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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Perhaps the most elegant and crystal-clear insight came from Mark Fendrick’s mother, Barbara, who once said to him, “I can’t believe you had to spend a million dollars to show that if you make people pay more for something, they will buy less of it.”

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

You can read more details about this evolving situation in the WSJ article linked above, and other takes in tech, business, and social media that have begun to populate the interwebs. health care. Was this due to the growing experience and reporting of surprise medical bills? Out-of-network costs?

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.

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