Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

Otherwise, the news is negative across the remaining four segments: consumer health is the second most-trusted segment, by 56% of Americans, but dropped by 7 percentage points from 2017. Biotech is roughly tied for second place with consumer health, dropping also by 7 points. But you may be asking, “What happened in Colombia?

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Healthcare Consumer Survey from TransAmerica ‘s Center for Health Studies underscores that Americans are “settling in” during a phase of “healthcare uncertainty.” ” The first chart illustrates the top sources of stress gauged in each of the past four years of this survey since 2016.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2018

Note the last line of that matrix, population with health care coverage: the U.S. It’s important to realize that this statistic is based on data from 2016 at a historic high, when the Affordable Care Act was in full implementation]. ranks lowest on that, at 90%. [It’s

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

1] In addition to the challenges presented by provider shortages, even when patients are able to locate an available mental health provider, many are hesitant to engage in treatment due to cost uncertainties, which often arise due to limited availability for in-network care and the subsequent need to seek out-of-network care. [2]

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In this post, we focus on the potential impact on MAOs of 1) the payer-to-payer data exchange and 2) prior authorization requirements. Identifying Previous and Concurrent Payors and Opt In.

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Hall Render

JULY 8, 2024

Although Section 1557 took effect immediately upon the signing of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), a final rule was not promulgated until 2016 (the “2016 Rule”). The 2020 Rule also eliminated several other requirements that had been included in the 2016 Rule and narrowed the scope of Section 1557 coverage.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

The top-line of this national health scorecard is that “deaths of despair” are surging, due to suicide, alcohol, opioids, and other drugs whose use has grown by 50% since 2005 to 2016. The social determinants of health — income and good jobs, using tobacco, and having health insurance — bolster good health.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2018

employers offered health insurance to workers in 2017, EBRI reports in its latest Issue Brief. companies offered health insurance to their employees, up by 1.6 of employers offered health insurance, shown in the first bar chart (Figure 1 from the EBRI report). of employers offering insurance to workers.

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

Financial stress is a social determinant of health, and as U.S. patients continue to evolve as health consumers, bearing more financial risks whether in employer-sponsored or individual health insurance plans, more Americans feel more health financed-stress. Thus, my mantra of “the patient is the payor.”

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2018

.” For over a year, the KFF polls have tracked that one-half of voters are in favor of the ACA. Health Populi’s Hot Points: What most U.S. health citizens agree on is fairness about health premiums and health insurance access for sick and well people, alike.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2018

It’s important to note that equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans were worried about healthcare between 2014 and 2016 as the Affordable Care Act was being implemented. I covered EBRI’s poll here in Health Populi earlier this year, explaining that, “Workers dissatisfaction with U.S. Gallup interviewed 1,041 U.S.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

institute focused on health equity Medical providers at D.C.’s institute focused on health equity Medical providers at D.C.’s Vincent’s Riverside has conducted over 800 robotic-assisted procedures Baptist Health Care in talks to donate hospital campus Florida nonprofit hospitals focused on serving low-income residents Florida Rep.

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Kaiser Health News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

They also said enhanced personal assistance and outreach helped connect more people to health insurance plans. million in 2016, the final year of President Barack Obama’s administration. The previous marketplace enrollment record was 12.7 The big driver behind the enrollment gains is new discounts on premiums.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 13, 2024

To understand it, we need to break down the protections put in place by the ACA, and those that exist separately. Insurers providing coverage to large employers could impose long waiting periods before employees’ benefits kicked in. . Some basic preexisting condition protections exist independent of the ACA.

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

If we’re playing a game of “majority rules,” then everyone in America would have the right to affordable health care, according to a new poll from The Commonwealth Fund. The report is aptly titled, Americans’ Views on Health Insurance at the End of a Turbulent Year. The Fund surveyed 2,410 U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 12, 2019

This CPI report disaggregates various line-items in the family budget such as food, energy costs, housing, and health care by specific category. The post Americans’ Financial Anxiety Ties to Personal Cash Flow and Health Care appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

.'” I note that note all national health plan designs would need to be tied to Medicare. There are many ways to deliver universal health care to citizens beyond this concept. Paying more in taxes and eliminating private insurance companies would be opposed by most people. from a low of 10.9

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