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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.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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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

As the Harvard Chan-POLITICO study points out, prescription drug costs are top-of-mind for health consumers in America. On the positive side of transparency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandated that health care providers must post prices online, the requirement discussed here on CMS’s website.

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American healthcare: The good, bad, ugly, future

Henry Kotula

Americans today pay twice as much for the same medications as people in Europe largely because of Congressional legislation passed in 2003. Now, under provisions of the new Inflation Reduction Act , the government will be able to negotiate the prices of 10 widely prescribed medications based on how much Medicare’s Part D program spends.