Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

Let me call out the front half of the first sentence here: “By believing that life’s challenges are temporary rather than permanent…” Millions of Americans feel health in-secure, both those with insurance who perceive they are under-insured and cannot afford their premiums or co-payments, and those who are uninsured.

Health Care Reform 59

Health Care Reform Medical Billing Health Insurance 59

Health Populi

JUNE 21, 2019

. “Employees often don’t understand their financial exposure with high deductible plans… [patients] may be surprised to return for a sick visit to the same doctor who provides their preventive care only to walk away with a bill,” the report explains.

Health Care Reform 58

Health Care Reform Doctors 58

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Instead we will need to undo the ties that connect health with capital, that bind illness and health to the commodity form, and, in so doing, profoundly reshape our broader political economy itself. In our forthcoming book, Health Communism , we write that “health” is an impossibility under capitalism.

Public Health 363

Public Health COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 Health Care Reform 363

Kaiser Health News

MARCH 3, 2022

Mark Parkinson , CEO of the American Health Care Association in Washington, D.C., ” Central to Biden’s plan is getting facilities to open their books to make public information about their opaque finances and operating structures.

Nursing Homes 82

Nursing Homes Nurses Medicare Medicare 82

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Three-quarters of Americans believe that hospitals, clinics and physicians should look beyond patients medical/clinical needs into root causes like access to healthy food, transportation, and safe/clean housing — the social determinants of health.

Single Payer Health Care 52

Single Payer Health Care Medical Billing Health Care Reform Governance 52

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Health plans rank slightly higher, with an index of 74, aligned with airlines and gasoline stations, and just below wireless providers, hotels, and coop energy utilities. I would also add growing dissatisfaction with out-of-network hospital bills related to emergency room costs, frequently covered in hometown news media.

Hospitals 68

Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Health Care Reform 68

Kaiser Health News

JUNE 6, 2022

Working off the books could have put him in further jeopardy. At the time, the Trump administration suspended all medical deferred action. Facing lawsuits and a public outcry, the administration relented, but Espinosa couldn’t work legally for a year and a half. It hasn’t been a life of gloom and doom, though.

Health Insurance 73

Health Insurance Doctors Governance Licensing 73

Hall Render

MARCH 24, 2023

NATIONAL AHA, others oppose PhRMA-led campaign to restrict 340B eligibility AHA case studies feature hospitals that integrate physical and behavioral health services As birth rates increase, OB-GYN shortage worsens Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms CMS resumes all No Surprises Act payment determinations FTC highlights (..)

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses COVID-19 Hospitals 40

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

” Hippocrates’ book The Corpus is thought to be one of the first medical textbooks. The text covered social, physical, and nutritional influences, and the concept of “place” for health and well-being. At the end of the book, you will have time-traveled from the Ancient Greeks to my town of Philadelphia.

ACA 72

ACA Doctors Health Care Reform Health Insurance 72

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

Together, health care + the economy rank the top issues for 62% of Americans. Health care and the economy are, in fact, intimately tied in every American’s personal household economy I assert in my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen.

Health Care Reform 59

Health Care Reform Medicare Medicare Health Insurance 59