Health Populi

JULY 9, 2019

So regarding those “prices” about which Reinhardt and Anderson warned: the prices are personal to the patient, now the payer. Today, with high-deductible health plans that compel the patient-as-payor to spend dollar one on health care up to their plan share, she can’t get a handle on that ultimate, personal price.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

There’s an RFI out right now, published as part of the federales’ “ Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care ,” announced by HHS Secretary Alex Azar in mid-2018. Well, that moment has arrived (maybe). In sum, it is important to note that, to paraphrase the poet, no regulation is an island entire unto itself.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

There’s an RFI out right now, published as part of the federales’ “ Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care ,” announced by HHS Secretary Alex Azar in mid-2018. Well, that moment has arrived (maybe). In sum, it is important to note that, to paraphrase the poet, no regulation is an island entire unto itself.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

prescriptions per person in 2018, two in three of which treated chronic conditions. Based on that $44 increase per person in 10 years, Aitken said that relatively low level of increase in per capita spending for medicines was “lower than headlines often suggest.”. But to that N of 1 patient, I said, it’s hugely personal.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2018

net spending on medicines will fall in 2018 and remain flat at about $800 per person, according to forecasts in 2018 and Beyond: Outlook and Turning Points , from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2019

The President and Secretary Alex Azar have the opportunity to join forces with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has reached out to address this majority-supported issue. And these are the very substances that are motivating mainstream Americans to learn more and understand prescription drug pricing on a very personal, visceral level.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

A growing cohort of people have begun to diss and cut off social network connections and take actions to better control their personal information where they can. This legislation passed with universal votes from Democrats plus two Republicans. California’s privacy legislation, the CCPA, goes live on 1 January 2020.

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