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Call It Deferring Services or Self-Rationing, U.S. Consumers Are Still Avoiding Medical Care

Health Populi

adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. Fast-forward to 2020, a few months into the pandemic in the U.S.: MGMA found physician productivity fell 45% in April versus the beginning of 2020, not rebounding much by July.

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Most Consumers Are Health and Wellness Consumers, Even in Hard Financial Times, Accenture Finds

Health Populi

That four-way, cross-cutting lens speaks to the increasingly clear and embraced reality that health happens where we live, work, play, pray, learn, and shop. All of those daily life-flows are blurring, accelerated by the pandemic and trends already in play and place by early 2020.

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Financial Insecurity Among U.S. Workers Will Worsen in the Pandemic ? Especially for Women

Health Populi

Millions of mainstream, Main Street Americans entered 2020 feeling income inequality and financial insecurity in the U.S. For this report, PwC polled 1,683 full-time employed adults between 18 and 75 years of age in January 2020. For this report, PwC polled 1,683 full-time employed adults between 18 and 75 years of age in January 2020.

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

Health Populi

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.

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TransUnion Reveals the Home Economics and Social Determinants of COVID-19

Health Populi

Today, 7th May 2020, the U.S. TransUnion has been tracking consumer-level effects on a weekly basis, and today in Health Populi with 3 mm+ claims filed for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, I wanted to share TU’s latest analysis of U.S. consumers’ financial health in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health

Health Populi

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.

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Making Healthcare Accessible: Empowerment This Medicaid Awareness Month

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According to the National Health Interview Survey , approximately 30 million Americans were without health insurance in the first half of 2020, and around 43% of adults aged 19 to 64 had inadequate coverage as of mid-2022. To be eligible for Medicaid , individuals must meet certain income and asset criteria, which vary by state.