Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

Examples of these in the current news cycle are Zolgensma, which is priced about $2 million to treat spinal muscular atrophy, and CAR-T therapy which can run as high as $1 million all-in for the treatment and hospital service costs for the patient. Federal government Blueprint for reducing prescription drug costs.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

and more health citizens getting their first jabs, there’s growing optimism in America looking to the next-normal by, perhaps, July 4th holiday weekend as President Biden reads the pandemic tea leaves. But that won’t mean Americans will be ready to return to pre-pandemic health care visits to hospital and doctor’s offices.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Health care will be a key issue driving people to their local polling places, so it’s an opportune moment to take the temperature on U.S. voters’ perspectives on healthcare reform. has the best health care system in the world. Today’s Financial Times features a poll that found two-thirds of U.S.

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