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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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Furthermore, the difference in information seeking between more educated Americans versus less could exacerbate health disparities and the inequities of health literacy. Finally, to the fourth paper, looking at the roles of assisters and automated decision support tools in consumers’ health insurance marketplace choices.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

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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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Health Provider News

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operating margin for 2024, misses 2023 target University of Michigan Health-West forms portal to track DEI among suppliers, vendors S. Maryland AG urges White House to strengthen HIPAA for people getting abortions Westminster startup raising $2.3M

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Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

Health Populi

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. The nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain signed a deal to combine with one of the top three health insurance companies.

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operating margin, $579M net gain for its first post-merger quarter GE HealthCare invests in augmented reality firm on ‘X-ray vision’ technology Marshfield Clinic reports $32.6M

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Health Care and the Democratic Debates – Round 2 – Battle Royale for M4All vs Medicare for All Who Want It – What It Means for Industry

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” Buttigieg would call it “Medicare for All Who Want It,” made available on health insurance exchanges. and Canada have some private insurance. Biden, too, told his personal story of family health trauma and financial coverage with health insurance. Even countries like the U.K.