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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

The authors note that “consumer-driven” health care is, “associated with neoliberal efforts to emphasize market factors in health reform,” de-emphasizing government regulation and financing. In the article to which this assertion ties , Harris Meyer talks about the growing push for price regulation in the U.S.

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Having Health Insurance Is a Social Determinant of Health: the implications of growing uninsured in the U.S.

Health Populi

This bar chart shows that 50% of working-age adults would not have sufficient funds to pay an unexpected $1,000 medical bill within 30 days. And there’s very little bidding on drugs.” ” Remember that prescription drug spending continues to hover around one-tenth of overall U.S.