Health Populi

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

This is particularly true for health care in America, where workers have traded off wages for health care coverage for over a decade. Concerns about coverage for pre-existing conditions, the cost of medicines, and avoiding surprise medical bills are top-of-mind for Americans in this politically-charged year in the U.S.

Health Care Reform 162

Health Care Reform Telemedicine Medical Billing Health Outcomes 162

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. That is for the immediate-near term under the fragmented, high-cost health care system that currently challenge American health citizens. On the demand side of U.S.

Health Care Reform 62

Health Care Reform Medical Billing Hospitals Health Insurance 62

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

As the National Center for Health Statistics has reported , people with HDHPs are far more likely than those with traditional health plans to forgo or delay medical care or to be in a household that is having difficulty paying medical bills.”

Health Care Reform 59

Health Care Reform Medical Billing Health Insurance 59

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. In addition to paying for “my” medical bills, most people in the U.S.

Single Payer Health Care 52

Single Payer Health Care Medical Billing Health Care Reform Governance 52

Kaiser Health News

MARCH 3, 2022

But there’s an exception that allows newly issued regulations to kick in much faster even if the agency allows for public comment — a move that Biden officials have exercised recently when issuing a covid vaccine mandate for health workers and implementing a ban on surprise medical bills that took effect this year.

Nursing Homes 82

Nursing Homes Nurses Medicare Medicare 82

Kaiser Health News

JULY 20, 2023

” Medical bills have upended the lives of millions of Americans, with hospitals putting liens on homes and pushing many people into bankruptcy. With health care a leading cause of personal debt , unpaid medical bills have become a major political issue in North Carolina.

Hospitals 55

Hospitals Medical Billing Health Care Reform Health Insurance 55

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

As the issue of price transparency has become central to President Trump’s health care reform tactics — with a final rule for hospital transparency published this month , to go into effect in January 2021 — the issue of hospital costs will grow increasingly important as patients could gain greater clarity of their personal out-of-pocket (..)

Hospitals 68

Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Health Care Reform 68