Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

Increasingly, as patients bear more first-dollar costs through high-deductible health plans, co-payments and co-insurance sharing, the patient-as-payor has become more sensitive to these prices. Chan School of Public Health with POLITICO looked into Americans’ Health and Education Priorities for the New Congress in 2019.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2020

But most Americans, rich or not, believe that it’s unfair for wealthier people to get better health care, according to a January 2020 poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Life Experiences and Income Equality in the United States. adults 18 or older.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

of health spending per person. Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. That equates to 18.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and $12,230.40

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Advanced Medical Reviews

MAY 2, 2019

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. Occupational Therapy.

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Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Federal officials have taken some steps to help small practices, including advancing Medicare payments and reimbursing doctors for virtual visits. Keeping these practices open is not about protecting the doctors’ livelihoods, said Michael Chernew, a health policy professor at Harvard Medical School. “I

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Health Populi

JUNE 7, 2018

High Spending Growth Rates For Key Diseases In 2000-14 Were Driven By Technology And Demographic Factors , a June 2018 Health Affairs article, analyzed this data.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 7, 2021

An estimated 10% to 20% of Americans who needed mental-health services during the pandemic received no treatment. Another survey cited in the report estimates that up to a quarter of adults with depression or anxiety went untreated. Not Medicare. Why is this Washington’s problem? Not even fancy private insurance plans.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. Looking for love, empathy and lower costs for health care. healthcare system. BDO found that 3 in 5 U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). Spatially Health applies geospatial analysis to expand a provider’s understanding of SDoH data. See a survey cosponsored by Genpact.)

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Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. The most notable impact of the non-renewal of the PHE was the end of continuous Medicaid public health insurance coverage.

Public Health 41

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. health care system model. The post While Costs Are A Top Concern Among Most U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 3, 2023

public does not want politicians to “up-end” government-funded health programs, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s March 2023 Health Tracking Poll. The survey was conducted online and by telephone among 1,271 U.S. Congress has authentic plans to deal with the stability of Medicare going forward.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 16, 2022

On Tuesday November 8, 2022, health and medical issues will be on many U.S. Health policy experts from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, AARP, and the United States of Care recently shared perspectives on the health care issues on voters’ and policy makers’ minds for the 2022 midterm elections.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In 2006, Medicare Part D launched, which may have boosted consumers’ faith in Federal healthcare programs. Gallup points out in its analysis that the government is already a major health care channeler and funder through Medicare and Medicaid. The call for universal health care assurance is clear.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Today is National Employee Benefits Day , and health benefits continue to rank as the most-valued benefit offered at the American workplace. I covered EBRI’s poll here in Health Populi earlier this year, explaining that, “Workers dissatisfaction with U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

has avoided medical services for nearly a decade, based on annual surveys from the Kaiser Family Foundation and others. In 2020, avoiding care will be a new normal for even more people, a fact of American health life explained in a recent survey from NRC titled, The Decade of Deferment. Health Politics, Policy and the President.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

If you’re reading Health Populi , then you’re keen on health policy, health economics, most of all, patients: now playing starring roles as consumers, caregivers, and payors in their own care. This survey revealed an important data point that speaks volumes about how people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s The Hill ‘s coverage on the survey, which was conducted with the Peter G. The second poll we’ll consider is the survey from The Harvard Chan School of Public Health published in October 2019 (conducted in July-August 2019) teamed with the Commonwealth Fund and the New York Times.

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