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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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Only in America: Medical Debt Hits High Income and Insured People, KHN and NPR Report

Health Populi

Even with the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health care has turned out to be not-so-affordable nor accessible for U.S. “Instead, they’ve faced thousands of dollars in bills as health insurers shifted costs onto patients through higher deductibles.” health citizens.

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‘Free’ Screening? Know Your Rights to Get No-Cost Care

Kaiser Health News

Since late 2010, when this provision of the ACA took effect, many patients have paid nothing when they undergo routine mammograms, get one of more than a dozen vaccines, receive birth control, or are screened for other conditions, including diabetes, colon cancer, depression, and sexually transmitted diseases. So, what’s next?

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

Health Populi

The research found that peoples’ exposure to clinician quality information doubled between 2010 and 2015, and more consumers sought quality metrics — albeit, with differences across sub-groups of people (e.g., Taken together, these four papers from Health Affairs lead to the following themes: By 2019, patients in the U.S.

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Everything Old Is New Again? The Latest Round of Health Policy Proposals Reprises Existing Ideas

Kaiser Health News

The latest round of rules and legislation comes as the ACA — passed in 2010 — is now cemented in the system. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, who worked on the original ACA legislation. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, who worked on the original ACA legislation.

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