Health Populi

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Even with the prospect of enrolling in Medicare sooner in a year or two or three, Americans approaching retirement are growing concerned about health care costs, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. One-half said they weren’t confident in their ability to afford health insurance in or near retirement.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Add into this picture a CCS Insight analyst’s forecast last week that Apple could enter the health insurance market in 2024. health care system not seen since the 1968 creation of Medicare, coupled with decreased reimbursement due to health care reform.

COVID-19 54

COVID-19 Prescription Drug Pricing Health Insurance Health Care Reform 54

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

adults 18 and over in September 2018 in English and Spanish. High deductible health plan designs continue to grow and mainstream in both commercially-insured populations for people receiving employer-sponsored plans, as well as for folks enrolling in public sector and marketplace plans. The survey polled 2,002 U.S.

Health Care Reform 63

Health Care Reform Medical Billing Health Insurance 63

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies.

Health Care Reform 66

Health Care Reform Medical Billing Hospitals Health Insurance 66

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

Hospitals 71

Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Health Care Reform 71

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

National health spending in the U.S. every year from 2020 to 2027, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forecast in their report, National Health Expenditure Projections, 2018-2927: Economic And Demographic Trends Drive Spending And Enrollment Growth , published yesterday by Health Affairs.

Medicare 91

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 91

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 6, 2022

For the second time in three years, Espinosa faces the prospect of losing permission to work, which would cost him not only his job providing tech support at a software company, but also his health insurance. Without health insurance, his daughter would lose her eligibility for transplants.

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