Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

This is particularly true for health care in America, where workers have traded off wages for health care coverage for over a decade. Concerns about coverage for pre-existing conditions, the cost of medicines, and avoiding surprise medical bills are top-of-mind for Americans in this politically-charged year in the U.S.

Health Care Reform 162

Health Care Reform Telemedicine Medical Billing Health Outcomes 162

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. In addition to paying for “my” medical bills, most people in the U.S.

Single Payer Health Care 54

Single Payer Health Care Medical Billing Health Care Reform Governance 54

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

As the National Center for Health Statistics has reported , people with HDHPs are far more likely than those with traditional health plans to forgo or delay medical care or to be in a household that is having difficulty paying medical bills.”

Health Care Reform 63

Health Care Reform Medical Billing Health Insurance 63

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. That is for the immediate-near term under the fragmented, high-cost health care system that currently challenge American health citizens. On the demand side of U.S.

Health Care Reform 66

Health Care Reform Medical Billing Hospitals Health Insurance 66

Kaiser Health News

JULY 20, 2023

” Medical bills have upended the lives of millions of Americans, with hospitals putting liens on homes and pushing many people into bankruptcy. Far too often health care is unaffordable, billing is not transparent, and patients end up facing enormous financial burdens because they or a loved one is sick, Saini said.

Hospitals 61

Hospitals Medical Billing Health Care Reform Health Insurance 61

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

Hospitals 71

Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Health Care Reform 71

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

household budgets have been particularly hard-hit in paying off credit cards and bills (23%), paying for food (17%), falling behind paying rent or mortgage (16%), affording health insurance coverage (16%), and paying for medical bills (16%). adults had trouble affording any of these basic living expenses.

COVID-19 117

COVID-19 Health Insurance ACA Medicaid 117