Health Populi

MARCH 26, 2025

When his publisher asked him to write a third book on AI in health care still a hot topic in publishing Tom said hed rather turn to a subject long on his mind: the state of health care in America and how to change the conversation on health policy to involve all citizens. And thats what Tom hopes can happen in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

The growth of wearable technology, need and desire for real-world evidence and patient feedback, and especially patients’ growing role in paying for health care (think: high deductibles, co-insurance, and the challenge of medical debt) all drive the need to enhance the health care experience for patients in consumer and retail grades.

Digital Health 177

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

For more on women and health policy in the 2024 election cycle, you can explore the Open Letter on the site of Women Healthcare Leaders for Progress , of which I am one of several hundred signing the Letter.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Rising health care costs continue to concern most Americans, with one in two people believing they’re one sickness away from getting into financial trouble, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted for The Physicians Foundation. In addition to paying for “my” medical bills, most people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

From 2003 to 2019, the theory that prices are the primary driver of America’s spending more on health care than any other country is still the case. in fact devotes fewer hospital beds, physicians and nurses to health care delivery compared with other countries. On the supply side, the U.S.

BioTech 166

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Henry Kotula

APRIL 14, 2023

[link] More than two years after Congress acted to shield patients from surprise medical bills , lawmakers are turning to another source of unexpected medical costs: the fees that hospitals tack on for services provided in clinics they own.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Surprisingly, there are many health policies on which Democrats and Republicans concur, as found in a series of YouGov polls conducted in May 2024. YouGov fielded the health policies poll in five waves online, each among roughly 1,100 U.S. In a super-divided electorate like the U.S. adults in May 2004.

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