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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

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The four stories we generate are: Retail Health For All, starring “The Consumer” DIY Healthcare, starring “The CEO” Fragmentation Meets Bureaucracy, starring “The Castaway,” and, “One World, One Health,” starring “The Health Citizen.” Federal investment in climate and environmental health are part of holistic health policy.

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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

If surprise medical bills, out-of-network hassles, and waiting times for services persist, we may see this happen as patients-as-payors exercise their consumer muscles. Will consumers cross that cost-and-trust chasm and express similar outrage with the hospital sector as they’ve shown for a decade vis-a-vis Big Pharma?

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

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Reflecting on my many conversations during CES last week, I’m evolving the concept to our homes morphing into health delivery platforms. The pandemic has bolstered fitness at home with gyms largely closed and people making room at home for exercise.