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U.S. Health Care in 2025 Requires Scenario Planning: The Uncertainties That Inspire DIY Healthcare

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As Weight Watchers prepares to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, I file the news event under “thinking the unthinkable.” ” “Thinking about the unthinkable” is what Herman Kahn, a father of scenario planning, asked us to do when he pioneered the process.

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How the Coronavirus is Reshaping Consumer Trust – The Edelman Trust Barometer Lens and Health Impacts

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Tragically, these front-line workers continue to lack the personal protective equipment, inpatient medical technology (namely, ventilators for respiratory support), and testing to track and trace the sick and the well. ” The medical community, our most-trusted human capital in the U.S., In the past one year, U.S.

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Are We Liberated Yet? Tariffs Can Impact Financial Health (Riffing on MoneyLion’s Health Is Wealth Report)

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Finances in general — not just health care costs — can motivate people in a negative way to delay health care, which is a form of self-rationing health care. We’ve seen this in other studies that focus on medical bills and healthcare spending as a negative influence on seeking health care.