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

Jane Sarashon

The NIH crafted one for patients enrolled in clinical trials, the American Hospital Association served one up in 1973, and many individual health providers like the University of Pennsylvania Hospital ( aka Penn Medicine) have developed patient bills of rights for consumers entering their hospital systems.

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Financial Health Is On Americans’ Minds Just Weeks Before the 2020 Elections

Health Populi

. “Combine these scenarios with one of most unprecedented presidential elections in modern history, and it is no surprise that financial health is greatly impacting how consumers are voting this year,” the report concludes. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The patient in the U.S.

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50 Days Before the U.S. Elections, Voters Say Health Care Costs and Access Top Their Health Concerns — More than COVID-19

Health Populi

When it comes to health care, ensuring universal coverage and increasing access, and addressing health care costs rank the top two concerns for voting up-and=down ballot in the 2020 election, shown in the second chart.

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Civis Analytics’ survey results also comport with other research on health insurance impacts in the pandemic from Avalere , The Commonwealth Fund , the Kaiser Family Foundation , and the Gallup Poll , among others. Onward, health citizens.

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Come Together – A Health Policy Prescription from the Bipartisan Policy Center

Health Populi

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Can the souls and intents of Tom Daschle, George Mitchell, Howard Baker and Bob Dole inspire U.S. legislators inside the Beltway to come together for the health-benefit of U.S.