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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

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And note how Americans’ trust in hospitals — historically the top-trusted health care segment in the nation — eroded from 2018, tying with consumer health companies, and just north of biotech and life science organizations. Even trust with pharmaceutical companies increased that year.

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The Patient as Prescription Drug Payer – The GoodRx Playbook

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Patients have more financial skin-in-their-healthcare-games facing high-deductibles and direct out-of-pocket costs for medical bills…including prescription drugs. You can download the paper at this link. The post The Patient as Prescription Drug Payer – The GoodRx Playbook appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Patients Growing Health Consumer Muscles Expect Digital Services

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These study respondents had also visited a doctor or hospital and paid a medical bill in the past year. One-third of these patients had a health care bill go to collections in the past year, according to Cedar’s 2019 U.S. 50% want clearer, easier-to-understand medical bills.

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

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84% of Americans told the Foundation that they were concerned about how much health care costs will affect them in the future, with 42% of patients saying they couldn’t afford to pay over $500 for an unexpected medical bill. Hospital costs contribute to rising medical costs to 49% of health consumers. Exacerbating U.S.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

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Speaking of design, this Summit was indeed well-designed by spotlighting pragmatic representatives from these various stakeholder groups.

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The Women’s Health Gap Is Especially Wide During Her Working Years – Learning from McKinsey, the World Economic Forum, and AARP in Women’s History Month

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It takes a village to address gender health equity: the report concludes that the issue does not stand-alone — and requires the community of education, government, life science innovators, philanthropists, activists and business to recognize and address this challenge.

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In 2020, PwC Expects Consumers to Grow DIY Healthcare Muscles As Medical Prices Increase

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In this 14th year of the publication, PwC polled executives from payers, providers, and pharma/life science organizations. I’ve looked forward to reviewing this annual report for the past few years, and always learn something new from PwC’s team of researchers who reach out to experts spanning the industry.