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2017 – Digital Healthcare at the Inflection Point, a la Mary Meeker. prices are greater than in fellow OECD nations: wages are higher for specialist physicians, prices for digital imaging greater, and of course prescriptiondrugprices the highest in the world. Much of this is due to the fact that U.S.
Even seemingly popular plan ideas like prescriptiondrugpricing and coverage for pre-existing conditions can’t get traction in Congress or through the White House’s executive pen. In May 2017, AMIA called for the same , and the issue is getting the traction it merits. such as in the U.K.
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. By far, the most serious issues facing American healthcare consumers were the lack of (1) affordable care, (2) affordable insurance, and (3) affordable drugs, shown in the bar chart.
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But then prescriptiondrugpricing doesn’t conform with how typical markets work in theory. The top line of this study is that the economic burden of diabetes overall was $404 billion in 2017. The diabetes economy equated to $1,240 for every American in 2017. bn for undiagnosed diabetes, $43.4
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. And there’s very little bidding on drugs.” uninsurance rate rose to 12.2%
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