Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2023

OptumRx launched Price Edge, a tool that compares pricing for traditional generic drugs to ensure members get the lowest prescription drug prices. In October, Optum, UnitedHealth Group's pharmacy services company, merged with data clearinghouse Change Healthcare.

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 26, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comment (“NPRM”) seeking to amend the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). Commissioner Phillips has since resigned. The FTC’s proposed amendments to the HBNR attempt to codify this broad interpretation.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Women were surveyed on perspectives for health care in America in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prospects for the Affordable Care Act and health insurance security, and views on health, well-being, and health care. Women identified the top five personal health issues they face as: Mental health.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As medical bills rise, overall health declines we learned from the 2023 PayMedix report, Healthcare Payments and Financial Disparities Study. And this is financial stress felt among patients who were covered by health insurance – not the uninsured per se.

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Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

“informed public” and the mass population. In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance. health consumers.

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Kaiser Health News

AUGUST 12, 2022

The giant health care, climate, and tax bill expected to pass the House on Friday and be sent to the president for his signature won’t be as sweeping as the Democrats who wrote it had hoped, but it would help millions of Americans better afford their prescription drugs and health insurance.

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