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Prescription Drug Costs In America Through the Patient Lens, via IQVIA, GoodRx and a New $2 Million Therapy

Health Populi

Two-thirds of Rx’s were dispensed to treat chronic conditions, notably hypertension, mental health, lipid management, diabetes, and anti-coagulants. Increases in prescriptions for chronic conditions were also due to growing attention to prescription drug adherence by patients. was $344 billion, a 4.5%

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

As I pointed out in my 2020 Health Populi trendcast , the private sector is taking on more public health initiatives as policy progress at the Federal level feels frozen. Ironically, more social spending by the public sector could help address health outcomes for people, something for which we’ve had evidence for many years.

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Health Populi

I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. This post updates my initial thoughts on the deal, given the morphing US healthcare market on both the traditional health services front and fast-evolving retail health environment.

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Gallup Reveals Americans’ Views on Industry Are the Lowest Since 2008 – Implications for Healthcare and Pharma

Jane Sarashon

Peoples’ highest ratings of industry in American occurred in 2017 when nearly 50% of people gave business a very or somewhat positive grade. in the second half of 2022, families and households faced financial stress that strained peoples’ ability to make ends meet… and that included health care, as 5.7

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The Gap Between the Trump Administration’s Promise of Reducing Rx Costs for Consumers and What People Really Want

Health Populi

This is what happened to pharma stock prices on Friday after President Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar outlined their new policies focusing on prescription drug prices. The graph is the Nasdaq U.S.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B

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Having Health Insurance Is a Social Determinant of Health: the implications of growing uninsured in the U.S.

Health Populi

by the fourth quarter of 2017, up 1.3 2017 reversed advancements in health insurance coverage increases since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and for the first time since 2014 no states’ uninsured rates fell. ” That’s because being health-insured is a social determinant of health.