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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

That’s a summary of the demand side of the trends on the health economy which serve up huge challenges for legacy health care stakeholders: hospitals and health systems, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical tech companies, and clinicians. That level of service and price satisfaction builds health consumers’ loyalty and trust.

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Having Health Insurance Is a Social Determinant of Health: the implications of growing uninsured in the U.S.

Health Populi

2017 reversed advancements in health insurance coverage increases since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and for the first time since 2014 no states’ uninsured rates fell. And there’s very little bidding on drugs.” uninsurance rate rose to 12.2% by the fourth quarter of 2017, up 1.3