Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Obesity, diabesity, food deserts and food swamps co-exist across America, factors that cost the U.S. economy over $327 billion a year just in the costs of diagnosed diabetes. In addition, America’s overweight and obesity epidemic results in lost worker productivity, mental health and sleep challenges, and lower quality of life for millions of Americans.

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Health Dialog

OCTOBER 1, 2018

It’s a busy time at Health Dialog. The start of fall brings exciting industry events, and our team is gearing up to attend two in this month. The first is the America’s Physician Groups 2018 Colloquium. As we prepare to head to Washington DC from October 12-14, we wanted to share a sneak peek of what to expect from this year’s event. What’s Ahead. As the healthcare industry continues to put a greater emphasis on quality, it’s no surprise that this year’s event is focused on value-based care.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Family premiums for health insurance received at the workplace grew 5% in 2018: to $19,616, according to the 2018 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). These two trends combine for a 212% increase in workers’ deductibles in the past decade. This is about eight times the growth of workers’ wages in the U.S. in the same period.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2018

In American health economics, there’s a demand side and a supply side. On the demand side, we’ve done a poor job trying to nudge patients and consumers toward rational economic decision making, lacking transparency, information symmetry, and basic health literacy. On the supply side, we’ve engaged in a medical arms race allocating capital resources to shinier and shinier new things, often without cost-benefit rationale or clinical evidence.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2018

California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a net neutrality bill this weekend. Gov. Brown’s proverbial swipe of the pen accomplished two things: he went back to the Obama-era approach to ensure that internet service providers treat all users of the internet equally; and, he prompted the Department of Justice, representing the Trump Administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to launch a lawsuit.

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