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Inflation and the cost of health care top U.S. voters’ issues for 2024 elections

Health Populi

The future of Medicare and Medicaid as well as access to mental health care also rank high among two-thirds of U.S. Stay tuned to IRA components addressing prescription drug costs, and Medicare and Medicaid status (provider payments for the former, state-level moves for the latter).

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

Jane Sarashon

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

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Growing Support for Medicare for All – But Do People Really Understand What It Means?

Health Populi

These two surveys are: The Morning Consult’s poll published today finding growing support among Democratic voters for Medicare for All as the centerpiece for health reform in America; and, A recent study from Eligibility.com on “Medicare Myths Explained,” with the tagline, “How much do you know about Medicare?”

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Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

Health Populi

Pricing failure, the second big waste factor, is predominantly challenged by pharmaceutical/prescription drug pricing based on this research. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) forecasts that prescription drug spending will be the fastest-growing cause of rising health spending by 2027.

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

Health Populi

In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017. The context for this begins in 1965 when Medicaid was enacted, Blendon said. “Watch the [political] ads,” Blendon recommended.

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The Gap Between the Trump Administration’s Promise of Reducing Rx Costs for Consumers and What People Really Want

Health Populi

This is what happened to pharma stock prices on Friday after President Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar outlined their new policies focusing on prescription drug prices. ” These prescriptions for lower pharma costs contrast with what most U.S. The graph is the Nasdaq U.S.

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Health Care and the Democratic Debates – Round 2 – Battle Royale for M4All vs Medicare for All Who Want It – What It Means for Industry

Health Populi

Sanders, noting his call for big new government benefits like universal health care through Medicare for All and free college tuition. Senator Harris, too, mentioned government benefits like free college and Medicare for All as her health plan preference. Instead, he is for “Medicare for All Who Want It,” in his words.