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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

health citizens’ minds in 2020 leading up to the election. And note how Americans’ trust in hospitals — historically the top-trusted health care segment in the nation — eroded from 2018, tying with consumer health companies, and just north of biotech and life science organizations.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

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have struggled to pay for living expenses since December 2020, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking of design, this Summit was indeed well-designed by spotlighting pragmatic representatives from these various stakeholder groups.

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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

approaches the 2020 Presidential election. 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. The Physicians Foundation surveyed 2,001 U.S.

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Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

Health Populi

This poll from RealClear Politics , conducted in late April/early May 2019, makes my point that the patient is the consumer and, facing deductibles and more financial exposure to footing the medical bill, the payor. is on the right track, and are least likely to vote for President Trump in 2020.