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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

These are shown in the first diagram from the report, breaking out factors that have exacerbated challenges on both the demand and supply side of the American health economy. Many of these were already in motion before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged; the public health crisis exacerbated several of them. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

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They fought to erode key elements embedded in the law meant to protect health consumers’ rights: among them, health promotion, disease prevention, and public health; and the assurance that sick people would be covered by health insurance plans without prejudice. In their poll of 487 likely U.S.