Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

A major side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was its impact on the national U.S. In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care. population).

COVID-19 124

COVID-19 Health Insurance Patient Advocacy Public Health 124

Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

A major side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was its impact on the national U.S. In 2021, patients-as-health-consumers seek lower health care and prescription drug costs coupled with higher quality care, discovered by the patient advocacy coalition, Consumers for Quality Care. population).

COVID-19 71

COVID-19 Health Insurance Patient Advocacy Public Health 71

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. The Affordable Care Act sought to promote primary care in many provisions.

Patient Advocacy 143

Patient Advocacy Health Insurance HIPAA Doctors 143

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The arithmetic of this report suggests that two domains of the six waste categories contribute to about $2 in $3 of waste: administrative complexity and pricing failures, the latter largely due to prescription drug pricing. Political debates in this 2020 U.S.

Prescription Drug Pricing 104

Prescription Drug Pricing Medicare Medicare ACA 104