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Lower Prescription Drug Prices – A Tri-Partisan Call Across America

Health Populi

A new poll jointly conducted by Politico and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health bolsters my read on the latter issue – prescription drug pricing, which has become a mass popular culture union. There may be no other issue on voters’ collective minds for the 2018 mid-term election that so unites American voters.

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Will Consumers Cross the Cost-and-Trust Chasm Between Prescription Drugs and Hospitals?

Health Populi

When asked what factors contribute to rising health care costs in America, most consumers cite the cost of prescription drugs. Taken together, these two data points demonstrate the potent political import of prescription drug prices as the U.S. approaches the 2020 Presidential election.

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

As the Harvard Chan-POLITICO study points out, prescription drug costs are top-of-mind for health consumers in America. A second story involves a more mainstream drug: insulin, which is used by millions of people with diabetes. The therapy treats thalassemia, a genetic disease that affects 1,000 people in the U.S.

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What’s Expected to Drive Up Health Plan Costs in 2025: GLP-1s, Behavioral Health, and Inflationary Pressures for Hospitals and Doctors – PwC’s Behind the Numbers 2025

Jane Sarashon

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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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

I had asked some years ago, “what is a pharmacy” anymore, when CVS Pharmacy dropped tobacco from its SKUs and aisles in February 2014, rebranding as CVS Health; and, when Amazon purchased PillPack in June 2018. ” Dr. Cosgrove based that sobering forecast due to changes in the U.S.

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Growing Support for Medicare for All – But Do People Really Understand What It Means?

Health Populi

These two surveys are: The Morning Consult’s poll published today finding growing support among Democratic voters for Medicare for All as the centerpiece for health reform in America; and, A recent study from Eligibility.com on “Medicare Myths Explained,” with the tagline, “How much do you know about Medicare?”

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

Health Populi

This is true for majorities of people across political party, the Kaiser Family Foundation found in its August 2018 Health Tracking Poll. ” You can listen to that full podcast on the 2018 mid-term elections here. [As The fact is that most U.S. In their poll of 487 likely U.S.