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The U.S. is a Nation in Pain – America’s Life Expectancy Fell Again in 2016

Health Populi

wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. The report’s forecast calculates that on the current growth path, deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide could reach 2 million in 2025 based on a worst-case scenario. The Northeast and Midwestern U.S.

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

per average internet user per month in 2025, $3.18 Our group-of-seven crowdsourced the importance of trust, transparency, and data stewardship to ensure that the patient-as-health-consumer and, ultimately citizen (in my own view) benefit from sharing data. Globally, that calculated to a value of $2.36 for Americans.

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.