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Will “Buy Now, Pay Later” Financing Help Health Consumers Pay Their Medical Bills?

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The latest iteration/offering to help patients pay medical bills is the concept of “Buy Now, Pay Later,” or BNPL. patients in the context of household inflation, see my latest blog post in Medecision’s Liberate Health portal. For more on health care costs facing U.S. appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Top 45 Healthcare Blogs for 2019

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The blogs listed below are in no ranking order. The HHS blog is loaded with helpful information for professionals and patients alike. This blog focuses more on policy within healthcare and the government. Medical Economics. Medical Billing & Coding Blog. this is an excellent blog to follow.

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The Healthcare Financial Experience is a Stressful One: the Convergence of our Medical, Retail, and Financial Lives

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The bottom-line, literally: four in ten consumers would not pay a medical bill if they cannot understand the administrative experience. Each person interviewed was responsible for health care decisions and paying the bill at least once int he past twelve months. Cedar polled 1,239 U.S. adults struggling to pay for health care.

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And the Oscar Goes To….Power to the Patients!

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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. I look around and I see families devastated by medical bills and escalating prescription costs. The film, by the way, garnered six nominations and won two].

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Seeing Health/Care Everywhere at CES 2025: My Preview for #CES2025

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You can read more at this link to my blog post discussing the company’s program to award washers to schools that help keep kids engaged in attending and engaging in learning. Stay tuned to my daily Health Populi blog postings and LinkedIn messages for #CES2025 updates between 5 and 10 January 2025.

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Gas ‘N Healthcare – How Transportation Links to Health Care Access and Financial Health

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The chart on the High Financial Toll of Cancer demonstrates that people dealing with cancer face a greater financial risk of using up most of their savings, skipping or delaying care due to cost, withdrawing money early from college or retirement savings accounts for medical bills, and declaring bankruptcy or losing homes.

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The Unbearable Heaviness of Inflation: Will Consumers’ Financial Stress Erode Their Health?

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An hour after the Morning Consult session, I brainstormed the topic of consumers-as-payers of medical bills and prescription drugs with GoodRx strategy leaders. For more on another successful cost-saving prescription drug program, check out my recent blog on Costco as a value-driven pharmacy].