Jane Sarashon

JULY 18, 2024

The line chart shows us that from 2020 onward, the unit cost trend for behavioral health spiked to 2023 from about $100 to $125m and that behavioral health claims as a percent of all medical claims more than doubled between 2018 to the third quarter of 2023. [As

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

A second story involves a more mainstream drug: insulin, which is used by millions of people with diabetes. Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine in December 2018 found that as out-of-pocket costs for insulin have increased over the past few years, many patients use less insulin than needed. and 300,000 people worldwide.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

prescriptions per person in 2018, two in three of which treated chronic conditions. the annual review of prescription drug supply, demand and Rx pricing dynamics from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. prescription drug market might look like five years from now. Americans consumed 17.6

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2018

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. Smart Pharmaceuticals Index (NQSSPH) from May 11, 2018, the date when POTUS and Secretary Azar made their announcement.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

voters were driven to the polls in the 2018 mid-term elections due to concerns about health care. Women, being Chief Health Officers of their Families, influencing 80% of health care decisions, well know how to connect the dots between health care costs and their household financial wellness. ” Millions of U.S.

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Jane Sarashon

AUGUST 26, 2024

I remember a story out of Northwell Health from 2018 about two nurses who helped an inpatient get access to his ballot who had been blocked from doing so in advance of that year’s elections. Their efforts began when a patient inquired about voting, but at that point, they were unable to help.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2019

In fact, Democrats’ keen concern for several health care issues — at the top of that list, prescription drug prices, guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions, and women’s health care access — drove many voters to the polls in the 2018 mid-term elections.

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