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One in Two Americans with Work-Based Insurance Worries That Healthcare Costs Could Lead to Bankruptcy

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. workers with private insurance more likely report poor access to health care, greater costs of care, and lower satisfaction with care versus people covered by public health insurance plans — whether Medicaid, Medicare, VHA or military coverage. households.

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Opioid Drug Addiction: How Digital Health Technologies Can Help

The Digital Health Corner

In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 2001 to 2014, deaths due to overdoses in the USA were noted as: 8 fold increase due to prescription drugs. Among them is drug addiction. 6 fold increase due to heroin.

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Healthcare Access and Cost Top Americans’ Concerns in Latest Gallup Poll

Health Populi

It’s important to note that equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans were worried about healthcare between 2014 and 2016 as the Affordable Care Act was being implemented. And keeping a job usually means holding on to health insurance when the employee has been receiving it at work. Gallup interviewed 1,041 U.S.

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