Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
in the current post-Dobbs health policy environment. One of the earliest kiosks was set up in 2012 when Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania began offering Plan B for $25 at an on-campus machine. Enter the humble vending machine. The specific population to note in this case is women in the U.S.
Health Populi
APRIL 28, 2021
When I say “Oscar” here on the Health Populi blog, you’re conjuring up an image of the health plan insurance innovator founded in 2012. [The film, by the way, garnered six nominations and won two].
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Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2020
For context, since 2012, the annual cost increase for family premiums ranged between 3% and 5%, so the 2020 rate of 4% fell within a fairly normal range of 3-5% seen over the past eight years. Workers’ earnings grew by 3.4 in 2020, as family premiums increased by 4.0% and inflation, 2.1%.
Health Populi
JANUARY 22, 2020
Together, these three factors erode workers’ confidence in jobs and their personal household economies and financial health. The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012. Technology was the only industry whose trust-equity fell in the year.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
This could include the use of peer-to-peer counselors, universal screening for mental and substance use disorders, and de-stigmatizing mental health in society and in the medical practice. I recommend that you read this essay on Paul Wellstone’s important legacy for mental health , written by Al Franken in The Atlantic in October 2012.
Health Populi
MAY 17, 2022
This was especially the case for people under 50 years of age, nearly one-half of whom agreed that, “I would rather take a medication for a health condition than change my lifestyle,” a percentage of people growing from a minority 14% in 2012 to nearly 50% in 2022.
Insulin Nation
OCTOBER 12, 2017
In what has been described as a potentially-seismic shift in health policy, the American Heart Association and several other medical groups have changed the guidelines for the use of statins, a group of popular cholesterol-lowering drugs. If you have diabetes, don’t be surprised if your doctor prescribes statins in 2014.
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