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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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.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: In the report’s discussion, KFF recognizes that this year’s study, the 22nd annual, was fielded in the unprecedented time of the coronavirus pandemic. Job losses in the public health crisis have resulted in millions of American workers and families losing health benefits.

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

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” The authors recommend that public health leaders and policy makers address the obesity trend when designing “policies and interventions to improve the public’s health.” Because they are public goods, and the U.S. Why has this been the case?

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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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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care

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23% of households had zero or negative net worth in 2017, up from 16% in 2001. The research calls out that consumers’ retirement concerns are declining physical health and running out of money. A further datapoint in the McKinsey social contract report is that over half of individuals in wealthy countries, including the U.S.,

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Stressed Out By COVID and Civil Unrest – the APA’s Stress in America Survey, Part 2

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APA published the report, Stress and Health Disparities, in 2017, and the learnings resonate even louder today than when the Association launched the paper. is really dealing with several waves of dramatic challenges at once: The coronavirus crisis, a test of the nation’s health system and public health infrastructure.

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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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