Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

2021 is the 20th anniversary of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID). 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]. The coolest thing in health policy in the 21st century!!

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. in this moment, here’s a huge consensus for Americans on a single issue in 2021. The survey was fielded in June 2021 among 1,071 U.S. voters across political party: that is the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2021

But across all priorities, it turns out that prescription drug costs rank higher in Americans’ minds than any other issue in the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll for June 2021. Two-thirds of U.S. residents were able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine was a “top priority.” On the cost-front, 90% of U.S.

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