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A Profile of People in Medicare Advantage Plans – HealthMine’s Survey of “Digital Immigrants”

Health Populi

There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Medicare Advantage enrollment is fast-growing, shown in the first chart where over 22 million people were in MA plans in January 2019.

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Medicare Members Are Health Consumers, Too – Our AHIP Talk About Aging, Digital Immigrants, and Personalizing Health/Care

Health Populi

That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As Digital immigrants, first coined by Marc Prensky in 2001. Power survey on the subject attested].

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As Medical Cost Trend Remains Flat, Patients Face Growing Health Consumer Financial Stress

Health Populi

In 2007, the year I launched Health Populi , the inaugural post focused on just this issue; the post was titled, “Health care is the #1 line item in our national economy…and taking more out of your pocket.” economy by 2026. Now, to Figure 4 (the third graphic).

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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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Health Provider News

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to do so Confusion remains over when abortion is legal to save life What happens when a health insurance company fails After court rulings, Oklahoma doctors are still confused about when abortion is legal to save a patient’s life OREGON Legacy Health to sell off labs as part of financial recovery effort OHSU $4.9B

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Slip Slidin’ Away: the Reputations of Pharma and Healthcare in the U.S. Decline in the Latest Gallup Poll

Health Populi

This stat for the pharma industry was the lowest Gallup ever recorded for the sector since 2001. voters supporting Medicare negotiation with drug companies to lower prices of prescription medicines, this is one of a handful of national issues facing U.S. With tri-partisan support among U.S.

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Americans’ Views on the Quality of Healthcare Fell to a Record Low — with Costs Ranking as the Most Urgent Problem for Health in the U.S.

Jane Sarashon

Americans’ perception of the quality of health care in the U.S. fell to the lowest level since 2001, Gallup found in a poll of U.S. health citizens’ views on health care quality , published December 6, 2024. In 2024, only 44% of Americans said that the quality of health care int he U.S.

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