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

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in the first quarter of 2020. The first chart from the Edelman health care update demonstrates that in most countries polled, health citizens’ trust in health care was buoyed in the first five months of 2020 (January through May): up 18 points in the U.S., Consumer health’s fall from 63% in 2019 to 51% in 2020.

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The Healthcare and Macro-Economic Impacts of Living with Endemic COVID – Listening to Fitch

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While telehealth and virtual care stood up quickly in 2020, questions remain about how it will/can persist in terms of funding, regulation, and business models. We also expect innovation to come out of pharma and biotech labs, and who will pay for new-new therapies? spends on NASA.

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Americans Across Political Party Worry About Prescription Drug Prices – Especially to Deal with COVID-19

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adults 18 and older, in English and Spanish, in May 2020. The New England Journal of Medicine published an essay on June 4, 2020, titled, Specialty Drugs–A Distinctly American Phenomenon (my apologies–the article is behind the NEJM paywall). Gallup and West Health polled 1,016 U.S.

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

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health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act. In the case of Medicare Part D, the drug benefit, Chandra said, “If you’re sick enough to fall into the donut hole, you may have higher mortality.”

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

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is on the right track, and are least likely to vote for President Trump in 2020. For 2020, this group is less likely to vote for Donald Trump, and more likely to support either Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders. They may be threatened by a call for “Medicare for All” given their affection for the program.

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Prescription Drug Costs In America Through the Patient Lens, via IQVIA, GoodRx and a New $2 Million Therapy

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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. For people enrolled in Medicare Part D, 20% faced over $500 in OOP costs. Patients abandon over 20% of new prescriptions when their OOP costs rise above $50.

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

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approaches the 2020 Presidential election. published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found a close link between electoral politics and Medicare: that is, between legislative processes in the U.S. And that also includes how people will vote at the polls in 2020. The Physicians Foundation surveyed 2,001 U.S.