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The Patient as Consumer and Payer – A Focus on Financial Stress and Wellbeing

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Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America. It’s important to note that health care cost fiscal stress is not only a symptom for people lacking health insurance. As a result, more people in the U.S.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

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the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Thus, the sage advice as we approach gatherings for Christmastime 2022: “Close your mouth and step away from the human,” by Katherine Wu of The Atlantic. We enter 2023 with home economics setting our tables as a context for our overall health and well-being.

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In the New Inflationary Era, Gas and Health Care Costs Top Household Budget Concerns

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Inflation and rising prices are the biggest problem facing America, most people told the Kaiser Family Foundation March 2022 Health Tracking Poll. Underpinning that household budget concern are gas and health care costs. Other worrisome health care cost items follow down the line, including: 45% of U.S.