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Consumers Are Financially Stressed – What This Means for Health/Care in 2025

Health Populi

I’ll point to 3 very current situations with uncertainties and huge import: medical bills and the shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Medicaid as a health insurance plan, and Social Security as a promised safety net program for aging Americans. Medicaid pays for 40% of the births in the U.S.

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In the New Inflationary Era, Gas and Health Care Costs Top Household Budget Concerns

Health Populi

Other worrisome health care cost items follow down the line, including: 45% of U.S. adults concerned about long term care services for themselves. Monthly health insurance deductibles, among 44% of people. Monthly health insurance premium, among 36% of people. Prescription drug costs, for 43% of U.S.

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Home Is Where the Health Is: An Update on Connectivity, Food, and Retail

Health Populi

The services address primary care, outpatient specialty consults, emergency or urgent care, hospital, and outpatient mental and behavioral health — capabilities already in place that need to scale. In addition, post-acute and long-term care, infusions, and dialysis exist but require a more complete offering to scale to the home.

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The Role of Medical Assistants in Efficient Healthcare Delivery

Northwest Suburban College

Medical Assistants work in various settings, including hospitals, clinics, private practices, and long-term care facilities, making them integral to the healthcare system. They may be responsible for preparing the examination room, obtaining vital signs, and ensuring the patient is comfortable.

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The Patient as Consumer – Updates from Fidelity on Retiree Health Care Costs ($172,500), Delaying Care, Tariff Impacts on Spending, and Roche Going DTC for Rx’s?

Health Populi

Start with Fidelity Investments’ publication of the 24th annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate , calculating that 65-year old U.S. worker retiring in 2025 will expect to spend an average of $172,500 on health care and medical expenses through retirement. Note that this number does not income long-term care expenses.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

Remember the bulky Holter monitors worn at the waist to gather data about The AT-Patch from ATsens won an honoree award at CES 2021 , transforming the form factor and streamlining the patient experience of collecting electrocardiogram data over time.

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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Deloitte presented this graphic for an integrated data and analytics platform supporting remote patient monitoring data feeds in a June 2020 report noting that remote patient monitoring could trigger a multi-channel data tsunami.