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

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The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.” The post A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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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

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But what’s been published online since hospitals began to post prices hasn’t been very helpful, as this story in Vox documents. He writes, “I couldn’t tell you what a “2-D ECHO TTE COMP NO CONTRST” is, and I’m guessing that most patients couldn’t either. That workers highly value their health benefits is no surprise.

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

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And, according to the WSJ reporting, “Neither patients nor doctors have been notified. At least 150 Google employees already have access to much of the data on tens of millions of patients, according to a person familiar with the matter and the documents.” health care. Out-of-network costs?

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. Additional context here is that President Trump cut funding for navigators in federally facilitated marketplaces by over 80%, documented here in a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Hospitals Suffer Decline in Consumer Satisfaction

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For historic trends, you can check out my coverage of the 2014 version of this study here in Health Populi. The 2019 ACSI report bundles finance/banks, insurance (property/casualty, life and health) and hospitals together in one document.