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Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing

Bill of Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s failed responses to COVID-19, ranging from “testing to data to communications,” have prompted a call to reorganize the agency. Yet restructuring the CDC will have little effect on pandemic preparedness if the decentralized American approach to health finance remains in place.

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The Racial Divide Due to COVID-19 Also Applies to Healthcare and Pharma Costs

Health Populi

Into the sixth month of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., it’s clear that COVID-19 has wreaked a greater mortality and morbidity impact on people of color than on white adults. Considering the cost of COVID-19 treatment, across all U.S. Gallup and West Health polled 1,017 U.S.

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HIPAA Updates and HIPAA Changes in 2023

HIPAA Journal

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was signed into law in 1996 and while there have been some significant HIPAA updates over the last two decades, the last set of major HIPAA updates occurred in 2013 with the introduction of the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule. Proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes in 2023.

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Dollar General & CHPA Collaborate to Bolster Health Consumers’ Literacy and Access for OTC Pain Meds and Self-Care

Jane Sarashon

Since 2020, the organization has expanded its mission beyond OTC meds to be a “self-care association,” Anita explained. That’s where retail health in peoples’ communities close-to-home and at-home plays a key role. households, value is in the eye of all consumers in and beyond health care.

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Health Provider News – March 25, 2022

Hall Render

OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule. OSHA will hold hearing on permanent COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers. Moderna wants the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6. Private equity’s pandemic-era health care push. What’s next?

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Jane Sarashon

Septo“ refers to “seven:” along with the triple-demic of COVID-19, influenza and RSV, add in four more viruses: parainfluenza (a cause of croup), rhinovirus, metapneumovirus, as well as pneumococcus which is still alive and replicating. One in three consumers pointed to prescription drugs as the highest spending category in U.S.