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

Health Populi

The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.”

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

Health Populi

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.

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

Health Populi

The pandemic era relaxation of state licensure requirements addressed this chasm, providing greater access to patients who needed services as well as de-tabooing that access when patients felt nervous about in-person visits to therapists in a community, in-person setting. Convenience isn’t just a nice-to-have: it has economic ROI.

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Patients-As-Health Care Payers Define What a Digital Front Door Looks Like

Health Populi

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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

Health Populi

Entering 2023, U.S. health citizens face physical, financial, and mental health challenges of a syndemic, inflation, and stress – all of which will shape peoples’ demand side for health care and digital technology, and a supply side of providers challenged by tech-enabled organizations with design and data chops.

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The Women’s Health Gap Is Especially Wide During Her Working Years – Learning from McKinsey, the World Economic Forum, and AARP in Women’s History Month

Health Populi

Another aspect of the female/male health gender gap related to research and pipelines is the finding that global drug withdrawals due to women’s health risks were 3.5 times greater than drugs pulled for men’s health risks between 1980 and 2023.