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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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Furthermore, the difference in information seeking between more educated Americans versus less could exacerbate health disparities and the inequities of health literacy. Finally, to the fourth paper, looking at the roles of assisters and automated decision support tools in consumers’ health insurance marketplace choices.

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Guns, Jobs, or Health Care? In 2018, Voters Split as to Top Issue

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Financial stress is a social determinant of health, and as U.S. patients continue to evolve as health consumers, bearing more financial risks whether in employer-sponsored or individual health insurance plans, more Americans feel more health financed-stress. Thus, my mantra of “the patient is the payor.”