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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Health Enters the Presidential Race

Kaiser Health News

Trump is vowing — again — to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which is even more popular than it was when Republicans failed to muster the congressional votes to kill it in 2017. And both are expected to highlight efforts to rein in the cost of prescription drugs. And health is shaping up to be a key issue.

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Health Provider News

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Gallup Reveals Americans’ Views on Industry Are the Lowest Since 2008 – Implications for Healthcare and Pharma

Health Populi

Peoples’ highest ratings of industry in American occurred in 2017 when nearly 50% of people gave business a very or somewhat positive grade. The year-on-year decline from 2021 find oil and gas at the lowest level of positivity, advertising/PR, legal, the Federal government, and pharma at the bottom of the ratings.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. Even seemingly popular plan ideas like prescription drug pricing and coverage for pre-existing conditions can’t get traction in Congress or through the White House’s executive pen. such as in the U.K.

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The Gap Between the Trump Administration’s Promise of Reducing Rx Costs for Consumers and What People Really Want

Health Populi

This is what happened to pharma stock prices on Friday after President Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar outlined their new policies focusing on prescription drug prices. Seniors and government programs over-paying for drugs. The graph is the Nasdaq U.S.

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Health Populi

I wrote this post on the deal as an inflection point in American healthcare on 3rd December 2017 when CVS and Aetna announced their marriage intentions. KFF found that the organization would cover 3 in 10 Medicare Part D enrollees, and grow CVS’s role in Medicare Advantage, too. healthcare.

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Lower Prescription Drug Prices – A Tri-Partisan Call Across America

Health Populi

voters, across the three-party landscape, agree on two healthcare issues this year: coverage of pre-existing conditions, and lowering the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs. This is the tactic that most Americans say could lower prescription drug prices. There’s growing evidence that a majority of U.S.