Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The year-on-year decline from 2021 find oil and gas at the lowest level of positivity, advertising/PR, legal, the Federal government, and pharma at the bottom of the ratings. Peoples’ highest ratings of industry in American occurred in 2017 when nearly 50% of people gave business a very or somewhat positive grade.

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

Vincent’s ending free shuttle service, riders concerned how they’ll access medical care Bayfront Health opens new ER in St. Newsom is proposing a boost in mental health funding. Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations S. Here’s what we know.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2018

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. Seniors and government programs over-paying for drugs. The graph is the Nasdaq U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This post updates my initial thoughts on the deal, given the morphing US healthcare market on both the traditional health services front and fast-evolving retail health environment. KFF found that the organization would cover 3 in 10 Medicare Part D enrollees, and grow CVS’s role in Medicare Advantage, too.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The big wild card in forecasting what prescription drug spending will look like in the U.S. is just how aggressive Dr. Alex Azar at the Department of Health and Human Services, and Dr. Scott Gottlieb at FDA, want to be regarding drug pricing.

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Health Populi

APRIL 26, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The third chart illustrates that pharma pricing is a unifying force across older voters across the three political parties. consumers to import cheaper prescription drugs from other countries. Yes, there’s the issue of price which the President and Secretary of HHS continue to discuss.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2020

By demographics, more women than men are concerned about rising costs for the three health care spending categories the survey studied: drug prices, insurance premiums, and healthcare costs (medical care services spending). Furthermore, net spending on these expensive “specialty drugs” increased from $8.7

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2021

adults across political parties favor allowing the Federal government authority to negotiate for drug prices — even after hearing the arguments against the health policy. Chewy expanded its portfolio of services for our fur babies to include telehealth for consulting with vets in virtual care mode.

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Kaiser Health News

AUGUST 12, 2022

First, it would give the federal government the ability to negotiate prices of some drugs purchased by Medicare beneficiaries, a tool that has long been opposed by the drug industry. Never before have we been able to negotiate prescription drug prices. Those prices would take effect in 2026.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So it is with scenario planning in health care, a key work-flow this time of the year for me with my clients spanning the health/care ecosystem from providers to payors to Big Food, electronics and tech, and financial services. CVS continues to integrate the acquisition of Aetna into the company’s product and service portfolio.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

While we have a divided government via split legislature, one winner in the 2018 midterm outcome is Medicaid. Governors have health-coverage missions along with managing their portfolios of services for education, infrastructure, and other objectives for state residents.

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2019

Sanders, noting his call for big new government benefits like universal health care through Medicare for All and free college tuition. Holt asked the Senator whether he expected Americans to welcome paying more taxes for these services. Instead, he is for “Medicare for All Who Want It,” in his words.

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The manufacturer sought to cover Medicare patients’ Part D cost-sharing obligations for the drug – which were estimated at approximately $13,000 per year – but the OIG said “no thanks,” and the Second Circuit has affirmed that outcome. The problem is, as stated before, the drug is expensive; an annual course costs $225,000.

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