Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics]. health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act.

Health Policy 245

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Americans used to believe they enjoyed the “best health care system in the world,” but this has eroded due to challenges of access, high costs that can be an access barrier for patients, and medical bills that have recently motivated a market among patients to launch GoFundMe campaigns to help fund families’ health care costs.

Primary Care 225

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Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2020

health care spending will grow to 20% of the national economy by 2028, forecasted in projections pre-published in the April 2020 issue of Health Affairs, National Health Expenditure (NHE) Projections. Hospital care spending, the largest single component in national health spending, is estimated at $1.3

Medical Billing 182

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. One gift of the pandemic was a mass recognition of and empathy for mental health – in oneself and in the larger community.

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. In addition to paying for “my” medical bills, most people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 24, 2020

curve adds new American patients testing positive for the coronavirus, the book and essay illustrate the tension between health consumer versus the health citizen in the U.S. . For clinical context, as I write this post on 24th March 2020, today’s U.S. .” As the U.S. ” The U.S.

Medical Billing 248

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Henry Kotula

MARCH 17, 2020

A patient can do everything right and still face substantial surprise medical bills. In his recent Oval Office speech, President Trump pledged that Americans won’t receive surprise bills for their coronavirus testing. Unless swift action is taken, surprise bills are coming. But it was an empty promise.

Public Health 41

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