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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Jane Sarashon

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 had embedded within the law a Patient’s Bill of Rights.

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Out-of-Pocket and Prescription Drug Costs – Connecting Digital Health Dots at CES 2020

Health Populi

For overall healthcare reform, the plurality of Americans prefer improving the current system (that is, building on the Affordable Care Act) versus repealing and replacing the ACA or adopting a Medicare for All plan.

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How We Spend Versus What We Get: America’s Healthcare Spending Makes for Poor Health

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: One of the first books I read as a young economics student, before diving into the microeconomics of healthcare, was Victor Fuchs’ book, Who Shall Live? The tagline of the book explains the plot: how we allocate resources is a conscious choice that impacts individual and collective health.

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Tweets at Lunch with Paul Krugman – Health IT Meets Economics

Health Populi

Jared Kushner found a book on @Amazon and found Peter Navarro’s book. 3 forms of #health financing models accdg to @PaulKrugman: government as #healthcare provider @NHSEngland; #singlepayer #Canada ; regulated/subsidized decentralized a la Switzerland, Germany, #Obamacare #ACA. How did @POTUS #trade czar get his role?

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

health citizenship I include in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. The Affordable Care Act sought to promote primary care in many provisions. needs, and Americans deserve, a strong primary care backbone for physical and fiscal health. This is one of the pillars for U.S.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Aetna is creating local joint ventures with healthcare delivery systems and letting them manage their local books of business. Aetna is creating local joint ventures with healthcare delivery systems and letting them manage their local books of business. ” How do we reach to objective of the Triple Aim? “Burn the boats.”

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Aetna is creating local joint ventures with healthcare delivery systems and letting them manage their local books of business. Aetna is creating local joint ventures with healthcare delivery systems and letting them manage their local books of business. ” How do we reach to objective of the Triple Aim? “Burn the boats.”

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