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Financial Stress and Mental Health: Considering the New $24,000 Health Plan Cost from KFF

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There is growing evidence on the connection between people’s financial health and their mental health, explored and explained in Understanding the Mental-Financial Health Connection , a study published by the Financial Health Network. consumers said paying a health care bill was stressful.

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The Healthcare Financial Experience is a Stressful One: the Convergence of our Medical, Retail, and Financial Lives

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.” That’s a form of financial toxicity that has ramifications for the entire health system enterprise beyond the surgical suite or cancer center. The bottom-line, literally: four in ten consumers would not pay a medical bill if they cannot understand the administrative experience. Cedar polled 1,239 U.S.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

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Mental health can be scaled with telehealth. map and citizens’ access has been marked with mental health supply shortages. Mental health via virtual platforms has sustained significant use since the waning of the public health crisis.

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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

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For general health, a broad range of conditions addressing dermatology and skin health, anti-inflammatories, cholesterol, hepatitis, GI issues, migraine, allergy, weight management, and mental health. Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

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The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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The Latest KFF Poll on Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance Speaks Volumes About Patients’ Administrative Burden

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The 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance updates our understanding of and empathy for insured peoples’ Patient Administrative Burdens (PAB). adults 18 and over in February and March 2023 who had health insurance across different plan types.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

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As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment.