bills. Less than half say they’re currently getting that support from health care providers.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The Commonwealth Fund’s report bolsters the central premise of my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, that the patient-is-the-payor as we approach the new year of 2020. Financial health for patients-as-payors is part of the overall health/care experience.

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