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A Tale of Two Americas as Told by the 2019 OECD Report on Health

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Americans used to believe they enjoyed the “best health care system in the world,” but this has eroded due to challenges of access, high costs that can be an access barrier for patients, and medical bills that have recently motivated a market among patients to launch GoFundMe campaigns to help fund families’ health care costs.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

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“When it comes to dietary supplements, over-the-counter medicines (OTCs), and medical devices, consumers broadly think of these products as items used to support their overall health and wellness,” a team from CHPA (the Consumer Healthcare Products Association) explained in Nutra-Ingredients USA.

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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. Taken together, these four papers from Health Affairs lead to the following themes: By 2019, patients in the U.S. In the article to which this assertion ties , Harris Meyer talks about the growing push for price regulation in the U.S.