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The Ultimate Health Outcome, Mortality, Is Rising in America

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years of age, if you were born in 2017. That’s the latest data on Mortality in the United States, 2017 , soberly brought to you by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That’s a decline of 0.1 year from 2016.

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In the Past Ten Years, Workers’ Health Insurance Premiums Have Grown Much Faster Than Wages

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Here are the past four years’ links for historical context and your reading pleasure… 2019 – “It’s the Deductible, Stupid” – Health Premiums Reach $20,576 for a Family. 2017 – Employees Continue to Pick Up More Health Insurance Costs, Even As Their Growth Slows.

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Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

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Senate on September 14, 2017. Fact Sheet (Center for Connected Health Policy). The post Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. The CHRONIC Act – Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act – passed the U.S. The act, which is now being reviewed in the U.S.

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Multimorbidity In the US – Obesity As A Key Driver of Health Spending

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I’ve frequently looked at West Virginia here in Health Populi and elsewhere as a state that bears a heavy public health burden based on a range of risk factors: smoking, health care service access and insurance coverage (with 29% of the state’s citizens covered by Medicaid, the highest share of a U.S.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

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The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. One-half of 50+ Americans use a tablet, and 17% own wearable tech.

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The $4 Trillion Health Economy of 2020

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Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. per year, 2017-26, expected to hit $5.7 What are those “fundamentals” pushing up healthcare spending?

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Can AI Make Healthcare Human Again? Dr. Topol Says “Yes”

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This is familiar territory here in Health Populi where we cover every nook and cranny of dismal U.S. health economics, and hopeful green shoots for making health care more cost-effective, high quality, engaging and even enchanting-by-design. ” The U.S.

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