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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

To design systems and policies that promote the right to health, a holistic and proactive approach is needed, one in which people, institutions, and corporations have a shared responsibility in promoting physical, mental, and social well-being. health care system. urgently needs a rights-based approach to health.

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The Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023 Are About Social, Mental and Behavioral Health

Jane Sarashon

In 2014, ECRI pivoted the title of this annual report to “patient safety concerns,” a nuance away from health technology. Fast forward to 2023 and ECRI’s latest take on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023. Topping the 2023 list of patient safety concerns is the pediatric mental health crisis.

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Jane Sarashon

The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.”

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WSJ Asserts Women Own This Summer and That The Economy Proves It. But Health Care? Not So Much.

Health Populi

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal Saturday/Sunday edition featured a big story on the economic force of women in the summer of 2023, termed “the women’s multiplier effect” — that women’s spending is a powerful force in the U.S. But for health care, Baby, we’ve got a long way to go.

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The Patient Is Still the Payor – And May Skip Paying for Prevention (Eyes on the ACA & Texas)

Health Populi

In addition, preventive services for women are part of ACA prevention list such as well-woman visits, all FDA-approved, -granted, or -cleared contraceptives and related services, and other female-focused care. It’s a lot — and has made a huge difference in public health access for those enrolled in ACA plans.

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Addressing Ghost Networks in Mental Health Care

Bill of Health

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories. Insurers should also work to decrease the shortage of mental health care providers in their networks.

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There’s a New “O” in Medicine-Town – Welcome OPill to the Front of the Counter

Health Populi

I wrote about Perrigo’s Opill here in Health Populi in May 2023 as a “signpost on the road to retail health.” We’re in the midst of a “don’t blink” era when it comes to women’s health care access and equity. ” It’s official: “The U.S.

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