Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As I pointed out in my 2020 Health Populi trendcast , the private sector is taking on more public health initiatives as policy progress at the Federal level feels frozen. Ironically, more social spending by the public sector could help address health outcomes for people, something for which we’ve had evidence for many years.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Prescription Drug Pricing Public Health Medicare 125

Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

In health care, this is an underlying tectonic trend with implications for research, translation to therapies, individual treatment plans, population and public health. In my book HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, I detail the health microeconomics which explain that low return.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Public Health Health Outcomes HIPAA 105

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

While our health care trade press re-iterates Uwe Reinhardt’s and Gerard Anderson’s observation that, “It’s the prices, stupid” from back in 2003, closer to peoples’ homes and real lives, Consumer Reports and TIME magazine also try and support Americans’ health consumer muscle/brain) development and ethos.

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ACA Health Insurance Bioethics Prescription Drug Pricing 102