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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

More than four times as many Black women believe that it’s a bad time to be Black in America in 2020 versus 2011, we learn from The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). This survey was conducted between 20th August and 14th September among 1,769 U.S.

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

Health Populi

“This event set off weeks of protests over police violence and racism both aross the country and around the world,” APA’s report on Wave 2 research for this report begins. The post Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

Health Populi

Healthcare Cost Crisis , a survey from West Health and Gallup. One in three Americans overall are concerned they won’t be able to pay for health care services or prescription drugs: that includes 35% of people who are insured, and 63% of those who do not have insurance. Gallup polled 3,537 U.S.

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The Financial Toxicity of Health Care Costs: From Cancer to FICO Scores

Health Populi

The financial toxicity of health care costs in the U.S. takes center stage in Health Populi this week as several events converge to highlight medical debt as a unique feature in American health care. The last bar chart shown here comes from the Survivor Views survey from the American Cancer Society, done in February 2022.

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The True Costs of Diabetes Go Well Beyond the Wallet

Health Populi

Diabetes impacts peoples’ leisure-time activities — that would be “fun” — as well, with nearly one-half of PwD having to miss a planned outing or other personal event due to diabetes. Upwell Health surveyed 5,255 people with diabetes online in 2017.

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Bringing Telehealth to the Rehabilitation Industry

Advanced Medical Reviews

Currently, 35 states and the District of Columbia have passed “parity” laws, which require health insurers to cover telehealth services equal to those provided in-person. healthcare in the coming decade, with 74 percent of surveyed patients saying they would use those services.

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SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Day two of the virtual event kicked off with David Fletcher and Dr. Hari Eswaran thanking those involved and HRSA’s Deputy Associate Administrator, Heather Dimeris, speaking about the current telehealth landscape. HRSA’s 8 bureaus and offices (Ryan White, Maternal and child health, rural health policy, healthcare systems, etc.)