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Insured, Sick and Broke – The Latest on the State of U.S. Health-Insured Consumers’ Financial Health

Health Populi

This is what rationing health care looks like in America: one in two people in families dealing with a chronic health condition have difficulty affording paying medial bills before meeting a deductible, unexpected medical bills, co-payments for prescription drugs, co-payments for physician visits, and/or their monthly health insurance premium.

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Financial Stress and Mental Health: Considering the New $24,000 Health Plan Cost from KFF

Health Populi

The APA found in the 2022 study that stress related to money reached the highest level Americans felt since 2015. Health Populi’s Hot Points: According to the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study from Cedar, 58% of U.S. consumers said paying a health care bill was stressful.

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As Workers’ Healthcare Costs Increase, Employers Look to Telehealth and Wearable Tech to Manage Cost & Health Risks

Health Populi

Family premiums for health insurance received at the workplace grew 5% in 2018: to $19,616, according to the 2018 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). These two trends combine for a 212% increase in workers’ deductibles in the past decade. in the same period.

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Even When IVF Is Covered by Insurance, High Bills and Hassles Abound

Kaiser Health News

But even as demand grows, insurance coverage remains limited. About 27% of companies with 500 or more employees covered IVF in 2020, up from about 24% in 2015, according to Mercer , a consulting firm. Also, insurers’ lists of in-network providers are not always accurate. Tell us about it !

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Health Provider News – April 22, 2022

Hall Render

Nuvance Health promotes Bethel resident to human resources role for seven hospitals in CT, NY. Harvard Pilgrim exiting CT’s commercial health insurance market. Maryland’s medical cannabis industry hit $600M in revenue. Understanding new protections against surprise medical bills. Were you overcharged?

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Yale New Haven sale key to Prospect hospitals’ survival, CEO says YNHH sale ‘paramount’ to CT Prospect hospitals’ survival, CEO says Connecticut hospital cut ED visits by nearly 50% Hartford HealthCare unveils new ‘health desk’ model Connecticut physician sentenced for $2.6M fraud scheme UConn Health is in financial trouble.

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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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