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And the Oscar Goes To….Power to the Patients!

Health Populi

When I say “Oscar” here on the Health Populi blog, you’re conjuring up an image of the health plan insurance innovator founded in 2012. to paint the movement on outdoor walls to promote health citizenship and the importance of health care access and affordability for all people in America.

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The New DTC Channel Is…A Vending Machine (From Advil to Plan B)

Health Populi

I referred to that experience here in Health Populi several years ago when discussing health care access and transparency. One of the earliest kiosks was set up in 2012 when Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania began offering Plan B for $25 at an on-campus machine.

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What’s Expected to Drive Up Health Plan Costs in 2025: GLP-1s, Behavioral Health, and Inflationary Pressures for Hospitals and Doctors – PwC’s Behind the Numbers 2025

Jane Sarashon

Following the BLS report on the CPI for June 2024, PwC published their new annual report from PwC titled Behind the Numbers 2025 tells us that commercial health care spending is expected to grow some 8.0% for Individual health plans — increasing from 7.5% for Group plans and 7.5% and 7.0%, respectively.

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

Health Populi

[As a sidebar, if you’re concerned about the state of civil verbal discourse in America, you may be comforted to know that an Arizona State Legislator Lori Klein (R-Anthem) introduced a law into the State House to prevent teachers from cussing in Arizona classrooms, as this article from back in 2012 discusses.