Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

And, according to the WSJ reporting, “Neither patients nor doctors have been notified. Note that hospitals garnered only about one-half of people in this study, and pharma and health plans fell to one-third of Americans’ responses to the question. The media coverage of hospitals suing patients for late payments?

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

The paper that asserts “no” to the question comes from Michael Gusmano, Karen Maschke, and Mildred Solomon, all associated with the Hastings Center which does research into bioethics. The authors call for improved regulation from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 24, 2020

Bottom-line for that health consumer: two in three Americans could not afford to pay their deductible if hospitalized for treatment of coronavirus. Today, several thousand Americans are dealing with the situation of a loved one in an ICU where hospitals may have just enough ventilators to cover inpatients gasping for breath.

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