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

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Underlying this clinical and economic phenomenon is obesity, which primary care doctors are challenged to deal with as a chronic condition along with typically co-occurring comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. In the U.S., state’s population enrolled in the plan), and, yes, obesity.

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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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The True Costs of Diabetes Go Well Beyond the Wallet

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Upwell Health surveyed 5,255 people with diabetes online in 2017. Health Populi’s Hot Points: America is the United States of Diabetes when it comes to healthcare spending. Care for people with diagnosed diabetes accounts for 1 in 4 health care dollars in the U.S.

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World Health Day 2019: Let’s Celebrate Food, Climate, Insurance Coverage and Connectivity

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Last week, The Lancet published its comprehensive study on the Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The study looked into the food intake among people in 195 countries and their health outcomes (mortality and morbibidity).

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

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In the words of the report, “our analysis reveals a mix of strides and stagnation in state-based policy despite decades of evidence-based research highlighting positive clinical outcomes and increasing telehealth utilization.” health care system.

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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

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deaths due to accidents, accidental overdoses, and suicide in 2017. to expand access to integrated primary and behavioral health care to younger people in America, and telehealth can be a practical and even desirable platform for doing so particular for the nation’s younger patient population.

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. million people in 2017. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the erosion of the health insured population. lacked health insurance.