Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

In health care, these would be our honest-and-ethical front-line workers — nurses, physicians, and pharmacists, the latest Gallup Poll on the question learned (described here in Health Populi). where private sector organizations began to more visibly take on public health objectives and missions.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

Let’s now shift to the public health crisis in Americans’ mental health, which the pandemic certainly exacerbated. IQVIA’s national prescription data revealed that prescriptions for mental health drugs grew 8% since 2019 — with a 33% rise among girls under 19.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

Two-thirds of Rx’s were dispensed to treat chronic conditions, notably hypertension, mental health, lipid management, diabetes, and anti-coagulants. “A therapy is useless if no one can afford it,” asserted Cathryn Donaldson from AHIP, the health insurance advocacy group, quoted in the story.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. We can marry up the Health Affairs prescription drug cost/UM story with the Optum/UnitedHealthcare DTC drug launch for the larger context of what U.S. voters across political party: that is the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs.

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