2019 Health Insurance Medicare Prescription Drug Pricing 
Health Populi
JANUARY 18, 2019
I’m glad to be getting back to health economic issues after spending the last couple of weeks firmly focused on consumers, digital health technologies and CES 2019. There’s a lot for me to address concerning health care costs based on news and research published over the past couple of weeks.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2019
In “Waste in the US Health Care System,” a team from Humana and the Univrsity of Pittsburgh recalibrated the previous finding of 30% of wasted spending to the 25%, which equates to a waste-range of $760 bn to $935 bn. That’s the Holy Grail and vision in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen.
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Health Populi
DECEMBER 30, 2019
the health/care ecosystem warmly embraced social determinants of health as a concept in 2019. A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees.
Health Populi
MAY 8, 2019
In 2018, we saw more incentives to inspire adherence to prescription drug regimens, particularly in Medicare Part D along with increasing focus by pharmacists and providers. Just under 9% of patients across all three health plan types had over $500 in OOP costs in 2018. over all generics and brands.
Hall Render
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
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Kaiser Health News
AUGUST 12, 2022
The giant health care, climate, and tax bill expected to pass the House on Friday and be sent to the president for his signature won’t be as sweeping as the Democrats who wrote it had hoped, but it would help millions of Americans better afford their prescription drugs and health insurance.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
voters’ priorities, across political party – prescription drug prices. voters in 2020 quite like supporting Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, shown by the October 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll. Few issues unite U.S.
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