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The Pharma Industry Hits Bottom of Consumers’ Industry Rankings, and Healthcare Is Only Marginally Higher on the List

Health Populi

This segment in the Gallup poll would include hospitals and health insurance. professions, explained here in Health Populi ). Gallup points out that the pharma industry has generally ranked lower than other sectors since 2001, the beginning of this study. Who’s at the top of consumers’ favorite industries?

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The Rough Guide to Health/Care Consumers in 2025: The 2025 Health Populi TrendCast

Jane Sarashon

consumers minds at the start of 2025, Gallup told us in its latest read on Americans most urgent health care problems above access and quality of care. This is true not just for the uninsured who lack health insurance, but people with insurance who feel under-insured. health care for decades.

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Benefit Cost Increases Overwhelm Flat Wages for Most in US: Pew

Health Populi

The fact that wages have stayed flat for over a decade have effectively compelled employers, who wanted to provide for workers’ health insurance benefits, to stem wage growth in favor of sponsoring health insurance benefits. since 2001, compared with a 5.3% wage and salary cost increase.