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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

Health Populi

who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. This premium growth was 1 percentage point below the 5% uptick in 2019. For a worker in the U.S.

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France to enable rapid market access for digital therapeutics

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French president Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to follow in Germany’s footsteps by making digital therapeutics available on prescription through the statutory health system. I’m very direct with you – we will just replicate what works in Germany.”

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What is Considered a HIPAA Breach in 2019?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a bill passed initially in 1996, consists of a set of rules and regulations that protect the privacy and security of health information and provide individuals with certain rights to their health information.

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The Patient As Payor: Workers Covered by Employer Health Insurance Spend 11.5% of Household Incomes on Premiums and Deductibles

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Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5% of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles based on The Commonwealth Fund’s latest report on employee health care costs, Trends in Employer Health Coverage, 2008-2018: Higher Costs for Workers and Their Families.

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Health/Care Goes Retail at CES 2019

Health Populi

All health/care is retail now in America. who have health insurance must take on a deductible of some amount, which compels that insured individual to spend the first dollar on medical services up until they meet their financial commitment. For more on retail health’s prospects in 2019, see this Health Populi post.

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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

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In other words, both convicted individuals and those still presumed innocent are stripped of their access to the federal health insurance program for low-income individuals. Gamble (1976), affirmed that incarcerated individuals have the constitutional right to health care. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Estelle v. 3514 and S.2628

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Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019

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We need a “new needs model” for the digital age, asserts a new report, Human Needs in a Digital World , the 2019 Digital Society Index report from the Dentsu Aegis network. The post Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.