Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

The social determinants of health — income and good jobs, using tobacco, and having health insurance — bolster good health. The top row illustrates that the ACA covered a lot of people with health insurances between 2012 and 2016.

Health Insurance 74

Health Insurance Health Outcomes ACA Public Health 74

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

who benefits from health insurance at the workplace, the annual family premium will average $21,342 this year, according to the 2020 Employer Health Benefits Survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Workers receiving health insurance through their jobs have seen their portfolio of benefits changing over the years.

Health Insurance 173

Health Insurance COVID-19 Telemedicine Public Health 173

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2018

Otherwise, the news is negative across the remaining four segments: consumer health is the second most-trusted segment, by 56% of Americans, but dropped by 7 percentage points from 2017. Biotech is roughly tied for second place with consumer health, dropping also by 7 points. But you may be asking, “What happened in Colombia?

Health Insurance 74

Health Insurance Fraud Hospitals Doctors 74

The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

I would add that the enactment (and some would say the design) of the ACA itself spurred payer consolidation. Payers are consolidating as well because of pressures to scale for clients across large geographical regions and to support costs of technology.

Hospitals 60

Hospitals ACA Patient Satisfaction Payment Systems 60

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In “Waste in the US Health Care System,” a team from Humana and the Univrsity of Pittsburgh recalibrated the previous finding of 30% of wasted spending to the 25%, which equates to a waste-range of $760 bn to $935 bn. That’s the Holy Grail and vision in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen.

Prescription Drug Pricing 108

Prescription Drug Pricing Medicare Medicare ACA 108

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In my 11 years of writing every one of over 2,000 Health Populi posts on this blog, I have never, ever mentioned the “f-word” here. In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017.

Medicaid 78

Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance ACA 78

Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Finally this week, but not least, there’s also news on the health insurance coverage front. 15, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services this week reported that enrollment is already up 13% from last year to almost 16 million people, including about 3.1 million people who are new enrollees.

US Department of Health and Human Services 52

US Department of Health and Human Services FDA Medicare Medicare 52