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How We Spend Versus What We Get: America’s Healthcare Spending Makes for Poor Health

Health Populi

had the highest pharmaceutical spending per capita of $1,443 versus $749 for the other nations, roughly double. Access and quality of care in the U.S. varied, with that 10% of health citizens lacking coverage for basic health care.

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Medical Costs Are Consuming Americans’ Financial Health

Health Populi

Pay more than the residents of any other country on Earth for health care, and get less in terms of outcomes and service levels for many key medical metrics: infant and maternal mortality, access to primary care, and those growing deaths of despair from suicide, accident and overdose.

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Obesity is a Public Health Epidemic in the U.S. — The Case for GLP-1 Coverage, Affordability and Equity

Health Populi

These have been concerns raised about the health equity impacts of GLP-1s in the U.S., discussed recently: In Circulation in July 2024 In Lancet in June 2024 In Pharmaceutical Executive in March 2024 I n this essay on the Omada Health portal , and, In the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll conducted in May 2024.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

The Humana-Kindred deal, the existing United Health Care conglomerate with insurer and provider services, and other providers under the payor umbrella, are further exemplars of this approach — becoming “ payviders ,” to cite the neologism favored by one of my recent podcast guests.